Why Bitcoin Didn’t Go Parabolic & What Comes Next (full episode) @therationalroot with @WalkerAmerica Is Bitcoin in a bear market? When will we hit the bottom? How long until bitcoin hits $1M? Walker sits down with Bitcoin analyst Rational Root for a deep dive into Bitcoin’s current market structure, bear market vibes, and why this cycle has felt so different, and whether the four-year cycle is still intact. Root argues Bitcoin is in a bear market phase, explains why institutional adoption and ETF flows created a more distributed top instead of a classic parabolic blow-off, and lays out why the next few months may look more like bottom formation than immediate breakout. They discuss the role of long-term holder distribution, why 100k became such a major psychological level, how business cycles and halving cycles interact, and why Bitcoin remains massively bullish long term even if price chops lower in the near term. CHAPTERS: 00:00 TRAILER: A Bitcoin Bear Market? 01:54 Current Vibe Check on Bitcoin 11:14 ETF Holdings and Institutional Adoption 17:17 The Diminishing Returns of Bitcoin 22:14 ETFs and Retail Demand 27:30 Bitcoin’s Four-Year Cycles 36:23 Comparing Bitcoin to Prior Cycles 41:37 Diminishing Returns and Gold’s Price Action 50:41 What a Broken Bitcoin Spiral Looks Like 57:54 Measuring Bitcoin in Fiat 1:04:24 DCAing into Bitcoin