"Crypto Bull Run to Last Longer, Trader Predicts $500K Bitcoin, $20K Ethereum"

Crypto Prices Expected to Rise for Longer This Cycle, Says Trader

In a recent strategy session, a closely followed crypto analyst predicted that digital assets will remain in a bullish trend for a longer duration than in previous cycles. The trader, Michaël van de Poppe, believes that Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) could hit massive new all-time highs if the current bull market extends beyond expectations.

Van de Poppe, who has 768,800 followers on the social media platform X, stated, "I think that there’s a significant chance that this cycle will be longer and go higher than everybody expects. We’ve had the longest bear market on altcoins. Why not have the longest, final bull market on them? Bitcoin to $500,000 and Ethereum to $20,000. Sign me up."

The trader also suggested that the cycle peak could arrive as late as 2027 and that Bitcoin may become less volatile as it continues upward. "I don’t think we’ll have many 30% corrections on Bitcoin during this cycle. The markets become larger, through which a lot more liquidity is added and Bitcoin becomes more ‘boring.’ Just a gradual upward pace. Either Bitcoin peaks in Q4 2025 or somewhere beginning 2027."

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading for $104,600, flat on the day, while Ethereum is trading for $3,268, up 4.1% in the last 24 hours.

Van de Poppe also mentioned that several altcoins may soon follow the lead of layer-1 blockchain network Sui (SUI) and start breaking out. He noted that bullish divergence is starting to appear on the three-day charts against Bitcoin for several alts, including Optimism (OP), Wormhole (W), and Omni Network (OMNI).

A bullish divergence, which suggests price will start to increase, occurs when the price of assets records lower lows while indicators, such as the Relative Strength Index (RSI), a momentum oscillator indicator, are witnessing higher lows.

The trader explained, "The markets start to signal massive signals that utility coins and ETH ecosystem is the next one to