What do you guys think about the possibility that bitcoin will crash down below 20k again before going beyond 24k?
The economy is still tanking, unemployment is rising and rates are still high and we don't know when they will start getting lower. And the biggest thing is that we still didn't feel the effect of the rate hikes. Considering all this, I see a real possibility of bitcoin crashing down with other assets.
I don't see how we can get a soft landing when there is a statistic that every time after the fed pivot economy was dumping even harder.
I want to hear your perspective on this.BTC
Well, economy is not tanking. Economy is slowing but not tanking. It's slowing because of QT. The Fed probably has 2 or 3 interest rate raises left and then it'll hold steady until probably sometime next year. As soon as the Fed says they are likely done raising rates, investors will stop being scared of everything and people will buy Bitcoin again. Also inflation are coming down nicely every month so as long as that keeps happening the Fed ain't gonna do anything crazy to crash the economy. And yes of course the economy has been feeling the rate hikes, don't know why you say we haven't felt the effect yet, we've been feeling the effect for a good long while now. Also unemployment is still extremely low so even though big companies make headlines about laying off a bunch of people the overall unemployment rate is still great.
Also notice that this bear market, since the low of ~$33k last January, the only time a new low was hit was when something major broke in the crypto sphere (LUNA, then Celsuis, then FTX). So basically Bitcoin isn't going to break down past $15.5k to a new low unless there is a global recession or something else major breaks in the crypto world. Honestly I don't think either of those things are going to happen.
Bitcoin price this month has looked stronger than it has in like half a year. I think there's a pretty decent chance we never see it below $20k again, let alone going under its $15.5k bottom, or down to $12k as OP is suggesting. Unless something really bad happens in crypto or in the economy, Bitcoin should be gaining strength the next few months and getting ready to break out of the <$25k bottom this Spring. Think $40k, not $12k in 2023.