{"id":75216,"date":"2026-07-10T11:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/cryptoquant-ceo-tells-bitcoin-holders-to-hang-in-there-and-that-bullish-opium-is-coming\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:52:38","slug":"cryptoquant-ceo-tells-bitcoin-holders-to-hang-in-there-and-that-bullish-opium-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/cryptoquant-ceo-tells-bitcoin-holders-to-hang-in-there-and-that-bullish-opium-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptoquant CEO Tells Bitcoin Holders to &#8220;Hang in There&#8221; And That &#8220;Bullish Opium Is Coming&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Ki Young Ju said July 10 that bullish bitcoin catalysts are months away, telling holders to \u2018hang in there.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Cryptoquant\u2019s CEO has warned the bear market that turned in October 2025 could run into early 2027.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Bitcoin is trading near $64,000, down about 11% in 2026, with sentiment gauges still deeply bearish.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>A Statement of Hope<\/h2>\n<p>The head of the onchain analytics firm delivered the message in his signature aphoristic style, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ki_young_ju\/status\/2075332053285867703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writing on X<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSome <span>bullish<\/span> <span>Bitcoin<\/span> opium is coming in the next few months to relieve your <span>bear market<\/span> pain. Just not yet. Hang in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ju did not specify what the coming relief would be, leaving followers to parse whether he meant a market catalyst, an onchain signal, or simply a bounce. But in any case, the post is notable as it not only comes with the promise of relief but also a warning that the bottom might not yet be (classic Ju).<\/p>\n<p>Also, as <span>Bitcoin.com<\/span> News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/cryptoquant-ki-young-ju-bitcoin-bear-market-2027\/\">reported recently<\/a>, the Cryptoquant chief has warned the <span>bear market<\/span> could run into early 2027, based on his observation that once profit-taking cascades, <span>bitcoin<\/span> investors\u2019 aggregate profit and loss (PnL) typically declines for about 18 months. With the trend having turned in October 2025, that clock points to late 2026 or early 2027 before conditions genuinely reset.<\/p>\n<p>Ju has also described <span>bitcoin<\/span> as stuck in a broad sideways range, i.e. neither strong enough to confirm a <span>bull market<\/span> nor weak enough to trigger the full capitulation that historically marks cycle bottoms. A months-away dose of \u201copium,\u201d in that sense, would be a relief rally within a bear structure rather than the start of a new cycle.<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, <span>bitcoin<\/span> is changing hands above $64,000, down roughly 11% for the year, and recent Cryptoquant analysis has characterized the current bounce attempt as fragile, with sentiment still deeply <span>bearish<\/span> even as July seasonality and improving U.S. demand offer some support.<\/p>\n<h2>What Could the \u2018Opium\u2019 Be?<\/h2>\n<p>Historically, July has been one of <span>bitcoin<\/span>\u2019s stronger months, and oversold conditions have analysts flagging a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indexbox.io\/blog\/bitcoin-july-2026-short-term-bounce-possible-but-bearish-risks-remain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">short-term rally window<\/a> even among those who remain structurally <span>bearish<\/span>. On the fundamental side, a new draft of the CLARITY Act could reach the Senate floor within weeks, and any resumption of spot <span>bitcoin<\/span> exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows after months of outflows would qualify as fast-acting medicine.<\/p>\n<p>The tension in Ju\u2019s outlook is the same one facing every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin<\/a> holder right now, \u00e0 la relief rallies in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/bull-market-vs-bear-market\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bear markets<\/a> are real, tradable, and dangerous, because they invite investors to mistake the painkiller for the cure. His own conviction thesis argues that a genuine turn will only arrive after the 18-month PnL decline exhausts itself.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, it will be interesting to see if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BTC<\/a> is able to forge any sort of meaningful recovery over the coming few days\/weeks because otherwise, pundits are convinced that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/bull-market-vs-bear-market\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bearish<\/a> grip could last for at least another 6-18 months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/ki-young-ju-bullish-bitcoin-opium-bear-market\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Ki Young Ju said July 10 that bullish bitcoin catalysts are months away, telling holders to \u2018hang in there.\u2019 Cryptoquant\u2019s CEO has warned the bear market that turned in October 2025 could run into early 2027. Bitcoin is trading near $64,000, down about 11% in 2026, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362404,"featured_media":75217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}