Back in 2017, everyone was expecting the launch of Bitcoin futures trading, which built up the hype and pumped the BTC price to 20K.
After BTC futures trading was launched, the price dropped and we saw a bearish market during the entire 2018. I understand that BTC futures trading wasn't the main factor for the 2018 bearish market, but it was a significant enough factor to cause the price to drop.
I don't know if this is going to repeat in the same way. The real bull market might occur in 2025, several months after the Bitcoin halving(and after the big central banks begin lowering the interest rates).
We should be ready for several bearish months in 2024.
I have observed the same thing as you have seen in the past and seems like the same market trend is repeating, but we should consider this I mean those bearish months as an opportunity to accumulate as much Bitcoin as possible. I am afraid their might be some panic selling since everyone is expecting a bull run this year. but we might see it only in 2025 Bitcoin veterans already knows about it and don't bother to panic.