Bah! I've been hearing Schiff's name since about 2011 or so, when precious metals were skyrocketing. He's an idiotic permabull on metals, and that's never a rational position to take for any investment.
I don't know why volume was lower during this last big bitcoin movement, but I'm not reading too much into it. It could be that a lot more bitcoin is being locked up by stringent holders who aren't selling it. Schiff is skeptical of bitcoin, and I'm even more skeptical of Schiff and anything he says. I've long suspected that he only makes these statements in order to keep his name in the news--and it always works, too.
I believe the real bull run will start on the last quarter of this year and will carry through next year because of the halving of bitcoin. 50,000$ is the price i see by next year.
It already started when the price jumped from $3500 to whatever the high was in 2019. Right now bitcoin just seems to have stalled out somewhat, and I'm not complaining about that. I'm confident the next movement will be up, and $20k is likely the next stop. Not sure about $50k next year, though. That might be a little too much of a gain.