Yeah, probably we might see the price above $20k at the end of the month, we seems to be very bullish. I thought that the buying will have to stop because of some negative news, but due to the bitcoin expiry contracts, the bulls push it to above $21k again to get the needed profits on the expiration. Bears no longer control the market for now and this trend might continue till the end of the month.
Bitcoin broke to over $23K yesterday and is still very close to the $23K price level right now. So I also think that the bears are no longer in control of the market this month despite the negative news as you said but I still haven't read it and it may no longer matter to the buyers who are currently still buying Bitcoin with as much capital as they can.
The price recovery in january was significant and much higher than my expectations, however we may see a correction in the last week of january or early february as any high price gains are bound to correct, maybe prices will stabilize at $19-20k.
It is still possible for a correction to occur again this month, but I don't think that the percentage of the correction will be greater than the increase that has occurred this month, because if Bitcoin can surpass the $25K level in the near future, the correction may not be too far from the level that price. But if it's still below $25K, it could be a correction to $20K but I don't think it will be below $20K again.