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It’s still early in the Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>) bull market because the BTC price of $71,000 is equivalent to the $20,000 mark of the previous bull cycle, according to Willy Woo, a Bitcoin analyst and managing partner at CMCC Crest.
<h2 id="woo-s-bitcoin-price-model-upper-bound-is-337-000">Woo’s Bitcoin price model upper bound is $337,000</h2>
<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-breaks-new-high-above-71-000">Bitcoin breached the record $71,000</a> mark on March 11, three days after Ether (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price">ETH</a>)&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ether-eth-price-4-000-first-time-2021">surpassed the $4,000 mark</a> for the first time since 2021.
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Despite Bitcoin surpassing $71,000, the bull cycle is only starting, according to Woo’s price model, which is based on a composite of various metrics set to gauge investor behavior. Woo wrote in&nbsp;a March 11 post on X:
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 “BTC at 71k puts us *here* in visual of the upper and lower bound models. The upper bound right now is $337k. So this bull market is still early, equivalent to 20k of last cycle.”
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 BTC price model. Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1767115777315160519/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Willy Woo on X</a>
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Furthermore, the Bitcoin Macro Index broke the upper blue band this week, which signals that “we are in a full fundamentals-driven bull market,” noted Woo, sharing the chart below.
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 Bitcoin Macro Index. Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1767115780955775009/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Willy Woo on X</a>
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<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="crypto-market-peak-by-late-2024">Crypto market peak by late 2024?&nbsp;</h2>
Meanwhile, the current bull market dynamics might result in an earlier macro top compared with previous cycles, argued analyst Rekt Capital. He <a href="https://twitter.com/rektcapital/status/1767202010305118233" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">wrote</a> in a March 11 X post:&nbsp;
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 “If the accelerated perspective turns out to be true, then the next bull market peak may thus occur in 266 - 315 days. That’s December 2024 or February 2025.”
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 Bitcoin Liquid Index Chart, 1-week. Source: Rekt Capital on X
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Additionally, Bitcoin analyst CryptoCoin also expects Bitcoin’s four-year cycle to accelerate by as much as one year. The analyst <a href="https://twitter.com/CryptoCon_/status/1767204132182430186" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">wrote</a> in a March 11 X post:
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 “With #Bitcoin entering price discovery mode and new ATHs a year earlier than usual, we may be witnessing the death of the 4-year cycle. Our before, perfectly structured cycles would have called for a top late 2025, but we seem to now be right on track for a top late 2024.”
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<h2 id="another-analyst-paints-170-000-btc-price-target">Another analyst paints $170,000 BTC price target</h2>
According to pseudonymous Bitcoin analyst Dave the Wave, Bitcoin could rally toward the $170,000 mark by May if the bullish momentum continues, based on technical indicators, such as the weekly&nbsp;moving average convergence divergence (MACD). Traders often use the MACD to assess the potential entry and exit points. The pseudonymous analyst <a href="https://twitter.com/davthewave/status/1766958376934936870" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">wrote</a> in a March 11 X post:
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 “If the nascent parabola were to continue into a full-blown parabola, an argument for nearly 170K in May.”
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 Bitcoin Liquid Index. Source: Dave the Wave on X
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However, these price targets are becoming modest in the current bull market. For example, Cathie Wood said on March 7 that ARK Invest’s&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-bull-cathie-wood-ark-invest-btc-price-target-1m">long-term Bitcoin price&nbsp;target</a>&nbsp;is “well above” $1 million.&nbsp;
“That target — it was before the SEC gave us the green light, and I think that was a major milestone, and it has pulled forward the timeline,” said Wood, referring to the regulatory approval of the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States.
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