The problem is that when bitcoin prices start to fall, people become disappointed and never look at the big picture. The bitcoin prices cannot straight go up, there will be a lot of pump and dump in between.
Well said. In a market people look at how the price behaves to determine what the actual state of the asset is, which means that as long as the price is going up, people are likely to consider it a fantastic asset to invest in.
The problem with a lot of those who entered this space in 2017 is that they saw the price increase significantly for months straight, which they apparently believed that it was very normal for crypto.
Initially they made some decent paper gains, but these gains turned into severe paper losses, especially for those who kept holding their coins because the general sentiment within crypto is to keep holding....