Scaramucci’s Cycle-Swap: Bitcoin’s 4-Year Prophecy Still Hasn’t Hit Mute (Q4 2026 Bull on the Horizon)

Anthony Scaramucci, SkyBridge’s managing partner and professional market mood ring, doubled-down on the ancient Bitcoin four-year cycle like it’s a crypto-native religion with a Patreon. On Scott Melker’s “Wolf of All Streets” podcast, he insisted that despite ETFs acting like institutional tampons for volatility, the cycle isn’t dead—just hungover from too many Wall Street brunches. “Whales and OGs who still believe in this thing? They’re not just predicting the future—they’re crowdfunding it with their HODLs,” he mused, as if the blockchain were a group chat where everyone’s still waiting for the guy who said “diamond hands” to show up.

He reminded listeners we all spent 2025 dreaming of a $150k Bitcoin, fueled by Trump’s crypto-friendly aura and regulators whispering sweet nothings into CoinDesk’s ear. Then October happened: Bitcoin got mugged by geopolitics, sliding from $126k to $60k like a degens’ portfolio after a FTX afterparty. The dream didn’t die—it just moved to a cheaper apartment in the Metamask suburbs.

Scaramucci pointed to early 2023’s bounce as the ultimate “I don’t care anymore” bull run: post-FTX collapse, BTC bottomed in December 2022, then shot up in January 2023 like a sleep-deprived trader who just realized their Binance account still had 0.003 BTC left. No news. No hype. Just pure, unfiltered apathy. The market doesn’t need a press release—it needs a nap and a cold brew.

The vibe now? Less “bull market,” more “bear market on a caffeine crash.” Bitcoin dipped below $69k as Iran’s latest TikTok war drama hit week three, while the S&P 500 tumbled 1.3% and broke its 200-day MA for the first time since 2023—like a retiree realizing their Roth IRA is now just a crypto-themed mood board. Some analysts warn that if BTC keeps mimicking Wall Street’s emotional outbursts, it could lose half its value by 2026. Translation: if Bitcoin’s going to be a meme, at least pick a better one than “Wall Street’s cousin who still lives in the basement.”

So here we are: are cycles the rulebook, or did VCs rewrite it with an NFT signature? Scaramucci’s take? The four-year rhythm is still playing in the background—just muted. Like your neighbor’s Bluetooth speaker at 2 a.m. You can’t hear it clearly, but you know it’s still there. And come Q4 2026? It’ll blast “Toxic” by Britney Spears so loud, even ETFs will start HODLing.