Bitcoin Bullishness For Q3 Grows: What Happens In Every Post-Halving Year?

As Bitcoin (BTC) enters the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, bullish sentiment is rising, fueled by historic post-halving patterns which have repeatedly marked the start of explosive market strikes. A crypto analyst now factors to recurring developments noticed in previous cycles, the place Q3 has usually acted as a launchpad for important worth rallies in BTC following every halving 12 months. 

Bitcoin Submit-Halving Years Level To Explosive Q3

Luca, a crypto market professional on X (previously Twitter), has doubled down on expectations for a serious Bitcoin worth rally within the coming quarter. He argues that expectations of an prolonged consolidation in Bitcoin, based mostly on the fractals and market conduct seen in 2023 and early 2024, fail to account for a important issue: 2025 is a post-halving 12 months. 

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The analyst factors to a constant sample noticed in each post-halving 12 months all through Bitcoin’s historical past. In his chart evaluation printed on June 26, Luca notes that Q3 in these years have constantly demonstrated power, with no historic precedent for weak point, reinforcing the case for a bullish breakout. 

The chart compares Q3 efficiency throughout the post-halving years of 2013, 2017, and 2021. In every case, Bitcoin entered the third quarter with reasonable or corrective worth motion, solely to rally considerably within the weeks that adopted. 

The left panel of the chart reveals the 2013 post-halving 12 months, the place Bitcoin went from underneath $100 in July to over $680 in November. In 2017, the center panel highlighted an identical trajectory, the place BTC broke out from underneath $2,800 in early Q3 to over $16,000 by year-end.

The latest cycle in 2021, proven in the best panel of the chart, noticed a Q3 restoration rally that took Bitcoin from underneath $39,000 in July to a former all-time excessive above $69,000 in November.  

Notably, Luca maintains that this constant historic conduct isn’t coincidental, predicting {that a} comparable rally may unfold within the present cycle, throughout the subsequent few months. Whereas he acknowledges the chance of a short-term pullback, he emphasizes that Bitcoin’s broader market construction stays firmly bullish, with momentum nonetheless favoring additional upside. 

Analyst Predicts $140,000 – $160,000 Bitcoin Cycle Prime

Shifting ahead, Luca’s chart reveals technical components that align along with his bullish thesis. Based mostly on key Fibonacci Extension ranges, the analyst tasks that BTC’s subsequent cycle high falls between $140,000 and $160,000, a goal he believes might be attained towards the tip of Q3. 

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Whereas acknowledging that the precise goal may shift relying on how technical confluences evolve, the expectation stays {that a} Bitcoin rally is imminent. With BTC now buying and selling round $107,423 after rebounding from a earlier dip beneath $100,000, a possible transfer to $140,000 and even $160,000 would mark a considerable acquire of roughly 30.35% and 48.97%, respectively. 

Featured picture from Unsplash, chart from TradingView