The BTC price is directly dependent on the decisions of the governments of large countries regarding the circulation and use of virtual money. The emergence of prohibitions, taxes or fines for miners has a negative impact on the exchange rate of Bitcoin. This is especially noticeable when it comes to large market players, such as China or the United States.
Developments and even news will have an effect somehow on Bitcoin that is if they are taken or consumed by the market as there are also news that the market just shrugged off. I remember the last ETF rejection by SEC that instead of causing the Bitcoin to go down dramatically there was no such thing and Bitcoin even go up a little. In my view, the Bitcoin market has seen so many things already and will not be reacting to things like in the past. But one thing is sure, with Bitcoin there is no way we can exactly predict how a certain news can affect it.
This is a stupid post with no substance, pure crap. Experts don't know shit, we are all experts on crypto as it's so young and if they knew something we didn't they'd be rich. Governments have shown to have very little impact, this isn't the old days of china ban Bitcoin dip fud.
I would not label the post of OP as really that stupid. While it is true that Bitcoin has matured a lot compared to the past, there is still no guarantee that a certain news -- especially a negative one -- will not be influencing the price movement of the coin. Sometimes the market still do react to some news especially when there is nothing else on the horizon.
Solely basing my opinion on technicals I'll say that Bitcoin is going to remain in a sideways price action through October and form some kind of a consolidation/accumulation pattern and then powerslide to the upside. On the big timeframes Bitcoin is very bullish in my opinion. However we might still have some downside to go so my prediction is between $7700 and $8600.
With the way things are right now with Bitcoin, your projection has come true. As I am writing this, Bitcoin is pulling back below the $8,000 level and the bearish mood is really taking place. I am sure though that this pullback is just a temporary thing in preparation for the possible bull run next year.