Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said crypto is “absolutely not” dead, while stepping back from timing a “super cycle” as Bitcoin (BTC) trades near $64,000.
Key Points:
- CZ said he cannot predict when a crypto “super cycle” will arrive.
- He rejected the idea that the industry could die after the latest downturn.
- Bitcoin remains near resistance after sliding from a recent move toward $80,000.
CZ Super Cycle
Zhao addressed his earlier super cycle comments in a recent interview, after being asked about remarks from four months ago that 2026 could bring a major crypto upswing. The interviewer said Bitcoin had lost momentum and was stuck around $60,000 to $64,000.
Zhao avoided a new forecast.
“I think even when I said it, I probably said I could not predict the future,” he said, before adding, “I try to avoid prediction questions regardless.”
The interviewer said Bitcoin had recently pushed toward $80,000 before falling back near $60,000, joking that the decline could be called a winter. Zhao accepted the weakness but rejecteded the larger doubt, saying, “But will crypto die? Absolutely not.”
“Crypto will continue to grow. So I think the super cycle will come. I’m not sure when it will come,” Zhao said.
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Bitcoin Resistance
After the clip appeared online, Zhao answered the attention around his old call with a short post. “Might be late… I can’t predict anything,” he wrote.
The remarks came as Bitcoin continued to trade unevenly near $64,000 after failing to hold higher levels.
Crypto analysts said BTC was at a short-term resistance zone, where traders are watching for a breakout or rejection.
Some of them link Bitcoin’s next move to reports involving Donald Trump and Iran, saying Trump claimed a peace deal could be signed “tomorrow.”
Zhao’s comments now frame the super cycle less as a near-term call and more as a long-term view. Four months after he floated the 2026 idea, Bitcoin’s retreat from near $80,000 to the low $60,000s has made timing the main issue for traders.
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