Bitcoin's all time high was on 17 December, 2017 was $19,783.This was Bitcoin’s historic high, a 900% increase in just two quarters.However, it was immediately knocked down by half and stood at $11,000 just 11 days later.
you are looking at this whole thing wrong. you should zoom out and look at the bigger real picture. that picture shows you that price has been rising from around mid 2015. with some short corrections but the overall trend was rise.
then in 2019 the final stage of that ongoing rise happened where price rise got faster. and eventually ended up with what you described which was the final step of the 13000% rise in 3 years which ended with a bubble and the result was a bubble burst and 2018 bear market.
Its upward slant has been sturdy throughout the first half of 2019, somewhat imitating the second-half of 2017, which is restoring public confidence. Bitcoin is trading at a robust $10,000 as of now.
no it wasn't sturdy, it was shady and full of doubt. just like 2015 when price got out of $150, went up 2x and fell down again to go back up, reach $500, stabalize at $450 for a long time and then continue.
now we're seeing the same. from $3000 to $6k, a drop then some months of sideways and then rise to $13k stabalizing at $10k(ish) and then continue back up.
Do you think Bitcoin will cross its all time high of $19,783 by the end of 2019?
possibly not.
usually hitting the previous ATH is harder becasue there are a lot of investors that are planning on cashing out in different price levels up until that previous ATH and that slows down the rise a lot.