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In a livestream broadcast on X, independent market technician Kevin, known 
online as @Kev_Capital_TA, argued that crypto markets are only now entering 
what he called “the real bull run,” pointing to a confluence of technical 
signals, macroeconomic data and inter-market correlations that he believes 
have not been fully appreciated by traders. The Real Bull Run Starts Here 
Kevin placed particular emphasis on the behavior of Tether dominance (USDT.D), 
the share of crypto market capitalization held in the dollar-pegged 
stablecoin. The analyst displayed two long-term logarithmic USDT.D charts, 
each showing an initial sharp decline followed by what he described as a 
“rising channel slash bear flag.” In both 2024 and the present structure, the 
measured-move target of the pattern sits at 3.70 percent. “It’s really 
astonishing how this is kind of attempting to play out,” he said, stressing 
that any sustainable rally in risk assets will require that level to be 
reached. “The two key words that are going to be the most important words over 
the next couple of weeks are follow through.” Related Reading: Crypto Market 
Cap On Track To $4.5 Trillion As Q3 Unfolds – Details He then overlaid a macro 
descending triangle on a separate two-week USDT.D chart dating back to March 
2020. Each time the two-week Stochastic RSI crossed downward, the dominance 
metric fell sharply, coinciding with periods of strength in Bitcoin and 
altcoins. The latest cross, now curling lower, again targets 3.70 percent. If 
that support were to give way, Kevin allowed, a deeper slide toward “the two- 
percent handle” could mark a “peak bull market” phase—though he cautioned 
against speculating that far ahead. The technical discussion broadened to 
Bitcoin’s hash-ribbon indicator, which tracks miner capitulation and recovery. 
Historically, weekly “buy” signals have preceded 40 to 100 percent upside 
moves within nine weeks, with what Kevin called a “100 percent hit rate” over 
eight years of back-testing. Kevin linked the on-chain data to macro 
conditions. Citing the real-time inflation gauge “Truthflation,” he 
highlighted a 1.66 percent reading—below the Federal Reserve’s nominal 2 
percent target—and falling import prices, both of which, he argued, increase 
the odds of an imminent shift to easier policy. “If Truthflation stays below 2 
percent, you’re going to get the easing you want,” he said, predicting that 
markets would price in an end to quantitative tightening ahead of any official 
announcement. “Retail traders are becoming more educated than they’ve ever 
been.… The market will sniff out rate cuts coming.” Altcoin capital rotation 
formed a second pillar of the bullish thesis. Ethereum’s market-share chart, 
he said, had been basing at 2019-2020 lows, with monthly MACD, Stochastic RSI 
and Market Cipher signals all turning up. Early reallocations into ETH-beta 
names such as Chainlink and Uniswap are already “up 60 percent” from their 
accumulation zones, he claimed, framing the moves as the foothills of a 
broader run. Nonetheless, he warned viewers not to wait for central-bank 
confirmation: “Don’t be the person sitting on the sidelines waiting for Powell 
to come out saying QT is over.” Related Reading: XRP Set To Shock The Crypto 
Market With 30% Share, Analyst Predicts Turning to Bitcoin itself, Kevin 
acknowledged that the benchmark still faces substantial resistance. Price must 
clear the March record, then the $112,000–$116,000 range and, ultimately, 
$120,000 before “thin air” opens a path to $140,000–$150,000. Similarly, the 
“total three” index—market cap excluding Bitcoin and Ethereum—needs a daily 
close above $877 billion and, crucially, the yellow-shaded resistance band 
that has capped rallies five times since February. Only then, he argued, would 
a new all-time high for the broader alt-basket come into view. Despite the 
optimism, Kevin repeatedly returned to the notion that conviction without 
confirmation is premature. “We need to see real deal price action,” he said, 
noting that Bitcoin’s daily RSI has not reached the 90-plus “euphoria” zone 
since 2017. He called the post-March tape “down-trending crappy price action” 
and insisted that any declaration of a full-fledged cycle peak must await 
multiple days of decisive follow-through. In closing, the analyst underscored 
the time sensitivity of the opportunity. With the halving behind and the 
traditional four-year cycle ostensibly entering its final phase, “you’ve got 
five to six months of what should be elite-level price action,” he said. 
Whether or not the textbook cycle ends on schedule will depend, in his view, 
on the interaction between a Federal Reserve pivot and the crypto market’s 
ability to anticipate it. For now, Kevin’s roadmap is unambiguous: monitor 
USDT dominance for a breakdown toward 3.70 percent, watch for successive hash- 
ribbon buy signals, and demand momentum “follow through” above the identified 
technical hurdles. If those conditions are met, he contends, the rally that 
many traders thought was already under way will reveal itself as only the 
warm-up act for “the real bull run.” At press time, BTC traded at $111,250. 
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