We are in a bear market, that is a fact, and the numbers today are not lying. From all time high of $69k and then around $20k'ish, doesn't look good and obviously, the market has been shaken already, weak hands have sold, while the whales keeps accumulating.
That will be the state of the market and there is no coming back to a all time high unfortunately. We have to suffer the bearish trend, but we should remain in the market because this will go overtime. Let's look forward to 2024-25, this is the time that we might see a new all time high. Yes, I know still very far, so patience is the key here.
This is unavoidable because the bear market continues to haunt in recent months many weak hands are not strong so they think to get off their investment path.
The bearish trend will still continue I can't guess how long this will end but that's what we enjoy now, whether we will survive with bitcoin or with stable coins it is indeed a difficult choice situation for those who are weak.
I'm sure we will see ATH again after the halving in the next few years, maybe it will be more than the ATH before it if you ask when of course you have to wait longer.
Weak hands are not the type of people who would make any kind of profit during the bear months, they will make a good amount of profit during bull though, because people who are newbies and do the things they shouldn't do, take higher risks, and some of them do lose a lot of money to scams, but some of them get super lucky.
Someone who knows how to invest, will do the right and thinkable thing and will not take that silly risk, and will earn a good chunk of money, but not like the newbie who made a mistake. I know people who bought the wrong token and made profit more than I did, that’s how newbies could get lucky, of course many lose money while doing that as well.