Have you take a look at the 2015 chart? I think that's the similar thing rather than the 2019 one.
Yes I have. The implication would be remaining in a range between $15K and $30K for the rest of year. There's nothing really exciting to provide fractal wise imo, it'd look pretty boring. Also while it's possible I personally find it unlikely. There was a lot more uncertainty back then in Bitcoin's infancy and it took a lot of time (11 months) to rebuild confidence in the market. 2019 rebound changed the game imo.
The reality is neither a 2015 nor 2019 style consolidation or recovery has confirmed itself in the charts yet as it's only been a few months since the potential bottom. If price where to get rejected by $30K and head towards $15K then rest assured I would open a new thread to suggest this possibility, rather than the idea of heading $10K. But so far, there is little to suggest this outcome is that likely.
Well, I think you're correct, the fundamentals back then was not quite strong compare to what we've seen today but aren't the regulations of SEC and others kinda looks the same as it was the uncertainty before? I mean SEC is throwing around on things that may create FUD in the market these days just because of that FTX meltdown, e.g., staking rumors to be banned, stablecoins issues as unregistered security etc. I think May or June will decide this if it breaks above the strong resistance at $25k, for now the sentiment is still on the bears side.
Personally, I don't see how staking or stablecoin bans will effect Bitcoin, this will simply effect other cryptocurrencies. I know people will think this will be bad for all crypto and therefore Bitcoin, but instead it could be bad for crypto excluding Bitcoin. For example when Bitcoin is going down then hedge funds / exchanges collapsing and liquidating will directly effect the price, but if Bitcoin is rising, the situation may be very different.
Also to note 2019 was the year Bitcoin's market dominance increased from around 50% to 70% (+35%), after making a low around 40%, and I very much think the same dynamic can happen this year, by comparison from different levels from 40% to 55-60%. We've already seen a 10% increase from recent lows, and I imagine this is set to continue should Bitcoin continue to the upside. This could in turn mean bans on exchange staking, stablecoins, even DeFi, could well cause money to flow out of these cryptos and products and back towards Bitcoin if it is considered a safe haven and immune from direct scrutiny from the SEC. Obviously in a bear market money will flee back to fiat, but when Bitcoin is in a bull market and unaffected by these regulatory issues, then that money is more likely to flow back into Bitcoin. At least, imo.
The fact that Bitcoin hasn't really claimed any market dominance back since the highs in 2021 tells me that it has a lot of ground to make up and this may well be the cause that helps it achieve this.
Just like Bitcoin's price, it's market dominance appears to flipping bullish again after around 20 months consolidating near the lows, with the usual bullish divergence on various indicators.