I find it hilarious all the people saying we're not going to hit $50k. Bitcoin doesn't just break a multi-year ATH and then piddle out at 2.5x. Anyone who knows knows we're going to see 6 digits, probably this year. The only question is whether it gets there like the 2013 chart, the 2017 chart, or something entirely new. If this correction goes into multiple weeks, it will start to resemble 2017. If this week closes green (personally I believe it will but I could easily be wrong), then the 2013 model is more in play. I don't care either way, it's all upside since I did most of my accumulating under 20k
Seriously. Anyone who has been in Bitcoin since before 2017 understands that $50k is nothing and will be reached soon, and $80k should easily be reached this year as well. Very unlikely this year ends without seeing 6 digits.
My guess is we see something entirely new, neither like 2013 or 2017. Both of those were retail frenzy driven markets. I don't see a "quick" 80% crash coming and then a much higher double top leading to another long term 80% crash like in 2013. And I don't see an over-half-year run-up with a couple durable corrections followed by a huge blow-off top happening like 2017 either. It'll be something different, but the main theme of bitcoin booming will of course be the same.
I think we'll see less volatility now, with market growing larger and institutions providing a solid floor and more of a safeguard against huge corrections or crashes. I think we won't see the old type of hundreds of percent in a month followed by blow-off top. People already know about Bitcoin, so they will get in more gradually, not all at once when suddenly Bitcoin starts being mentioned in the media. They've known about Bitcoin for years now, so new retail money will be more gradual. They will still FOMO in at times and panic sell at times, but it won't be a single huge blow off top and then walking away for years. Plus institutions will slow down if they think a little bubble has been created and then can stack sats lower by just being patient, plus unlike retail investors, institutions are gonna be putting in fractions of a percent of their holdings at a time, not diving in with half their money, therefore the risks are lower, the bubble is smaller, and their is no need for them to panic sell during a drop to deleverage their position.