What Bitcoin Did

Why This Bitcoin Bull Market Is Different | Checkmate

Checkmate breaks down Bitcoin's market structure, why treasury companies are flooding in, and whether the four-year cycle has finally broken. We get into how institutional money is reshaping on-chain dynamics, why long-t...

2025-08-01

Episode notes

Checkmate breaks down Bitcoin's market structure, why treasury companies are flooding in, and whether the four-year cycle has finally broken.


We get into how institutional money is reshaping on-chain dynamics, why long-term holders are behaving differently this cycle, and what the recent 80,000 BTC move signals about dormant supply.


Checkmate also explains the risks and opportunities of corporate treasury plays, premium-to-NAV dynamics, and how the rest of this bull market could play out.


In this episode:


- Treasury company dynamics


- Why Bitcoin’s drawdowns are structurally different this cycle


- The rise of institutional-sized transactions and empty mempools


- What the 80,000 BTC sale tells us about long-dormant coins


- The quantum debate


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