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While checking around, I came across some write-up of how long this bear market have been and we also get to know that this bear market is the longest.

I found out this: https://www.ccn.com/the-crypto-bear-market-wont-last/amp recently.

So what's your own opinion and say about how soon will the bear market be over?

We all want to feel the end of the bear market, the bear market is so scary. Many people experience losses because of the impact of uncertain market situations. Q1 this year we are still faced with bear market conditions, hopefully in Q2 this year the situation has become much more and we can get a much better situation so that we can improve the economic conditions that we have.

I suspect we'll be in this bear market for a few more months at the least, but it could also end next week- there's really no telling when this bear market's going to end, but at the least our fundamentals are much better than they were in the last bear market Bitcoin was in before the run up to the ATH at $20k, and there's more services involving BTC and crypto as well. I definitely think there's going to be another bull market for BTC, though, but the mindset most people are in is definitely different than the last bear market we were in, with more people holding for the mid to long-term expecting another ATH. It'll definitely be interesting to see how the next run up goes.

In my personal prediction bear market of crypto already ended and currently the market sideaway and in the middle of this year will back to bullish, i believe with circle of crypto market that bullish and bearish always changed. With more adoption of crypto and blockchain  technology this market for sure will turn in to bullish, we have to wait patient for that.

Many people/ web comes up with their prediction but I can't see reality until now, sad of course not because only prediction. I just have patience but mostly I leave crypto and built my skill with forex market. Stuck in big number make me stress on crypto but that's my choice. I hope bear market will end at lest until March or I'll cut loss all my transactions, too long to wait.

If the experts in predictions last year are all became foolish because of this bearish market then how much more for us which are only simple crypto users. It is hard to determined if when this bearish market will end but maybe if ETF products will be given a chance then i guess it might trigger the bullish run as i believe that it will attract billions of investors making the crypto currency to become great once again.

No one can really said when this bear market will be over.  It might be the longest but that do not mean that the end is closed.  We still have not touched the bottom base on technical indicators.  I think strong news has to hit the market in under to change the direction of the market.

Like I said in my other post.

The article is just a guess and doesn't really mean its accurate. If you want to know how long it will last you need to look at the daily and weekly charts of BTCUSD.

Many people assumed $6000 (or $5800 ) was the low and it would rise from there, however most traders knew it would break because every single time it went to $6000 and bounced it made a failed lower high, and this was happening for months and it never painted a new higher high.

Hence for this bear market to end, we need to see a new higher high at least at $4200 or $4400 and it needs to act as support before we can call the end of the bear market.

I also see the last year support ($5800-$6000) being major resistance and IF and only IF it manages to close above $7000-$8000 or so, I would say that the bear market was definately over and $3100 was indeed the low.

Until then all we can do is wait.

From 3 months to another 2 years. It probably won't take more than 2 years. With every new cycle, the time we spend in a bear market goes higher.

The last time we had it, it took around 400 days and we passed that number.

One of the reasons that's happening is because with every new cycle, people look at the old cycle and make their plans according to that old one.

For example;

We are now looking at the 2015's bear market and think, "the bear market should end nowadays." Why? Because it did after 400 days last time. That's why it is going take a lot more than 400 days.

To end the bear market, we need to lose all the hope for crypto's recovery. People still have hopes. They should lose it first.

Many people are waiting for the good news specifically the SEC's decision on February 27
they mostly refrain from making purchases

Though this is the longest yet this is not the first time bear market happens and stay long so why bother that much?what is important that we can still see some potential in future since the market stay strong even that this bearish getting long and longer

This really will give a great hope that we are definitely going out from the bear market pretty soon which I believe many are making huge bags. Fingers crossed hoping for a turn up.

Dont you think the halving will move the price up no matter what? why does the cycle have to bottom perfectly with everyone losing hope - to me it would take a good 2 years from now with no price movement up for most to lose hope.  A quick crash down at anytime could scare people so maybe that will happen.

It will but it needs to be combined with the time factor. The Last halving happened in 2016 didn't moon the prices instantly. Its effect was delayed like a year because the time wasn't right in 2016. Market cycles are equally important. Halving just amplifies the effect.

It is very likely that we will see the recovery in q4. The blockchain is already a big thing, and the bear market gives us a chance to see the major technical improvements, as in such times quality, not quantity prevails.

According to what I analyze, I think our crypto market will recover soon after 2 years. You know, the recession will soon end and it will make the economy return to a flourishing period.
The cycle of the recession year economy usually lasts 2-4 years. I realize that our market is starting to recover. Trading wars are also cooling and that is a very good sign.

I think I have to wait until mid-2019 to see if there is a significant increase to end the bearish trend.

They are waiting for a much clearer signals before they will purchased back, the bear really scared those peps who haven't done their homework before
investing, but for people who knows how to wait and patiently observing they are just looking for a good indicators before coming back and start to invest,
leading them to a much better views of the market conditions.

Signal groups are a lottery, are governed by a technical analysis based on lines and indicators that have nothing to do with the market, groups of signals makes people not learn to understand the market, I think it is a marketing for make people lose money in a very easy way, because if they won with signals they would not make any group.

For how many times I’ve seen lots of thread talking about the bear and it seens like the market will last for atleast another year from now and as what they’ve said its on 2020 maybe yes

Signal groups are stupid most of them are being used by own interests and not to help others to benefits,they are selling the group mostly to gain profits

As I see it, we are long overdue with this bear market. I think we should see a surprising price action in the next couple of months. Long term recovery maybe at the end of the year. We are now in the longest bear market to date, arent we? How long can it possibly last?

It is a good hypothetical thought process, with time the cycle might change on when the market will recover. Since this is a really new market it is hard to make any conclusive statements nor we do not have sufficient data to make any exact prediction either. I do expect the market to recover this year and we might see another big rally in a couple of years which could take us to another all time high valuation.

If the market would make some changes from bearish to bullish i don't think it will just automatically change everything in just a few hours unless of course if everyone was trading at the same time. I would say it will take more than a week before the changes happen for instance just like how market decline the prices so does in bull run.

Not enough data to calculate and come to a prediction now, so we have to just go with the flow and make something from it we are still the early adopters we won't get disappointed if we are holding our coins for long term.

Sometimes we need to do this, go with the flow. There are no signs of the bull market comes, and the price now still at range from 3k to 4k USD. Let's just patiently wait when the market recovers and to become a bullish trend and bearish will gone. Indeed, the article was found by the OP was helpful too, as of now we can't conclude the possible happens.

I think that Bitcoin price is going to continue going down down down down down!

It is going to drop below 3000 and then drop below 2000, and maybe further down!

There is nothing better than to step on the rake, get on the head and then walk carefully!
This man made his fortune not just because he was lucky, but because he believed in the development of cryptocurrency. Yes, the market always has cycles and now the main thing is to wait for the end of the cycle of bears and not to leave this market because even from these positions there is a huge potential!

I don't care wether we are in bear or bull or how long it will take. I make profits every day no matter what the market does. I am stacking up BTC and fiat profits daily and just wait the explosion. But when that will be I dont know. I do not think 2019 will be the year of a massive bullrun again. I rather think 2020-2022 will be massive years

It's not wise to try to predict the price of the bitcoin,price analysis from experts usually turns out to be incorrect,and with all the ups and downs in 2018,the best thing to do is just to watch the price and not try to forsee or envisage it's future price.
For now we're in the bear market and we cannot predict when the bull will come along

If people want the price of Bitcoin to pump up they should do something or start dumping all of those bags of Bitcoin. Since we never see a sign of growing but instead dropping of prices in the market. Then we might see the bear market to find another bottom along this whole year though we were still at in Q1 so there might be a chance to see some bullishness in the market.

Do you have a reason for your argument?
take short actions on margin trading, if you believe the price will continue going down up to $2000

That was tough. I mean, it's obvious that no matter how professional the analyzation of a certain speculation is, still it's not even can consider as closed to what will happen.

Reading lots of opinions about speculations will just make you more confused especially to the concern of "WHEN".

My suggestion is to have an own and definite view about the current price behaviour. Have some plan accordingly to what the trend is. And lastly, just continue the accumulation based on your own valid references + instinct* (yes). Remember that a certain suggestion\s might not worked for you since it's on your own hands to managed it along the way.

The long term process of market recovery was too long and I don't think more holder will be more patient enough to withstand on their principles. By virtue on no choice they will choose to hold that asset in order to sustain their profit. If they'll be panic nothing will happen but losses, which could make their future be lost too. That's why everyone is merely encouraged to hold and expect bear market will be over soon.

I think the main reason for people to be bullish is the price that's going up, and similarly, the main reason for people to be bearish is the price that's going down. People go by the flow of the market.

I doubt that most people at this stage have the balls to put their money where their mouth is, which is understandable. Everything they did so far has resulted in nothing but losses--people are afraid to be active now.

I recommend people to stay away from short term trading and focus only on dollar cost averaging on the way down. The price could literally pump or dump from here. It's like tossing a coin--you're either right or wrong.

It will be last or it will end once you people investing again to the cryptocurrency because that is only way to end of this. Bull run will start and never again to see bear market or the dumping market. But don't expect to end bear market if there is still do the bad habit here in cryptocurrency.

Signal group is never a welcome idea for any newbies to join, in the act that he/she wants to learn trading or let's say try to make cool money at a GO!, Is of his best interest to settle down and learnof trading before taking part in any such groups.

I think it will be at least some more months. Its not going to be years before we see another bull market, it has been over a year without reaching the all time high, I think it can be one or two more years before we see another all time high however it doesn't mean we have to be in bear market. We can get into a bull market that helps us get to over 5 thousand dollars, or even 10 thousand dollars but still stay under 20 thousand dollars.

So, if you ask me we will be around these level for couple more months, then finally will move above 5 thousand dollars either this summer or right after summer and eventually go above 10 thousand dollars during sometime in 2020 before the halving. I have no clue when we will break another all time high tough, that might be some more time after that.

no one knows when the bear market will end, in my opinion the trend is still down, chances are it still takes months for BTC to rise again.

Exactly, it is impossible to calculate when and how long it will take and it completely depends on the situation of the adaptation and how people are treating in the market. Instead of getting into panic it is good to wait until the market starts recovering.

More than 1 years crypto market  already in bearish trend , and this is the longest bear since crypto started tradeable. And all crypto was dumped between 85% to 99%, so in my opinion crypto already in the bottom and in the next a few month will start to bullish again.  With low capitalization,  this crypto market will easy to push the price. 

No one know that but for sure bull market will coming because crypto market will be become multi trillion dollar market cap just like traditional stocks market. According to technical analysis bull market should be near and will start in this year, only by keep patient  waiting for that we will get reward later.

1 yr bear is indeed long but this isnt the only year that crypto experienced a bear like this because on the past past years when crypto is not yet popuar , the price do also got dump and stuck for a verry long time although that may seem to be more acceptable that time due to lack of investor/adoption while today where crypto is already becoming a trend  but the history kinda repeat itself  .

It is really hard to trade while bear market is occurring. We keep losing because of the risks that we cannot handle. There are strategies that we should learn in order to earn profit even the bear market is occurring.

I think this bear market has been going on for a long time and could be the longest, however no one knows how to end this because the rise and fall of the market will be influenced by demand and supply which are also supported by factors such as news and competition.

I don't expect much of the next halving on its own

We should understand that while block reward is halved, i.e. the supply of new coins becomes half as much, the total supply is already large enough to make this halving not very relevant other than for hype and noise (i.e. for speculative purposes mostly). But if the cryptowinter is to end (that won't be because of halving), this event may still serve as a good trigger to kick off a new cycle

We need a few months before the bear market will leave the market and it replace by the bull market. But it's only my prediction and I could be wrong for this as I cannot make a good analysis. But if I check on the market, it seems the crypto wants to start rise again and many of them is trying to break the higher walls and it could happen in the next months, let's we wait for this month until the middle of this year.

I don't know about that, bears seems to be in control up to this moment and there's no slowing down although we can say that they've almost exhausted. Bull will eventually take the market from this but at this point, it's really hard to predict, hopefully this first quarter, but we can't really be sure of that as well.

It is really exhausted and it give worries sometimes especially hearing some bad news just like of banning but I never felt of quitting and leaving crypto. I'll just put it in my mind that this is a part of crypto journey, difficulties are still exist and so we need to fight it in order to succeed.

We all hope this year's bearish market will turn into bullish market, hopefully as you might be expected, because I also can't predict it correctly, I know it my knowledge is still amateur in market analysis, which is clear now the market is saturated and it's time to rise

Yes,i agree.No one can really tell when will this bearish trend will be over but i'm sure a bullish trend will soon to replace this market.If there are more positive news that will arise than just spreading fuds,then there are really high chances that this market will recover.Hopefully,what most people are expecting will finally happen this year.

The situation will definitely change, this is all because the digital currency market is never always in the same situation. all we need to do is be patient to wait for the situation to be much better. there will definitely be a pump and that's all we need to wait. Trading is something that requires patience, besides that we must also be able to avoid panic to achieve success.

When bitcoin hits this low there are not many people who are willing to sell lower, the price hits to a level where people are not comfortable with selling their coins which in return means as soon as we have some new hype that makes buyers go into rage mode and gather all bitcoin they can afford we will sky rocket.

When that bull will come is still uncertain but the good part is that bear people are now gone, we are not in a bear market anymore, we are in a stable market, bear market means going down and we are not going down anymore (sometimes we go down a small amount but we recover that quickly so it doesn't really worry me) so this is not a bear this is a stable market. Stable markets are usually followed by bull markets and we just have to wait for that hype about bitcoin once again.

It is a matter of time until people start selling again, and they will unless we see a surge in demand. When the price falls, people are indeed not inclined to sell at first. But when they get used to these lower prices (especially if there is no sign of recovery), they will start selling again as they need fiat for their daily expenses. After all, 3k is still a huge price compared to, for example, Bitcoin Cash which is worth some measly 120 dollars per coin (though I think that it is still highly overpriced)

That likely explains why we go down in steps

The bearish market is going to continue until something fundamentals happened.  It might happen to or end of the year but it is surely going to happen.  Investors are waiting for reasons to be able to put good money into the market.

My experience says we always see nice spikes up when market has been flat for too long. How long can bollinger bands squeeze until we see a breakout?

Prediction or any speculation from different people in the world even expert of non expert give their own prediction through self analysis,  always tell time can tel when bitcoin pumping up again their price.
But of course it's pretty much better bitcoin end bearish market as soon as possible.

I don't know when it will be over but I'm hoping that it will be over soon, probably this year.
Bear does not do good in the market, people are making money when they short the market but it's not benefited the majority, we need
some great news to appear, let's end this bear soon so the market will be lively again.

The time will come and people will start to be bullish again, but these proper market regulation should take place the soonest.

Well, that depends on your perspective

For example, many people would like to emphasize that with shorts your profit opportunities are limited while with longs they are virtually infinite as the price cannot go lower than 0 but can rise pretty high, i.e. well beyond what bears can ultimately earn. And that's true provided the prices are really going to climb high afterwards

So if you are a long-term holder, a permabull, bears give you an opportunity to buy low, so how can they be bad for the market really? They are risking their money just like bulls, and probably even more due to reasons described above. The bottom line is that you should actually love low prices as they increase your profit potential

every person now trying become an expert as if they really undertand about market movement.but personally i will trust my own analisys.if i get loss its by my own self and i will not ever regret with this.

No one really knows, but with developments to be released over the next few weeks, things should start getting very interesting again.

Don't trust signals, it's better to trust your self.

You are right, if they are good then they should not share their signal, just trade on their own and make money.
It's something we need to learn through our common sense, we do not have to rely to people, we should be confident we
can do it our own as it gives the best fulfillment and with our skills being improve from time to time, it will make us better along the way.


What particular development you are talking?

for me in my own opinion perhaps this long bear market season will last only once big players start accumulating again  because since  that's the only key to manipulate again the growth rate of the market  but hard to predict when it will happen because market as of now is still unpredictable.

I expect this bear market will not end soon.
I take almost a year for this bear so it need at least a year to recover. Maybe 2020 we can see bullish move.

Maybe we should wait again this year, but with the situations in the market, I hope that the altcoin can rise again although not too higher. I am fine if bitcoin price cannot increase higher as long as altcoin price can get increase higher so I can collect more bitcoin and I only need to wait for the next time of bitcoin price increase.

many people say that the altcoin price will follow bitcoin prices, so it's better to remain cautious while bitcoin still bearish,
bearish can continue, but it can stop and change, if good news makes many people believe in this market again

Crypto business world needs a very big news to be lifted and bring trust back to the entire industry, we don't know yet when the bull will show back
and announce his presence but considering that there's still a lots of potential investors who's holding and waiting, we really needs patience and
willingness to hold for the bounce back to happen.

Bullish can not be predicted clearly when. whether it will happen this year or will occur next year. the most important thing is that we must be prepared if that doesn't happen now

This bear market eaten so far down into the bone marrow and will take a really long time to heal, could be months or another whole year. But, that's far as my guess goes, it could end in the next few weeks and everything will get bullish once again. The best now is to play safe, don't make any emotional decisions, be proactive and cautious. No one really knows when it will end.

Almost all of these crypto based Publishing platforms are just as immature as the circle jerking twitter influencers. However, these websites, like the mainstream media has the need to increase page views for ad revenue. When there is ~zero volatility/low trade volume in the market, it in a way signifies hesitation to trade by many. In such case, it's normal to have viewership drop. That's when these media sites publish content with catchy titles. Do not expect the articles to have any substance.

In my opinion, we will soon have a relief rally sometime between March-May as a seasonal tendency, and a possibility of bear market bottom between June-July. You may correlate the bitcoin price action during these months over the last 3 years to observe a pattern development.

Considering the anticipated block halving is due for May 2020, and i anticipate to have permission for ETF approved by Q3/Q4 to finally begin the influx of institutional money which in my opinion will drive the next bubble. This could be a slow pump and last for 5-7 months Nov 2019-May 2020. However, i can not wrap my mind around what price point bitcoin will achieve - 10,000 or new ATH? Guess, time will tell.

I do not think that the duration of the bear market is something that can easily be predicted. However, I am of the opinion that the prevailing bear market could last for a few more months. I think the max should be by the close of 2019 or the turn of 2020. Another misinterpretation I often see is that people believe bitoin should hit the $20,000 mark before we can officially say that the market has hit a bull run. A bullrun is simply a substantial upward trend in price values over a period of time. Breaking another all time high will be a long shot but it is something we all hope for.

Personally, I think the first half of the year we will continue to experience a bearish market, but I believe the second half of the year will be better. Just my idea, however, no one can really know for sure. But I'm waiting for the bitcoin halving of 2020 to see some serious move...

Dont know about the estimation of this bearish market, we already passed the logest bearish before. Everyone cant know the exact time for bearish all people just doing a speculation about that.

Its not easy to recover from a big fall usually it took a year or more before we finally reach the uptrend again. I expect for a more bear trend in the coming months but it woll slowly fade away at the last quarter of 2019, having patience will tell the difference.

We can predict it by to see history the price, by to see it actually this is the longest bear market. With good news around crypto market, bear market should be ended soon and next bull market will start. No body know when its will start but that will coming later.

It's a good question but I'm afraid that we really can't say how long this bear market will continue.

Demand is very low resulting in the price trading sideways again. The only thing I can think of to get out of this bear market is if investors is anticipating an event, let's say bitcoin halving, ETF approvals, BAKKT going live.

But so far those events is just wishful thinking except for the halving but it's more than one year from one. So this could be a hard grind for everyone and it could take months or years before this bear market is over.

Always spread a positive aura :) so that the people around you start believing in the market. yeah you're right, I hope news about halving can bring prices back up, I'm sure there will be many investors who buy because of this event next year

Nobody don't know how long it is going to take but we need to be very positive in the market. We should also assume market situation cannot be same always, we need to hold them as long as possible until the market starts recovering.

This bear market will end soon so there is nothing to panic and I still looking for uprising of cryptocurrencies in this year where we can witness the end of this bear market. Do not be afraid and just keep on being positive and hold your tokens.

Bearish continue for bitcoin, but I don't think it's happening with the altcoin because some of the altcoins can get a rise from the bottom price and they make a great movement in the market. Bitcoin itself still going to down without we know when it's over but we have a chance to get more bitcoin from altcoin, so it's better we use this chance to earn more bitcoin.

I believe this current bear market has been the longest one we have had recently. Started from the first quarter of 2018 till date. I believe with the successful launching of the ETF by SEC will bring the current bear market to end but it may continue if SEC postpones the admission of ETF again this month.

I did a quick browse, not one made a guess.

OP, I'm confident that the bear market will end just a few months before the next halving on May 2020, and then a bull market will start within 6 months after it.

Too confident tho,
Yes people said next halving is another hope for the bull run but its still too long to reach from now.

Actually it's not so easy to say that how long this bearish market will run. But I'm expecting bull run at the middle of 2019.

When it ends of bear market? no one knows, from the article there are many who oppose it through comments and me too, the fact is generally that it is anonymized and there are many more "whales" anonymous users and investors through the crypto community who can reverse the situation at any time.

I beg to disagree that the bearish market had ended. The market is still bearish. Investors and traders are very hesitant to make huge move in the market. They are moving very carefully to avoid huge losses. The market is fluctuating and inclined downward. The market isn't going up. Now, the question of when will the bearish market end, I think it's far from over. No significant signs until now.

True, no one knows when the bear will be over. But I am sure there will be something in the future that will answer our question. And that can be good or vice versa. Bears can be turned into bulls or bears will continue to appear. That is the risk we must bear in mind.

That's right because predicting the right thing is very difficult, because many people predict that in the end it doesn't happen.
and all we have to do is continue to wait until the market returns bull run again

Altcoins don't have a chance to stand against Bitcoin

And its fall, so you should kinda get used to it. The total majority of altcoins won't be able to survive this "ethnic cleansing" anyway. And that's a good thing actually as most altcoins are downright shitcoins, and with them kicking the bucket people will stop losing their dough and diluting Bitcoin value down the road (read, Bitcoin will profit greatly from this massacre at the end of the day). Even the top altocoins like Ethereum will likely end with price tags no higher than 50 dollars. This is their "fair" price

if my prediction is that the bear market will end in the coming year, of course in 2020, because this year is the year the market has risen from conditions like this

The market is going to recover but the time that is going to happen we don't know yet.  It has to be serious swing before we see strong recovering.  I believe that now is the time for us to watch and wait until there is a genuine breakouts of the channels.  We should not expect bitcoin price movement this year but we need a set up that will cheat the part of upwards price movement. The end of the bearish trend is not here yet but it might be too close to call.  Remember that Cryptocoins market trading is a risk investments and when you think that is the end it might be still very far.

2020 won't be much different from 2019. It is just another accumulation year. Maybe even 2021 will be like that. This bear market will take longer time than the one started 2015 because the bear started in 2015 took more time than the one before that. That's how it works so I wouldn't be too hasty about it. Spread your buys over time at least for the next 2 years and you'll be a happy man in the end.

Seriously right now following such trends will just get you more lost The best thing you can do is to be more focused on maybe getting in and buying some coins you find worthy of investment I think you will be happy in the long run

Then take it as an opportunity of having a longer time-frame to accumulate. 8)

Bitcoin is provably scarce. I can't be "too confident" enough that it will reach a 6 digit valuation within 10 years. If you cannot wait, then it's your loss.

That's a very common misconception

And it can be fatal in trading. Bitcoin being "provably scarce" doesn't make it "provably valuable" and its price "provably high", not in the least. To draw such a conclusion you don't need to have a lot of functioning brain cells as common sense would suffice. The supply of coins didn't increase too much in 2018 (I guess it is in the range of a couple percent) but the price crashed 6 times. I assume this is enough to understand that being "provably scarce" is nowhere near enough to be valuable. Simple, isn't it?

I do not understand how people are certain with a price and a time table.

Like I get could bitcoin increase in the next 10 years ? Definitely, I think these prices will look funny compared to what it will be in 10 years. Could bitcoin reach one million dollars one day ? 

More than likely, bitcoin is a scarce and non inflation currency which means the more dollar devalues due to inflation the more bitcoin will worth even if bitcoin doesn't go up itself which it will. But, will bitcoin be 1 million dollars in the next 10 years ? Who knows, that is just a certain time with a set price and I can't really make a guess like that because we do not have a data in our hands that guarantees such a thing.

I am not saying its going to happen or not, I am just saying its uncertain and we can't possibly know.

Most of the thread that tackles about this bear market says this would last until 2020 for the reason of correction from the bubble that happen in 2017 last quater so i guess this might be the estimated time for this bear

But for me i will not rely on this instead i will continue dealing with the market prices,because the more we expect is the more failue we might have,so why need to look for higher profit when we can have small but surely

Nobody knows when this bear market will go through, in fact, I myself wishing this things to be finish. But I don't know howl long will it takes this situation, we've been waiting for a year or more than 12 months I think. But still the manipulators in the market are controlling it I guess based on my assessment.

No one can know or predict when a bull market is coming to an end. I even think BTC can drop to the 1000-1500$ level again before a bullrun starts to happen again. To see a real run like we had in 2017 I think it is even possible it will take 2-3 years from now. But as I say no one can predict. It can change suddenly even we do not expect it to happen

By intuition says that nothing will change even after the ETF approval. Even if there is a burst, it might just be a short burst because of the hype that will be created. If we can sustain the price after the burst, then its actually a good thing. Good thing I have been hearing rumors about SEC  people saying the bitcoin ETF will be approved at some point. Lets just hope those rumors are true.

Yes, altcoin cannot against bitcoin because altcoin price will follow with bitcoin price. But I am sure that there is any altcoin that can increase higher or at least they can reach 50% higher from the price now, and it's mean, we can make a profit in bitcoin. We need to have more bitcoin, and we could only get it from altcoin pair bitcoin, so when bitcoin is in the bull market, we could sell bitcoin to get the fiat or we can hold bitcoin for a long time. Maybe it's true that the bearish this time is for cleansing the altcoin in the market so in the future, the market will only be filled with the potential coins and we don't have too many altcoins which are not profitable.

I think there is nothing to fear about the market according to the article the anonymous trader stated that even when the price of bitcoin dropped he did not sell of course the bearish runs will come to an end someday no matter how long its take I don't believe that any manipulator had any impact on the prices as being experienced now, they would rather be buying and accumulating now and waiting for the price to pump again before dumping and the cycles continues.

ETF approval may mean big

Or it may not mean anything at all as it depends on what kind of ETF is approved (read, what people or institutions are behind it). Just approval itself is only the first step. Although it may not go beyond this first step, there is also a possibility of institutional money entering the cryptoworld via these ETF's. An ETF is a fund which accumulates investor's money and invests it in particular assets. So in the end it depends on whether a certain ETF succeeds at attracting enough investors with deep pockets and how many of them

From my point of view, we will see the bottom in the second half of 2019. Here are some reasons for that: previous bearish period lasted 1 year and 2 months, during the second half of 2019 Bakkt will be released and Bitcoin ETF will be approved (I hope it will happen)

None can tell, for now e just keep fingers crossed and watch the market than pick up wrong information regarding any particular time r date it will take place. The Market is really unwelcomed at the moment but some whales still make good profit no matter the circumstances.

I am not confident any longer that ETF and Bakkt can still create hype to uplift the market. Approval of ETF was postponed once again, this definitely affect us because hopes of people are just wasted thus resulting to loss of interest from them. Bakkt in the other hand, was involved in a $50 M scam. The official Bakkt is not the responsibility for this, what happened is that the fraudsters used their name in order to deceive investors. But still, this news will greatly affect its launch and probably got lesser prospective customers due to this incident.

Because you haven't zoomed out far enough to smooth out the volatility. What is a year in Bitcoin? But of course I said that with the assumption that everyone understands the law supply and demand. Demand comes and goes, Bitcoin's supply is provably scarce, and capped. 8)

Plus I am not trading, I'm HODLING. There's a difference.

Do you believe that it would be stupid to think that Bitcoin will be on its way to a 6 digit valuation within 10 years? Because a lot of people made the mistake that it was stupid to think it would reach a 5 digit valuation.

I read the article quickly and I think it certainly writes very well. This was also mentioned in a local Youtube channel that I followed recently and when I learned this process I actually thought we were patient investors. Of course, this process will surely end, but as long as the last bull period, we will catch a vibrant upward trend, it is quite difficult to guess. In my personal opinion, I think that the current period of bear will continue for a long time and that after a lot of impatient investors are eliminated from the market, a new bull period will come. Since it is very difficult to predict when this process will take place, I also think to make investments in this period and continue to trade with a small budget.

I just skimmed through the article and came to a conclusion that we can still not predict of how long could this bear market be.
The trader was himself anonymous in the article and God knows if it's even true or not. Even if it is true then there are no guarantees in crypto.
We definitely don't know if the halving would increase or decrease bitcoin's price.

By analyzing and understanding the chart carefully, you can conlude that the bear market is now finished last year.  There are now big progress in the cryptocurrency market because there are now pumps that keep happening.

People are really putting a bet on bitcoin block halving because the last even was the catalyst for a bull run. So everyone is hoping that in 2020 will be the same, since we're still in the bear market.

I didn't clicked the link though, if there's something new the author has to offer, but based on what you said, I'll probably save my five minutes, not worth a read as we all know that the market price is really hard to predict.

because only from halving bitcoin maybe bear market will start to stop, a few years ago it was proven when a halving day happened then the price of bitcoin will rise and become expensive because halving day makes the supply of bitcoin more limited.

It is impossible to guess when the market starts recovering, from 2018 beginning, we are seeing the fluctuation in terms of the prices. It is impossible to predict the prices and their movement and when the market starts recovering, everything is based on the reputation we have and market demand.

Yes we can't say and even point  out when bearish seasons end up but looking for the trend we have now, I may say that bull run is still not awake. WE are still declining hard and even we do believe that our market recovers this year is still a quest.
We better not to expect bullish season again, instead we just accept of what it shown to us. Cause even the price fall but I do believe that it is not the way for crypto ends.

Everyone will say " soon " but I didn't see good sign to come back, soon is hoax. All prediction is depend our experience and market history, up trend will happen again but I believe crypto have pattern as guide to follow again. Learn again before enter market for nothing, still waiting but always prepare with stop loss.

We just don't know on how long will this bear market lasts. Maybe it will take years like what it had happened before.all we can do is to hope that bull market will soon be realized and we will enjoy what's to come.

I do not think they are Bears, a liquidity zone is forming, there is an obvious lateralization in the market, which can last a long time there, what happens is that the market must be understood, many say that we are in a bearish trend, and not it's like that.

i recently read a post of some user . they say that etf had already been approved and this is the reason  why the price of btc and other cryptos are now starting to uplift again  . too bad that bakkt are now facing a big problem  . lets just hope that they can resolve this issue because bakkt can also help the price to improve more evenly aside from etf  .

It may not be stupid to think so

But it will be stupid to act based on that assumption when everything is crashing down. Well, today it may not look like that at all but we don't know if the surge we are experiencing now is not a game to make an exit. Regarding zooming out, I don't think you can zoom out enough to hide the crash of this size. Actually, I think you are in fact kidding

Bitcoin supply is neither scarce not capped as far as the law of supply and demand is actually concerned (read, it can increase and decrease in pretty wide limits). If it were otherwise, price crashes like 6 times (and surges of equal scale, for that matter) wouldn't be possible. This is what real understanding is about

I just wished this bear status of the market will immediately come to an end. My investments were at hodl for a few months now. Hope that trader who wrote an article precisely predict the market which currently I am in doubt because predictions are just a prognosis.

Can last as long as the whales want it to. The fate of the market is no longer in the hand of the community and regular traders.

You should just buy low and sell high Instead of waiting for a bull run which may never come.

I think this is not bear market anymore, rather it is being the real price of every coin. Because I don't think the bear market can last 1 year, as the bull market can't stay for two months! When will you say that this is a bull market? If the BTC price goes to 10K USD? Now I think we should adapt to this market.

For regular bros that's not simple

Not everyone can easily ride volatility as this is what your advice basically comes down to, especially if we haven't recently seen a lot of volatility anyway (apart from the last couple of days, obviously). In most cases wannabe traders will end up buying high while selling low and not in a constructive way, i.e. when you sell low to buy even lower. And I'm not speaking of using shorts

Whales can't manipulate the market anymore and their influence is not that strong on the current market. And besides, cryptopia that made an exit scam will be followed by other small exchanges because of the long bear market.

That could happen because traders will hold the coins or withdraw the coin and moves to the big market so they could still trade. I think with the bear market, and we can see how many of the exchanges that still operate in this day and if they can survive, then it proves that they are one of the best exchanges and I am sure they will grow in the future. We cannot predict when the bear market will end because there is no sign we can see, but it will end soon.

Still in the bear market, there is no definite time when it will last, whether it's a bear or bull market, that depends always on the current
situation and maybe our own opinion. As of now, I believe we are still in the bear market and hopefully this will not consume another 1 year.

The fact that you are here, you have already adopt but we cannot dictate what price it should, we have to follow the fundamentals.

Maybe it's not the whales, but speculators who uses trading bot to their advantage. You can just set it to sell when the price reaches a certain point, and I believed that this is what's happening right now. Lots of speculators are shorting bitcoin, that's why when we're about to make a rally, the price will suddenly slid back because of shorting.

So with that said, I'm not expecting a bull run this quarter and it will continue to trade at sideways with no clear indication as to where the market price will go.

I very much hope that this bear market will end in March-April 2019. There are some prerequisites for this. Bitcoin has stabilized around $ 3,500 and will be here for at least a month. But I do not expect much growth,I think that bitcoin will grow to 5000-6000 dollars.

But from a HODLING standpoint, wouldn't you believe that it is the right time to start accumulating while the price is low?


I'm confused. Bitcoin supply is not capped, and not provably scarce? How?

We should firmly face the truth, no matter what

As the majority of holders have become such because they were just unlucky and kept on holding when they should have sold. In this way, there is no "HODLING standpoint". Simply put, it is an invention of lost souls (aka bagholders) to justify their mistake somehow and try to rationalize it


Bitcoin itself is capped, of course, but its market supply is definitely not. Market supply here means coins that actually get traded. Indeed, it can't exceed 21M bitcoins (or how many coins have been mined to date) but if only a small ratio is actually traded, the market supply is pretty much uncapped. In other words, if all potentially available coins enter the market all of a sudden, the market itself will get destroyed

We can't predict that exact price for bitcoins but we can atleast hope a higher price than now. Bear markets will end soon and will bring a new start to the bull markets. Graphs will rapidly go up with the uprising demand for the markets and it would gain back the importance towards cryptos.

In 2016 and 2017 is 2 years periode for bull market, so can be for bear market also will take in 2 years. But because all crypto already oversold so can be in this year the price just side away and in the end of this year bull market will start again.  Keep patient waiting for bull market is key to make huge profit because that for sure will be coming.

It should be a good starting market forever, but this is very unlikely to see market sentiment that has never happened for a long time, so this could be a momentary effect, it might be a breath of fresh air for price increases, which certainly will never long time ago, so let's take advantage of this momentum.

How is "hodling" an invention of "lost souls" to justify bag hodling? I hodl, not because of my average buying price, which is lower than its price now I might add. I hodl, because I believe in Bitcoin for idealogical reasons, and as an investment in sound money.


Ok I misunderstood your point. I define "market" as every aspect of Bitcoin changing hands, including exchanges. The more people hodl Bitcoin, the more scarce it will be.

Are you sure that you wouldn't sell your stash at 20k if given a (second) chance?

But it doesn't really matter even if you personally would not, as most people (bagholders or otherwise) would not think twice if given such an opportunity. So much for the "idealogical reasons" and "investment in sound money", huh. As the saying goes, charity begins at home and when money talks bullshit walks. If you accept this as being generally true, which you should if you are an honest person, then you have to agree with my point (about bagholders rationalizing their holding in the way described). So are you an honest person or what?


But it doesn't necessarily make it more valuable (let alone more useful)

It is for sure that this bear market wouldn't last for ever, but nobody knows how long this would continue. Over the past few weeks, we have seen the sign of market recovery, but that hasn't lasted long.

I admit, I will be tempted. But most of my coins are in cold storage, and I believe I would be lazy to load my seeds up in a wallet just to sell some of them, and then make a new cold storage again for the rest, just like the first time. Hahaha.



First of all I'm not a trader. I tried, but I lost. Now I hodl.

Second, the more I learned about Bitcoin, I became a more idealistic. "I came for the money, but I am staying for the revolution". That sounds cheesy. Haha.

I also believe that I am not the only one in believing that Bitcoin will become something like a global reserve currency, or the currency for the internet one day.


But it does. Any scarce resource with a growth in demand, which Bitcoin is, will become more valuable.

This is what everyone says. They say so because they don't actually believe in second chances (and many don't believe in chances at all), and sometimes it backfires. But I assure you that you would do anything if there was a real opportunity and you had a valuable stash of coins. People who had forgotten about their coins were digging up dumps to find the hard drive they were stored on

After it rose over 1000 times


That's a common misconception (other than the part about growth in demand). Scarcity doesn't mean utility

I don't know but prepare for the worst is the right option we have. Market can up or down because trust, as long people still do trade/ invest using crypto market will survive. I think you can join another method to keep get income, many ways already in google just take one and have a good trip.

Right. Though that should always be the way to deal with it, never rely solely on your crypto trading since these kinds of situation often happens. As it stands, we can get to sub 3k levels or bounce slowly back to 4k. Again we won't know.

We cannot know the next direction the bitcoin will take,which makes op's question to a certain level redundant,we can only watch and hope the prices go up,but it's not a centralized system,so no body takes any responsibility for anything.
We have to hope that factors that cause a rise show up and bring a long lasting end to this prolonged bear market

Basically the market went up this few days which I was in other hand thinking the bear is over. The market is really bad and we want a turn around as soon as we can get. ETH has gone back to second position which the market I believe is showing some signs of picking up pretty soon.

I also heard that current bear market is the longest in crypto history. I was putting biggest expectations on the next halving, but as I got from other people's opinion everything may change before that, it's too long to wait and the situation may change every moment.

I think bear market will last until up to this year and I think this is also the year that we can see some improvement again on bitcoin value, but still, no one can exactly know how long does it take. I suggest to hold all your coins and tokens for a while.

Yes, this is the longest bear market we have ever met in crypto and that's why I am not able to predict about when will end this hard situation of the crypto market. Still, we love to believe that the bear market will end this year and the crypto market can be stable! but honestly, I am not waiting for the bull run or a sudden big pump!

I can't guess, when this bear market will end, because every time there is a good change in direction I see the bears taking part in it.

The longest bear I've ever experience, but I'm not scared for the future because I know it will rise again. Its just unfortunate for those who can't afford to wait anymore, and sold their token at a loss. We should wait for more times before we finally see the uptrend, it will be worth it if ever so take it easy for now.

No one can guess because the market moves slowly now. But the bear market will end, you don't need to worry. You only need to keep patient, still trade to make a profit, still hold if you are sure the bull market will happen soon, and the other things are you need to control your emotion when you see the market because the market will up and down in many times. If you cannot control the emotion, you will attract to sell fast especially if the price drops too deep.

Exactly.We don't have any assurance when will this bear market lasts so as much as possible we need to be more patient this time.We have observed that the market experiences its ups and downs making our own trading really affected.I suggest not to trade during this price swings,much better to wait for the price to be stable again just to end up good profits.Or else,selling at this moment will put you in the losing end.

Yeah, no one can tell us the exact time this bear market ends because everything is too vague and there are many factors that can change the market, but exactly as you say, the bear market will end, the problem is time, and we need to really maintain patience and keep waiting, don't let anxiety make us uncomfortable and sell in panic. I even stopped trading during this time to reduce anxiety and focus on finding some unexpected rewards from the bounty, and this method is really effective, my emotions have been adjusted very well, people can try

How come nobody backs up their predictions with real concepts about reading the chart??

If you look at the chart, bitcoin currently is not showing much except that it is going down down down down down.

Looks like it is headed for $1000, or maybe less.

It is unpredictable. If it was predictable, then everyone would make a lot of money. The best thing to do is to avoid trading and watch the market. But, in crypto market there are manipulations in market by big whales. I think this bear market would last long may be a year or two. All we can do is to make a guess and wait for it.

I think with the current market condition so many markets might end up not surviving the current market Is going to take some serious miracle forsome of those low market to actually make it so investors are kinda just trading what they consider really high value Even the high value are been sold really cheap so my guess is market conditions is really going to take some time

Bitcoin already dropped to 85% from ATH and all altcoin more than 90%, so all crypto already oversold so that mean bear market is ended and now crypto market sideaway for afew month and then will start for bullish again. We will see huge bull market in next year and the price will be going up to new level high.

Many traders and investors see halving as the only hope for another bitcoin bullrun and they expected it occur in the next couple of years. But I believe bitcoin can make a rally even before the halving if there is enough support from big investors. The bear market is still around but not like the same as last year's bear market and might still improve in the next quarters of this year. Bull and bear market occur in cycle so after this bear market, bull will follow and vice versa.

many say that the Quarter 1 this year will be the start of a bull run, meaning this is also a prediction of the end of the bearish market.
but I am more sure if this Bearish will still occur until the middle of the year

Between coins there are such different from them even the price going down or up so many coins you may pick to choose and holding is the best option if you buy some altcoins that ready to pump.

I hope that the bear market will end in less than 6 months and the market can start to increase and make a new price in the middle of this year. But we don't know the truth and only hope that we can do. It is difficult to predict or to know when the bear market will end because we don't have any clue about the bear and the bull market itself. That is why we need to keep doing to make a profit in any situations, so we don't have to worry and to think about the bull market comes.

We probably noticed how the whole market of cryptocurrency so fluctuated to its value and very volatility,  thus know one knows or predict the future of it. But I do hope this year there are some good changes that to make the value of bitcoin going high because when it will be, more altcoins will rise as well.

until around $1000

if in my opinion this year the bear market will run away because now it's been very good for the market to progress or the increase in the price of coins. so hopefully this year the market will be a bull run

Its been 11 months were bear market was started up to the present. Then, I also most of the individuals here are longing for the bear market
will be finish. But the saddest think was no one knows when? that's the question which We don't know when will gonna end. Though We do know Bull run will come to us to soon.

I am sure many of us have the same hope as you, but we need to patient. The bear market will end, that's for sure, and you don't have to worry, the bull market will come to us. The value of bitcoin will go to high as before, and maybe it will touch the last time the highest price. The altcoin will rise too following bitcoin price, and then we can be back to make a big profit again.

not long because this year will be a good year for the crypto market, so those who have coins are better held first because the 2019 is most likely the market will be a bull run

Since 2019 entered, I assume that the market will be this way for the first quarter of the year. Its now two months after we start and I still have one month to go before finding another plan. If the market still doesnt recover after, the market will continue this way for another month or two.

Agreed for this we should choose the coin which is ready to pump because it will not make your wait too long but your profit will be surely higher than your investing amount that’s why I choose only bitcoin to invest for long term because it is so close to pump high and never makes us wait so much even in 2019, I am holding it and bear market is so close to end now.

For me, there is no specific time in regards to this matter. The only thing I'm sure is that the bear market will always occur anytime because of some bad elements like scammers. They are usually the reasons why the prices of crypto coins drops.

No one know, but i hope it not long. Now all altcoins slowly increase, i hope this is good sign and i always hope bull run will come.

Let's hope that the bear market will end in this year and then the bull market will happen in the next 5 month. Right now, we see that all altcoin is trying to increase, and many of them can break every wall to a higher price. Let's wait for the next big things that might happen later and don't forget to take a profit while you can because if you decide to hold until it increases too high, then you will need to wait for a long time.

hope too the Bear market will not long so we can see the result of our being patient . I noticed also that value of the altcoins increasing now and it is good movement and we expect bull run will happen in the next few weeks. But we cannot determine when market end that's most dream of the crypto community and that's my dream also to see the end of Bear market.

I do not think that anyone would be able to predict correctly when that could happen .
The volatile nature of cryptocurrency seem to  make correct predictions possible.
But I am confident that the prevailing market condition will come to end end soon giving way to bullish trend.

Within this few weeks of the market we moved from $3,200 plus up to this present figure which we most have gain the market alittle I believe this market condition won't take long. In my own seeing.

I think bear market is over because all altcoin going down hard more than 90%,  and alot of price of altcoin now dumped to 1/10 from ICO price and 1/100 from ATH. I think we are already near with bull market because already 1 year more crypto in bearish. Market cycle of bullish and bearish is always be happen in crypto market.

Yeah good time is just to come but as you said no one is exactly aware of rise and fall we only can help ourselves by saving our coin to store longer, bull is now ready to run because last year it was a little low because of this people who know nature of crypto have bought high amount of coin so now low supply for high demand is making price get normal and then high so be patient good time is not so far.

It seems it's starting to fuel it now, I'm seeing a good increase of marketcap lately, although this is obviously a low
price compared to the past achievement but I'm getting the feel that once again we will land to the moon, I'm excited to see positive meme's about crypto.

There is no limit for the bear market to end,we can't just say it will be over due to its already here for a year.But for now the prices are going green and altcoins were bumping considerable might be the chances its already over.

The bear market should end sometime after regulation takes place. That's when institutional money will flow in and the market will explode.

I hope bear market will ends today, current market condition look's good. All altcoin looks green, BTC and ETH prices rise significantly. I think bull run has come after a loong bear market.

I had no idea how long will it takes, even the experts can't say the accurate date when will gonna be finish?
That's why for what I did now was day trading for the meantime, so that at least I may get a bit small profit in it for me to
survive in this situation. Many predicted before end of 2018 bull run next on this 2019 then all of their prediction was
failed and not happens.

If you can work with any trend then you are still good to go, the market  is really unpredictable and lots of sway are showing from time to time,
if you can take the risk and earned even little amount probably you can survive will trying to wait for the bull again to bounce back, you have
to take every single ways to take some profits.

Because doubts are still the main mind and the main concern in the market, prices that fall very deeply will certainly take longer time to recover because many users are still traumatized about this. little by little users will come back to believe, 2019 may still be a preparation, but 2020 might be the turning point for the market

The traumatized users never make a huge difference in the market and that is the fact  :P, they never had a plan about the market and the people who invested when the price was rallying and forgot to sell when the price touched the all time high valuation, so these users never play a major role, the big investors have a concrete idea on how the market moves and they will invest accordingly and withdraw when the market slightly weakens. The market will recover and it might cross five thousand dollars by the end of this year and i really do not expect a big rally this year but we will see the value increase eventually.

That's right because there's no experts in predicting the price, others might catch a falling knife if they keep on predicting the last bottom or even the all-time-high. As for me, much better if I waited it out, I don't like what I'm seeing so I'm staying out, I already have my bitcoin stash somewhere and I'm ok with that. Will re-invest once I fell that the market is making a good turn or at least investors confidence is back, just saying.

You experience seems to be good for me because you know if it is falling so it is not for all but it was temporary, it has been bearish since one year so people were thinking a little different, as you said no one can tell but I think bull will come next few months as according to the technical analysis bull market is near and with patience trader will be rewarded.

In my opinion we are already in the bottom and for bull market can be start in this year or in the beginning of next year, according to history of the price in first long bearish in 2014/2015 the distance between highest price is 3 years, so in the beginning of 2020 the price of Bitcoin will reach to $20k again, but because the fundamental of crypto is much better now so bull run can be start  earlier.

Maybe we're in the midst of bear market elimination, since we've seen a good start for btc price hit that $3.7k rise lately. More people waited this good scenario to happen, specially more traders whose noobs in this type of crypto trading. The learnings will make them skilled in the future for their assets, so that it may help them attain a firm and concrete decision.

Looks like everyone of us here has learned a lot from past performances of a bear market however this 2018 is record breaking which in the past history its not happened before but I think all of us are very confident that this bear market can only last from 1-3 years maximum so 2020 is the nearest time we can see a very positive  crypto market I hope so.   

Yes i agree on that, i believe that the bear market will not last forever. And i believe that there will be a great chance for a bull run to came back after the huge dip. I believe in crypto and its potential to rise up high soon. I think we need to have patience for us to earn a lot when the market rise.

In my opinion, bear market will end as soon as the Constantinople hardfork succeed. It's proposed POS (Proof of Stake) I think will make more companies to adapt cryptocurrency for their transactions/trades.

That can be very uncertain since market is very volatile and unpredictable. What we can best do is to be patient and be strategic. Bear market is temporary, don't worry much about it, don't panic. There's still money and profit in bear market. Bear market is the best time to invest, stay positive and believe that market can ultimately recover and prices will also rise in the near future

This bear market will last 2-3 years. because this downfall is considered a whale's adjustment. They want the bitcoin to return to its true value. and currently our crypto market is quite small after 10 years of operation.
I think this is a good time for many large businesses to invest in bitcoin. BTC will also increase prices soon.

this is bottom now, and its crazy if you dont buy it now, really.

It is right to say that no one know about the exact time that when will the market pick accelerator, but there are some good news are expecting in the market to come which will surely change the situation. I believe that those people who are holding their bitcoin from the time when it was trading above $18k, will still continue to hold it for some time. I hope that very soon they will the reward for their patient and such a long wait.

We can't say for the moment we can only watch, the market is unpredictable and I believe with some great news and also with great community embarking on bitcoin the trend will pick up pretty soon.

Well buying affordable coins with great potentials at this moment might be a good idea in preparation for the next bull run to happen.But honestly i really don't know when will this bear market lasts.I just don't mind the market value right now because i'm still in the process of collecting potential coins.Hopefully the market will turns green again and eventually more investors will now start to make profits.

Let's not wait for the next, what's happening now could be the bull run already.
Buying cheap coins will definitely bring good profit to us, buy now and when the price increase more people will FOMO.
When there is a FOMO, it will give a good return of invest for those who buy at dip and price is close to dip right now.

Bitcoin prices have now begun to show an increase in prices because now I hear there are indeed rumors of halving that will happen in 2020 so that it will make the price of bitcoin again expensive again at high prices because halving days will occur in 2020 so I'm sure the price bitcoin will be very expensive soon.

None is sure how strong is the bear market and to which bottom it'll go low. I find market to get manipulated quite often, but the same is not that simple to predict. Bear market has come to an end, and now we have been progressing forward. Hope this will last for a longer time marking it to be a new bullish trend start.

That not sure bull run because even the market increasing maybe it's only a temporary. Because I said last year in the last quarter I see the price increasing but it will not happened. But we still hope the market right now increasing and we can see the bull run if that's real better to notice and check always the market to know when is the bulk run really start maybe this month or not.

if my prediction is one year the bear market will end because from this year the market has started to have a good change in the future. so I am sure that in the coming year the market will stabilize and continue to rise

But for bullish trend it is necessary that there must have some good news which can increase the confident of the investors in the market and only then they will like to do investment there. No doubt nearly all altcoins are in their bottom level and we are not expecting any more decrease in their price, but in think that only potentially good altcoin can boost and can recover their previous status.

Well surely no one can say anything according to this, but we can make guesses as according to me progress and development to be released over the next few weeks I think good time is not so far now and we should be ready with our coin, in market now things should start getting very interesting now once again, don’t think about bearish for now.

There's plenty of news actually but lately there are big news, one good example is the bank adopting crypto, JP Morgan, that's big in banking
and will create awareness to the banking industry, currently this bank is the no. 1 bank in the US, so it's really big and this is one
of the factors that drives the market up and probably a reason for the bull run.

Seeing the current bitcoin expansion The possibility of a bear market will continue this year, and hopefully later there will be good news about bitcoin and altcoin so that the market is expected to rise again even though slowly.

Yes this is the bottom. All time lower price. Investment in Bitcoin and ETH at this time can be proved very instrumental in maximizing your monetary value after the rise in the market happens. So, one should not look at the future of the currencies because it is already expanded and has a huge economy around it. Another reason to invest in the coins is the fear of missing out. The worth of the digital economy is expanding at a whooping rate.

Yes, time to time these cryptocurrencies will be expanded and have mass adoption across of all countries. Buying in a bear market is the best option you can do. I don't think so about missing out of crypto or you mean it will be phase out soon no one can tell that, or let say time can tell everything. But one thing I can sure it is possible to happen since digital currency is very popular now.

cannot be predicted when the bear market is predicted to end, now the bear market is not stable and this is still one of the speculations when it will end. so this is an impossible thing to predict.

Anything is possible, either it will continue or will be over.

Right now, most investors are not seeing that because they are inspired by the price pump lately.
Volume is coming in the market, I compared the volume today versus the past, in April 2018 we have a similar volume now which is $30 billion dollars but the marketcap that time was $400 Billion while now is only $133 Billion, so there is a big difference and that difference is my key indicator
that the Bear market is over, I strongly believe that the daily volume increase will drive the price to go higher.

BTC price last April was around $8K, so I guess we can reach that in time, going back to $6K would already give some happiness to us.

This is the longest bear market we are undergoing soon we may see bull rally once btc cross 4000 dollars hopefully the present growth can be end of bear market

I think it has some more time to take up for the Bear market to end because the field of cryptocurrency in surviving little by little so this situation is not only useful for the investors but also the new people getting into this field.

If my prediction is that the bear market will end soon, because the current market conditions are already a sign that there will be a run in this year, so I hope my predictions can happen

This is just the 2nd month of 2019 and you are saying that this bear market will remain till the end of this year. 2018 was also a bear year for bitcoins and crypto currencies and if it remain bearish for another year, many people will leave bitcoins and they will lost their faith in crypto currencies.

The crypto market is always known to have an up, down movement. The market has been seen to be bearish for sometime now.
Having observe the market in recent times, i see that it's no longer moving downwards, but rather moving within a range. For this reason, i think the market still have the tendency to either go up or go further down.

All we have right now is to speculate bit in reality no one knows when bearish season end. This would depend when the whales would pump and hold the price. All we need is to keep holding and  accumulate if price me goes more lower.

Bear market will always be in trading, its just so happen only that we've been facing it and experiencing the disadvantages of bear season.
It can't be stop but it could have a break temporarily when bull run comes up in the market. But for now all we have to do is but to wait for awhile.

Many say that we are bearish, but in reality we are in a phase where bulls and bears stand out, many do not understand that we are in a phase of the market called accumulation, where volatility is huge, the objective is to accumulate bitcoins, and eliminate the offer so that the price is ready to go up.

It sounds like you know what you are talking about BUT your typing is worse then mine. Can not clearly understand boldened parts.

I am sure bear market will end very soon and it will be high for us, waiting is the only choice we have right now a day, I think in few months price will be normal because there are so many people who are buying and investing in to crypto currency, according to my own observation I think bearish market will end in December 2019.

I think it will end soon but not sure how it will end very quickly but people were thinking we are seeing a difficult and toughest situation ever in cryptocurrency field but we need to cope with our investment so the value of all the investment will definitely increase at the end of this year.

Already, there are some good signs in the market and things are gearing up, so i believe the bear market wouldn't last forever, it would certainly turn around in a few months time.

Of course this won't last forever, I think it could ended this year.

I'm feeling somewhere along the last quarter of the year, we will see a slow gain entering 2020. So for those who can't stomach that long, I suggest you exit right now and just come back when the market recovers.

But for those who are willing to wait and take this time to accumulate more bitcoin then be ready for the long road ahead of us.

No one knows how many days longer for bullrun will take. But for me i always watch the market situation to see what was already happening if the market already recovers.

I think that the real recovery of the cryptocurrency market is still far away. In any case, there are no prerequisites for the hope of a bull run in the near future.

As of now we can't expect a bull run that'll last for a much longer time period. Possibly this time the market is staggering within specific price points. Similar trend is observed over the market over the past few months. The next bull trend will get ignited after a market crash which could happen anytime. In the near future there isn't any big bull run, only gradual growth occurs.

I predict this bear market will definitely continue in this I also because there is no other proofs not been seen till now fire Bull trend happened to this market so I think this year will not be suitable for a future development that's why I am saying this.

I don't predict the future of this market but there is no proofs for the happening of a Bull Run this could say it will extend for some period of time to last that's why I am waiting for the next year to take my profit.

I don't agree with your submission that we have not touched the bottom based on your own technical analysis and if anyone else is yet to buy and is still waiting for below the last bottom we saw such individual wait in vain in my opinion.

Its not far away, I think the conditions will be different next year, the trend has changed this year, we no longer see falling prices,
that means many people have started to trust the market again, we just need a little time to slowly raise prices

Why do you need to wait, although we cannot know the future and the time that the bear market will end, we even feel the bear market will continue to last longer than ever but it is never a problem, we can still make money with this market because we are traders, investors, our job is to overcome all market conditions to achieve profitability. And with that in mind, there's no reason for us to care and stop in the bear market, what we need is to use possible opportunities to make a profit.

In fact, it Is no more funny, different predictions on whether the bull run will come at the end of last year, later I heard early this year 2019 now we are in mid-march,no green light, I'm still hearing June/July. Guys are tired and fed up. Everything just getting boring as transaction is not moving, but we are still waiting and hoping for the best soon.

If some are being traumatized because of the situation in the market, well I think this won't give help to make bull run happens again.
But We should always remember that crypto or bitcoin was very unpredictable, so even the market was still in bear scenario We never know
how long bear will stand for it and when does bull run come's in.

In fact, in order to expect some positive changes in the cryptocurrency market. Well, for this you need to have at least some prerequisites. With the current state of the market, it seems to me that only a large investment interest in cryptocurrency can help. As always happens on the market, demand creates supply, and with it the price rises.

precisely from different predictions that make prices not change. with a number of predictions that keep changing, traders don't dare trade their coins they have.
I'm also tired of actually reading all the speculations and predictions of some people about the occurrence of bull runs or pumps at the price of cryptocurrencies.
even though in reality I was still waiting for the good news to come and what some predicted was a reality this year.

The long awaited bull run may not happen this year. Im basing my opinion to the graph and historical data of Bitcoin value. It has like a 3 year value increase pattern and apparently drops which then be called bearish market and then later on settles around that figure for quite a long time, just like whats happening in the market today. Also, we have a bunch of good news next year that would possibly create a new hype in crypto space. So, I think we'll have the bull next year, and thats my prediction.

Only whales would manipulate price increase on the current state of the market. I couldn't see bitcoin below $3700, if we lose that then were gonna hit hard. BTC is still below $5k, for the bear market to end, we need Bitcoin to be over $5200 at least.

This bear market will last for a long time and it seems to be stable for a long time. because the recession always needs a long time to stabilize and so does our crypto market.
So let's stop thinking about when the market is growing fast. Instead, think about how to make a lot of money in this bear market. that's should be a good idea. ;)

Bigger companies are coming so i guess that can boost the market up and more investors will follow for sure. Just like what Samsung did and for sure, Apple will do the same. The bear market is about to end, more patience will help you on this, just believe that you can gain some profit again in the future.

Maybe the next one years, until the next Halving Bitcoin happen again just like 2017. I just hope the bullish can come to use more early than that, a lot trader already stressfull because the longest bear

Yes, this bear market is the longest in the history of cryptocurrency. But I believe that to wait to us remains not so long. The situation on the market is already beginning to improve and this is a good sign.

We are investors so it is our duty to have awareness about all this as if price is not high can be chance to buy at low price and if price is high can sell out, now a day price is down but having patience is really important, soon bear market will end and bull will come so a little wait can help to us to have profit and to help us avoid this lose, but bearish will end very soon.

For the past few weeks, there has been some positive signs in the market and some coins have already started pumping, so i believe that it wouldn't last long. Soon we will see the bull run in full swing.

At first I also thought that the bear market is very much hinders to earn, now I see how very convenient it is possible to trade on it and get a stable profit when there are no big changes in prices

As we go along, more and more new crypto projects will be introduced and launched to the industry. I have noticed that the latest projects these past few months were more innovative and useful to its users. This might save the bear market now and eventually bullish market will take its place.

Usually bear market running period as per last bear market season we may expect it to be more than 2 years so we already passed one year so within this year we can expect positive development and by year we may end up with bull market

I have the same prediction, minimum two years, more or less. Yes, one year is already behind us, so just one more year from now and things will look much better. For me it`s the same when will it come, I think this period suits to all real crypto lovers, we need more time to earn more coins. People need to be patient, to work more and talk less, it will come when it comes, use that time for something useful, like earning more before it comes.

well, one can earn on any trend market. day trading is the key

It seems that this year is the last for the bearish market, we will see that in 2020 crypto will rise again because next year there will be "Halving Bitcoin", this is the same when in 2016 after "Halving Bitcoin" prices will continue to rise until the peak.

Bear market was running too long now, were majority of the community so far has been disappointed and frustrated in the situation of the market. Where even there are many speculations they've heard about the bull run coming almost all of their prediction was failed to
happened anyway. So even me, I don't know and had no idea when does bear will take long.

Perhaps we will have to live in this BEAR market for at least 4 years because every cycle of price increases begins in this period. I think we need to learn how to survive in this market for a long time because I myself cannot be sure what will happen in the future and whether this market will exist until 2020. Those are questions and no one can predict correctly

in any case, the practical most part of all the forecasts. Until today, they turned out to be empty chatter. Apparently the people who voiced it, most likely expressed only their opinion or desire about how They would like to see the cryptocurrency market.

I'm hoping that it will happen by the end of this year or the first quarter of 2020. I said that because everything is starting to favor the tech again and not just by some companies anywhere but globally-known companies. Whatever they do will always spread and other companies will know that and will also take a look at the tech and it's only a matter of time before blockchain is already dominating the financial world.

i think 2019 still bear market.

The first year was 2018, and per observations this 2019 was still at bearish trend because bitcoin price isn't yet changing a good effect on pumping trend. We had no choice but to be patient despite of the struggles we've been through this time. Surviving during hardships is really hard, but through hardwork and dedications everything will be surpassed as long as we have courage to face certain challenges. Don't give up, and instead of expecting quicker recovery just wait and for the right time market will be in full recovery.

What I get from what I read from the article is if there is no action from the user itself, especially the big players or often called whales then the bearish market will not end. In my opinion that is true, because the way to get out of the bearish market is an increase in demand or mass adoption, while what can affect supply and demand is the user himself. The point is if you want to get out of bearish it's better not to wait for Q1 or Q2 and it's better to make our own actions.

I think now more than ever, patience is the best decision we can have, right now, the price is at a unique opportunity level, it is very likely that if it stabilizes, that is, if there is a possible lateralization in the $ 4k , it may turn out that an important area of ​​liquidity is formed, so that the next most attainable movement is $ 4.5k, however, it represents a very representative area, because the supply there must be large.

At lower price levels, to be at $ 3.8K, the offer has practically disappeared, ideally it should increase gradually, so the bear market would lose strength, because it would start to deposit institutional money, and show how the offer is at higher price levels, at the same time, many traders would join and could begin a bullish movement to fight the bear market, in this hard phase of accumulation (according to Wyckoff's philosophy) since it is very likely that we will continue to experience movements of high volatility. It can and is very probable that it can happen in a few months, I think that it can not continue more, because there are many good news that right now can bring positive results.

I guess most of us cannot wait for that long, we want the bear to end very soon so we can enjoy trading again.
You know it's easy to make profit when the market is bullish and I have proven that myself, I am no good trader but I can make easy money in bull season.

Agree to you this bearish trend is too abuse we cannot wait for so long  all of us want to see a bull run again, but based on the chart and the volume bitcoin is really to pump up again. But then again no one know when the bear stop just need more patient and calm our mind just find other way to earn profit during this bear.

Now the price has moved up and is very encouraging because this is a sign that the crypto world has risen again. In my country, bitcoin is sold at a price of USDF 4,000 so that bitcoin holders who have been silent all this time can smile again.
Many buy bitcoin when the price is at the position of USD 3,400 and at the current price profit can already be enjoyed if sold. This price movement is greeted with joy and hope.

But agree or not, we don't know when the bear market will end, we only could be patient again. Bitcoin still going up and down in this month but we can hope that there will be something change in the next month and we have a week to see the next month. I am sure that the bear market doesn't stay forever in the market because the bull market will replace the bear market soon.

Agree price will not take so long time, bearish market had come to give us opportunities for buying at low price, all traders took advantages of the temporary lose and the bought at very low price, now time to celebrate your luck is not so far, just buy some and wait, according to me bear market is almost end till end of 2019.

there has been so many analysis about this bear market and they all failed. it all started when bitcoin failed from 19k down to 15k and down again to 10k. people were yet to understand what exactly happen. the market tried to correct itself several times but failed to regain. from analysis, we are gradually getting to the end of the bull market.

It's not necessary to believe on them but we can listen to them.
I actually appreciate those people who are saying their heart out on the real situation than just riding with the trend.
When it's bearish, we usually see a lot of bearish prediction, only few are telling that the market will bring a new bull run, but it's a free world
they can tell whatever they want, it's up to us how we analyze what they say.

I think every analysis is meaningless at the moment because this market is in a very unpredictable phase and any bad news can make this market hurt. In my opinion, if you want to invest, you need to choose a more appropriate time because 2019 is not a good year for people to make a profit. Maybe you will encounter many great difficulties but surely the value of Bitcoin will not be able to grow well this year

We are at the beginning of bull run,IMO.

THe price of crypo currencies are growing and nothing to complain now about the all time high and the predictions just believe in yourself and starts to hold it.

In my opinion the end of this bear market will be at the end of 2019, I know that the expectation and opinion may be true or wrong, no one can confirm clearly, but as you see, the market and some coins in the case of stability and this is a good indication that the market will rise after some months from now, Once the bitcoin rises to the required level, the image will appear more.

You would be surprised to know and this will strike you but some of the experts are of the view that this is in fact the bull market. Yes, you heard it right. The normal and general perception about the bull run is the high prices that are linked and related to the bull run but that is not so according to the experts. They are of the view that when the market sets in and a sought of stability is achieved, that is the Bull Run.

We should pull this hope rope stronger as things are quite stunning and robust. So long time been passed with this bear market and still no green signals for a jump.

There were researches where experts suggested that bitcoin would never got down below $5000 but here we are. Hodlers need to be consistent in their intentions and keep rocking their mind. We are super optimistic about Bull Run in near future.

Perhaps it's not what people thinks of a bull market though, majority of them thinks that when we are in a bull-run the prices keeps going up.

Well, today the price broke the $4k barrier again, indicative that we are still far from the bullish cycle though. As for how long this bear market will last, hard to see. It will continue to trade sideways for a long time, unless there is a major breakout news.

I don't believe that. Stability with no considerable upward movement isn't a run at all. Though i don't think we're still in the bear market anymore. The value is slowly crawling in an upward trend and that's good but in no way it is a run of any sort. Unless we go stratight up to above 5k levels. Then people may think about an actual bull run.

Just like the bull market, it ended and the bear market came.
I am thinking that it's a cycle you know, you don't have to overthink it, all you need to do is trust and be patience, after the bear, the bulls will play.

Keep that in mind.  ;D

It is still too early to rise in price. I think maybe the bear market will last for the rest of this year and everything will get better in 2020 so consider good investments in potential coins because it's likely to make You become rich at any time. You may be having difficulty choosing, but finding good coins is essential at this time

I believe that the big market in Krypto will last longer in the future, because for me, Krypto really can help to get a good community and many benefits.

Much better than stressing yourself thinking when the reversal will happen, we all wanted to see the next bull as this bear really extending it's stay so some or most of those investors are getting tired and become frustrated with how things is happening right now, stay being positive will help you up to stand with holding and keep trusting the system.

This is the question of faith and trust for cryptocurrencies because the market is unpredictable and no one can answer your question.
I don't remember for how many times i had witnessed this bear and bull market but what I observed is market always come to recovered but this is the longest bear market in history in which it lasts for more than a year now

I agree with that, we us traders don't know how the market will move in the future, we don't see it.
However, if we have faith and trust in the market, we will never do panic selling and buying, and we will be focus with our goal and only make an action at the right time. As of this writing, I think the bull market is already here, I've witness how the price pump today.

Agree, after all the final choice is on you to determine it, you are free to listen to their predictions or not. and many people in fact give predictions according to their needs and interests, when they hold they will certainly try to convince other people that the bearish will happen soon, and I hope that happen

- Indeed, we cannot know clearly about the future of the market, especially the day when the bear market will end, it goes beyond our speculations, we can only use our little information and all our beliefs to predict, and the purpose of this prediction is to stabilize our anxiety. But people do not understand that these predictions only make their psychology become more frightened when the bear market continues to last and destroy their predictions, instead of letting the psychology fall into this situation, they should think about how to make money in the bear market, it is probably more necessary.

They have speculation and also thingking about the bear market is already gone because today value of the bitcoin increase more than 20 percent from the price yesterday and I thinl the journey will start because we start now in the bull run and we will happy to see again to increase more. I hope more good news will come to bitcoin so we can see the value to rise more until it reach the highest price record of the bitcoin.

I also see that. when bitcoin prices rise today, I speculate that bitcoin prices will be higher this year. besides, I also hope that the bear market is over. even though it's still not really stable right now, I think this is a sign that the bull run will start.

Indeed, the price of cryptocurrency today has begun to recover prices and know what you are causing why prices go up so you don't speculate anymore, when you know it might make you rich because you know the price movements that will occur.

I can't say for sure, but I think it will be soon. This bearish trend was a record for the duration and I think it's time for him to give way to the bullish trend.

With the looks of things now the market seems to be waking up CMC just hit $140b which I believe the bullrun is definitely here and the market is Green again.

Yes the market hit $140B but we don't know for sure that this is a bullish market. It's because, after the pump earlier, bitcoin got a correction that fast. From 4,900 to 4,700 (IIRC).

Actually no need to listen anyone because no one is that experienced and perfect in trading that they can tell your when to trade or when the bearish will end and market of bull will run, so it is all about number of investors and according to this, I am hoping for good in 2019, I think price will remarkably start rising at the middle of 2019 and will reach higher in 2020.

The bear market is since over and if you didn't buy at the time we saw the lowest bottom I think it will be hard to see the market at such level this year again. The bull run has started and there will be backwards trend anymore till we see any other strong resistance just like what we saw around $4000 in some week back.

Congratulations for those who hold bitcoin.
this might be a small effect of halving.
bitcoin will still rise and surprise. while looking and preparing to buy some.

Bull market will be confirmed when Bitcoin has passed previous ATH (20,000+).

Until then, be careful, many expect a bull trap and further downside to new lows.

Maybe it's hard to reached that at a short period of time.
We investors wants to see a good price increase and we are seeing that today, BTC is still moving.
Even if we will not reached that ATH, I can consider this price action now as a bull run, at least in my own definition or judgment only

Lol, you mean to say we need to touch ATH again to confirmed that we are in a bull run? I beg to disagree though. Bull run happens when we see the price just going up every time. But I would tend to agree that as investors we really need to be cautious at our every investment. If this is a bull trap then just hold on it and then buy at lower lows and continue to accumulate.

Its already end for sure, prices continue to climb and soon it will reach $5000, for the first time since a few months, prices have reached $5k again. current price movements look like bullish, more green and marketcap getting bigger

Don't get caught up with this FOMO, price could rise even at $6,000 but expect a correction.
BTC is rising even without some significant news that could dictate it, but it has rise a lot in just a short period of time, that we should be careful with.

 I concur the idea of being cautious in every investment we take , because no one can forsee the outcome of the market and when it will desist from bearishness. As the market struggled this long bear market we have to hold on and keep it till the value of BTC pump up consistently.

I don't think that this is an effect of halving.
Halving results will be visible during 2020 I believe. This good increase in the crypto prices and the market cap was normal to happen because we suffered for a lot of time and big period a bear market so it was about time to bounce back a little.

Lol. I chuckled after reading that we have to hit another ath to confirm a bull run. If that's the case we may never ne able to get another bull run for years. I think bear market has been cleared at this point and we're waiting for a change in trend, which is at the moment, seem to be what's happening. And though it may take a lot less than another ath to say that there's a bull run already, we don't have one at the moment.

For the past two days, the market has started pumping and the price of most cryptos has increased sharply. We hope that it would be the start of much-expected bull run, but there is still big doubts.

We actually don't know when the bear market will last. Yes there was a bitcoin pump. This thing somehow gives us an idea of a bull but, if it does why does it break the $5000 barrier and dropped down? I can't understand the market really  ;D.

I think BTC price will hit $5200 by this month, its enough to bouncing after so long time go down and make us panic. I do believe it will end, but it has requirement to change the trend.

It hit already, but then back to the lower price, but still stay at $5,000 level.
Since that was hit and have some little price correction, expect that we can even reach $6,000, BTC has been mooning, when it's in that level, nothing can stop it.

I think bear market so far, is now closed to an end mate. As you can see what happened now in the price of bitcoin, I had noticed everyday value was increased little by little in the market. I think a weeks from bull run will gonna start or at any moment it will be happen, so lets hold and our patience of waiting has now finally come to an end and We will reap the fruit of our labor.

The trend has really changed if you look at the current happened.  This month will be one of the positive months in this year and we have started see that happen already. Cryptocurrencies market need more volume and momentum to sustain the current bullish trend and that is why it might goes down a bit before up again.

Need a lot of pumps to Bitcoin can reach 6000 $. People are in very good mood and the demand for investment in this market has increased by more than 15% in the last few days. I think this is a good sign to see a new recovery because I believe that when the growth phase begins then it will be time for lots of new coins to get high prices and many good coins will get attention big from investors. Right now don't give up your favorite coin and keep it for a long time

It’s very difficult to say when bear market will end. But i'm expecting that it will end by the end of 2019.   

As I see, the bears have left the market. However, it does not mean that they are not going to return. We must consider the changes that happen to the cryptocurrency and use every chance to make money on it.

A question that few people can give a clear answer. Of course, we all want the bear trend to end as soon as possible, but the cryptocurrency market is currently too manipulative, so even with the natural process of changing the trend, there is a risk that it will interfere and replay the situation in the direction against general expectations.

We are not sure of that, maybe they got exhausted and overrun by the bulls run. So the bulls just started to take over slowly though and we do hope that this is a start of a good run at least going to $6k and then see some corrections taking place at $5k range, and then formed again and make another pushed.

I guess that if BTC will just stay at 5,000 level we can have a stable market. And when there could be some news that are good that can contribute to the growth of btc then it would be a blast for btc to stay at 5,000 and we can see it mooning after that. The target would possibly be 6k or so. But, we don't know yet.

BTC will soon stabilize at $ 5100 over the next few days and if we can maintain this stability then we can expect another price increase but to do this we need big news relates to Cryptocurrency. There may be a lot of fluctuations when trading but I believe that the price of $ 8,000 can be achieved this year because the investment demand is increasing and people are tending to hold more in recent months.

Brother people have lost more than 80% of values of their portfolios and this little rise in Bitcoin is a small sign of relief for them that the price could be the highest in days to come but I think that since there had been stability in the market value of Bitcoin around $4900, even the current rise in a bullish sign. Bitcoin is digital gold and you can do the market analysis yourself. Experts are calling it the boom.

Good idea it is not good to trust anyone but try to make your own analization and follow what your experience says, we are living in modern age where we can make good research without any problem, according to me and my experience it is good time to have patience as market has go much potential, still it can rise more than this but we will have to hold and wait until it fully bull, I am can see bearish will end till DECEMBER 2019.

It is difficult to try to predict exactly how long the current market situation can last, however, given the relative stability with which it had been behaving over several months, it could be said that in practice the bear market is over, and we are now in a season of stagnation with an upward trend. I hope that the sudden improvement that has been observed in the last week is maintained, and then we could talk about that a real upward trend has begun.

With the recent market upward trend one can conclude that the bear market is over and the bullish trend has since started though it is still at the where new buyers can still be in and join the train.

I just hope it is over, I do believe it's over but we could also be wrong.
It's been very short that BTC has achieved this price that we are enjoying now, this should continue so we can call this a bull run.
With a new bull run, people are more confident of investing, so eventually a new ATH will be born.

I have a feeling that the bear market is now over. We have seen bitcoin raised from 4000 to 5000$ in matter of 2 days only which clearly is a sign that bulls are back in the market. We have a got of huge resistance at 6000$ and it may take 2 to 3 months before that resistance is broken but overall the market is positive and healthy for trading.

I agree with you bull has started to get in the market because as you have mentioned price is rising more and more because more investors are taking part in market, bear market is almost over because now I can notice price graph has started to rise, with very few years I am sure price of bitcoin and other crypto coin will break the previous 2017 record.

We can predict but we can't conclude. As for me, the bear market is slowly fading and cryptocurrency is quite getting better. The prices are striking higher but we can't conclude that the bull market is running because it might just the hype that excites us. Anyway, it's still a great thing for us because it's an indication that cryptocurrency would go better soon.

Yes, for me, one advantage of the bear market that has been very dominant and has been f grate value to the opportunists is the down price of the famous coins in the market. They make use of the opportunity and later on claim big gains. The bear market looks like almost over because Bitcoin had a great entry to the $5000 range couple of days ago and again reduced slightly down today but this is not an alarming situation and overall we are recovering.

The bear market has already been passed and we are on the verge of another bullish rally. And it is quite possible that some crypto pump is waiting for us in near future that will change our understanding of cryptocurrency. I hope this bullish rally would continue for some time so that traders can recoup losses they suffered over the past one year's.

The bear market time is up,what we are getting ready for now is the bull. We have tried with the bear and we are tired of it. It was almost like the famine time.I don't think any one that has experienced the bull before and see this bear will want it to come again. And everyone in this status quo must be well prepared to make the best use of the appearing bull.

Not miner but there is higher and remarkable indication that market will be fine very soon, recent market made good progress, and it improved the price allot, because more acceptance of crypto currency has made it good and famous as good investment resource, and it made higher value all around the world according to me bull has begun to move and this time it will run faster.

The bears have been lost since the beginning of this month. We are not exactly in the bull market either. There was a considerable increase which was a sign of the future of good times.

As the bull market has started almost a week ago, bear market has come to an end for the year. Here we don't know how the market moves further, but from recent days growth pattern the market is quite progressive. Possibly this trend can be expected to continue for a longer time period, as more adoption happens all around in terms of marketplace acceptance and on common usage.

For now since things happened very fast, we are just hoping that it's really true that the bear market has lost its control in the market.
When bear market has took over, lots of good things happen, price increase with significant amount and people are alive again, the market even getting bigger due to the increase of trading volume, we just need to maintain this and we are good for the rest of the year.

Everyone think that thats a BTCBTCbull trap but not whale build this psychology and nobody knows what to do.

It's quite very hard to say when bear market will end. But in my prediction this bear market will end before the end of 2019.   

I think the bear market is over and the increase continues to occur in the crypto market, this happens to all cryptocurrency, bitcoin and altcoin.
Today Bitcoin reaches a price of USD 5327, the price of ETH is USD 172.36 and the LTC is USD 80.62. Seeing these prices gives hope that the increase will continue and cryptocurrency is a popular digital financial market in the world.

  Due of a high market volatility no one can predict the outcome of bitcoin, but lately its value has started to pump up accumulately and it may be a good sign to overview a bright future of bitcoin. And I think the bearishness has started to desist and the bull trend is gradually run its way.

Exactly, the bearish market had commenced ceasing the market as after long span of time, bitcoin is above 5000$. But still, I think it would be hard to predict whether the bull run would hit the market or not as currently, the market is at its hike of volatility and any bad news could easily bring the coin below 5000$...

I am not expecting for the market to drop again, we are just starting and the last long period was bearish, maybe it's about time to correct the market.
The bull run will stay that's what I believe and I think it's wise if we keep buying now and sell for a profit in just a short period of time.

Almost all predictions say the bear market will end soon but all of them remained false and no one really knows when. The best thing here is this season is giving us chance to start, prepare and load our wallets with lots of coins we can afford to buy and while we are waiting, hope that it will surely come. It is still a good news to know that bitcoin price has not yet hit the ground or to the point of zero level. It means there is still hope.

So you don't believe that we are not in the bear market anymore? Because I do believe that price is bullish now and bear already ended.
We don't need to see a pump right away, it's taken slowly but steadily, look at the price now, it's better and it's stable.
This price will pump as expected, that thing we don't know when.

There's always hope for people who continue to believe that this industry will be adopted and grow accordingly, everyone of us have it's own interpretations and hope to see the bear to be wiped out and be replaced by the raging bull, no one can be sure as of now if when this thing will
happen, it's all about hope and trust that will jive us to keep waiting.

The price level of BTC for Q1 has been stagnant, it actually didn't continue the last year downward trajectory and now its gaining momentum weekly. The support of daily or weekly prices is getting a new highs for this year, although there are some resistance along the way but BTC continue to breaks resistance. I think the market will continue the upward trend.

This bear market is going to end soon. The market is now turned from being bearish to being bullish. I am just waiting for the price to break some resistance in order to get some confirmation that the bulls are now awake and ready to completely wipe out all of the bears in the market and give profits to the strong hands that keeps on holding.

The longest bear market is true because our crypto market has just been developed and all information is new. But I am sure that 2019 will be a good year for the crypto market with rapid recovery. Because the market capitalization of the crypto market is quite low and therefore sharks can easily earn profits here. they will gradually get bigger and we will see a green market.

I think that this is a rather complicated question and no one can answer it specifically. But I have some assumptions about this. It seems to me that the decline in the market has stopped at the moment and the stage of accumulation of the market has begun. At least I want to believe it. The market growth stage usually begins after the accumulation stage. If everything develops according to this scenario, then we will really see the growth of the crypto market soon. In addition, I hope that the halving of the reward, which will occur in 2020, will positively affect the price of bitcoin and crypto in general.

It seems to me that the way out of the fall has already begun. Perhaps the growth will not be rapid, but I believe that by 2020 cryptocurrency will be restored in full volume.

Nobody can tell or can predict exactly how long last this bear market if you look at in the marketcap glad to seen the status of the bitcoin price today.

Of course there is no one that can tell if bitcoin will have a bull run or bearish market. No one can predict the future so it is up to us if we are going to hold our position in this market and keep believing to the power of the cryptocurrencies. It is just always up on us, if we will keep believing the bulls will come then it will happen.

No one can really predict, except those who run the space with their big pockets. The rest of us have to just try to speculate and move between the big humpback whales that at the moment dictate and control the market.  I think we still have a way to go before we can say the bears are hibernating. I give it another six to nine months at least. I also don't think the bull run will be the same as it was in 2017/2018. We might see a gradual increase and turn in the markets over a longer period of time, just like this bear market is akin to the 2014/2016 cryptocurrency winter.

In my own personal opinion, the market is volatile that no one can predict when will the price will go up and down, but i think the market had stop and the bull market is starting to rise up again. That is why a lot of people are starting to put all of their funds in crypto again due to the increase of the market price. It is also the reason why i am starting to do trading again for me to get back all of my loss by starting find a good trading platform that has great security that can protect all of my assets and it can avoid hackers, until I found Darb (https://darbfinance.com/?=crowd) finance where it is an exchange where you can easily convert all your fiat into cryptocurrency and vice versa, and at the same time a secure wallet that you can use to store all of your funds. Laslty, i am hoping for the market to continue to increase it's price this year of 2019 for us to get back all of our losses.

In short, none of us can't say when this bear market will last, right? for others bear market is bad and not a season for them. But to others it is a good chance due to, while the market was bearish why not take the advantage to buy Ethereum, Xbx, Neo, Waves, Ada, while their price value in the market was down or cheap then lets hold em for awhile until it bounce again, at least We are sure in will increase in the near future.

That big whales are the reason why no one can really project the possibilities of each market trends, they are controlling the big part of this trading institutions, they can manipulate and create artificial scenarios to make it looks legit but in the other side they are planning for something to surprise the  crowd, always finding ways for income generating purposes.

the bear market is over ... you can see the chart lately it shows that we have entered the bull market, and I think prices will continue to rise slowly until the end of the year

No, the bear market is not yet over. Take note that at least 90% of the price last 2017 have lost since last year. Now, with fundamental increases this second quarter do not necessarily mean that we are entering bull market. Though we can't deny that we badly needed the series of ups for the market to get back to its normal state as well as the confidence od the investors.

The bear market is almost over as the entire cryptocurrency market added over $80 billion in capitalization all within the last 60 days. I think the longest bearish market in history is starting to fade away slowly and I believe in few months from now it'll all be gone but history. We are now in the accumulation phase and soon the big bull market would come around :P

Market place price is not easy to guess and choose. It any time to invite. So time is important of this process. Most of the investors check the market price then invest. It give more information and get some ideas for time to invite and complete the process.

In order for a market recovery to occur, we need the following to happen:

1. A return of institutional investors to the crypto market
2. Countries such as China and Russia legalizing crypto completely
3. A permanent solution for the scaling issues
4. A favorable ruling from the SEC
5. A recovery in the ICO market

I think that by the summer of 2019 the position of the bulls should be strengthened. So I’m expecting a steady growth of Bitcoin, like the rest of the altcoins, starting in the summer of 2019. I see no reason to assume that the price of Bitcoin will reach ATH (which we saw in 2017), but I count on the achievement of this price in 2020.

We are just in the stage of recovery but not far enough from the dips. But the good thing is that, we are in way into bull run as it shows a continuous prices rise up. We are not going nowhere or turning back into the bear season again, if this trend will continue until the end of this year. Though it is not quite fast of is uprising trend but it is good enough to have that improvements.

last bull market is now (april 2019) but we never see bull market in this year, at least never bloodbath again for our investment

This recovery period can be very important and affect the entire market, but until now only Bitcoin is coin up because most altcoin has not had any strong recovery in recent months. In my opinion, it may take a long time for the Bitcoin value to reach $20,000 again and perhaps it will happen in the future and is not anticipated. Anyway, I will still trust this investment and will consider long-term investment

Everyone is waiting for the market to recover its price but this time the price of Bitcoin should increase slowly otherwise the price will dump like in the year 2018. So we shouldn't get into a conclusion that we are in the bull run because we should and wait to see how the market is fluctuating.

We could see some reversals but I don't think it will be enough to bring the bears back into the market again. I agree that we are in the stage of recovery already and bull cycle is already here, $5600  is my target before we might see, some pullback though.

Anyways, we are out of the bear market that's for sure, and there's no way then can wrestle if from the bulls because the bears are now exhausted. Let's see a run from $5600 and then observed if we are going to make another run at $6k, or reversal to around $5k.

Yes, some slight signs of the future bull market can be seen. Bears do not disturb us more, and now, we need to choose what to do - to hold waiting for the bulls or trade right now.

I rely on the fact that the bear market is coming to an end. Of course, whales may have their own plans for cryptocurrencies and we can’t influence it. But, I suppose that the reason for such a long bear market was the desire of large investors to buy Bitcoin, or rather, to take it from weak hands. So now, many frightened have long since sold all their good coins at a loss, so soon, I think that the situation will change and the bulls will come into play.

These are preventing the development of this market and I am sure this year SEC will begin to have the main rules about this market. I think if we get potential investments in this market, the price increase will only be a matter of time because people are in very good psychology after a time of depression. I personally only hope one thing is that ETF funds can change all Cryptocurrency

I do not think that anyone have a faintest idea about when the bear market would end.
But I believe it would end sooner than we think .... considering that the market is turning green again gradually.

It's what makes me confident now, the sudden pump and the dump afterward is already gone in the market, it's already the bulls that are taking over.
I'm not an expert but I am also have my own opinion and my instinct says we should not miss this next bull run.
We loss a lot during the bear, it's our time to recover our loses, we can get short term profit and hold for long term while waiting for a new ATH.

Sounds ambitious but market is not discounted, it can fulfill big expectation from investors as that's how powerful we are pushing it up.

Note that BTCUSD has formed its first bullish golden cross since October 2015. Perhaps bear market will soon give way.

Mind games in order to bring the next bull to a much stronger barrier, the bear needs to be wipe away from the market and that can happen when most of the traders and investors agrees to hold and allow the rise to take place, let the short traders to play their game but as long that you can hold to never be bothered to keep your position open, if you believe in this industries success, long term investment will give you much decent profits.

Is not all about greediness but about how you trusting the system, the bear will be replaced by bull when investors and traders pushed it up to happen.

For me, a really bearish market will end only when the capitalization will increase at least three times, and now it is only very small movements of individual digital assets, releasing their updates

And today everything goes against what you said and everything is turning to the familiar red that we often see in 2018. This stage will still last long and should not be predicted when the market tends to fall because surely things will never follow your wishes. I analyzed the volatility of all altcoin in this market and concluded that the upward trend will not happen in the next 3 years and we are at the worst stage this year.

Yes I do agree with you I also have faith the bear market will never remain green forever, so after this recent huge dip I am sure there is chance for great bull, we only need to trust the ability and the potential of our crypto investment, I think now is time to have patience and hope for the best.

It is hard to say when is the bear market will end, these days their is a little increase of price also it decrease in the market. Were waiting to happen for the fully recovery long time for us to have a profit. Hope this coming months price are all in green and will continue moving upwards.

Nice to see if it's happening soon, the price in overall is good this year, we will never see a green market all the time, but we like to see progress by seeing more dominant uptrend than downtrend as that would confirm that we re already in the bull market.

It's still too early to conclude but we hope all our predictions are correct and the price will significantly rise again.

I hope that by the summer of 2019 the bears will give up their positions. And already in the autumn there will be a more significant increase in prices for cryptocurrency. But as a whole, the bear market will continue as long as it will be profitable for the big players. So be on the alert and don't trust any "confident" statements about what will happen, because no one can say for sure when the dramatic changes will begin.

Actually I think that bearish might be over because we don't see the decline that often happens, in fact the price sometimes rises quite
high, but sometimes prices also fall a few percent, maybe the bearish is over, but bullish isn't at all come

Volatility has been the nature of cryptocurrency and it's no longer surprising. There has been a lot of speculation playing into the bear market. It's hard to conclude when this bear market will last because the market is very uncontrollable as it keeps on moving. However, observing on the chart and price movement, it does not shrink that much and yet it has the potential to possibly move upward and will stay green, hopefully.

Till now Bitcoin price is in bearish mode which we cannot able to predict how long it is going but with the recovery of Bitcoin price now altcoin is in bearish mode which they are losing value in the market which makes we are still in bearish mode and nobody don't know how long it is going to continue.

Some clear line when the bear market ends and bull market starts can't be drawn. Although some say we have already entered bull market I can't agree because to my opinion we are only having some corrections. And even once the bear market is over that doesn't mean it can't come back.
Anyway, next period will show if the positive trends on the market will continue or not and if the price will cross 6000$.

The bear market is practically over. Even after the bitfinex scandal, bitcoin price slides only a few hundred dollars. If we are still in the bear market, this kind of news will hurt us very badly maybe a thousand dollars price slide or more. But it does not, so it means the bull is strong enough the put the support above 5000$.

Support at $5000 is not the biggest support at this time because it can be broken anytime if there are bad Bitcoin related news. I have been analyzing Bitcoin for the last few days and it is likely that Bitoin will fall at $4700 this week or longer and we will soon face a downtrend during this time so if you are holding any altcoin, consider selling because things will soon get worse

For sure bear market gonna end up soon as possible because in this days lot of altcoins get pumping out last time i check on coinmarketcap. But at this time altcoins and bitcoin get increasing up at this moment.

Not really it will take some time before everything will be green again, bitcoin is getting momentum and that's a good indications, while investors have a good  opportunities to buy in and start accumulating their favorite alts to get a good profits after the market completely bounce back and recover from  that massive bear seasons.

Today bitcoin has crossed 6000$ mark and it will take 6 months to make it possible. So the market has started recovering after the massive bear. And it might be the great indication of the bull run. As compared to previous year this year might be going good and the market is starting going to the upward direction.

All the market has become green again from the bearish season. I think this is the best time for the investors to make some investment in BTC as well as in altcoins because market showing great indication of bull. So this looks at the best opportunity for everyone to make a profit by doing investment like 2017.

Personally, bitcoin movement has been getting much better in some recent month of this year. Compared to 2018, this year has been pleased many of us with slightly consecutive increase, hence probably it's a good sign of having a bull run. Not only good news from bitcoin, but also from many other cryptocurrencies. Especially some altcoins also has sign of bringing us benefits. Yep, i completely support you to buy or diversify coins soon in order that you can gain big fruits in this year.

This year, the top pennies have a very good return and Bitcoin is having a great influence in this market. In my opinion, the market will soon return to the best stage and it may happen in July or August because it is the time that people invest the most. Now is still a good time to invest and you should do it as soon as possible because the value of the top coins is still very cheap and this is the best opportunity this year before all the coins up

It is not the best time to invest in the BTC and bull run is not confirmed yet. The levels under 4000$ were the best prices to get in the boat which has potentail to test the 7000$ levels through 1 year. A bear market is very close to the end but waiting for confirmation on graphics is sufficient for getting in the next roll of the uptrend.   

In my personal opinion we are not bearish or bearish market, we are not in bullish trend, because the market has a range that can be taken as a resistance and accumulation support, I think the support is at $ 6ky and the resistance is at 9k, since it is a range where speculators can make decisions to raise and lower the price of bitcoin, where you can play with the offer in the price levels to accumulate, because I think there are still many bitcoins to accumulate.

Many times Strong Hands strategies are to lower the price to buy cheaper and cause fear in those who are weak hands, and sell cheap, that strategy is what can be taken into account for the range of accumulation.

If the range of accumulation breaks $ 9k it may return and lower, because it will always generate a small setback so that it can be driven to follow a possible bullish trend, this will occur as long as the bitcoin is accumulated almost to the 70-80% because the other 20% Strong Hands leave it for the world in general, they decide how far they can raise bitcoin according to the demand that exists, this may take some time for it to enter the Distribution phase.

Crypto trading is very fluctuating, the bearish market will end if the positive sentiments that arise in the world financial market or social media  policies that support the development of crypto. For example, there is a policy from Facebook that allows crypto ads, the market reacts positively and prices move up.
You can imagine if all social media or all world financial markets issue policies that support crypto, of course the impact is very extraordinary. Because the influence of policies on Wall Street can make people's trust in crypto increase.

No one can ever say how long bear trend will last. To give you an example, we've experienced the longest bear market from last year until March if I'm not mistaken. Though there are so many speculators that the bear will gonna end in some time but never actually know when is that exact time. The corrections are already performed and I saw bitcoin today at $8,900 going on $9,000. So, the bear will never last in crypto market. Just some recoveries after the bear.

I suppose that markets are too volatile and it's hard to give an exact prediction.But i think we've already entered the bull market based on charts. So i think prices will continue to grow. Btw if u're interested in charts you can follow the Monfex on Trading View in order to get 'em.

So far, many of us believe that the Bear market has passed and ended in January and $ 3,000 as the bottom price of BTC during the downtrend last for more than 1 year. Next year there will be BTC halving event, and in history uptrend always starts from here. But I think this time will be different when uptrend started sooner.

Bear market is over, but unfortunately it's only over for BTC, if we look at the entire market now, I can't say it's healthy because even major altcoins still struggle to rise and this is not what bull market looks like. In the past, when BTC is healthy, the market follows, so it's not the trend now but we should still be hopeful bear market for altcoins will soon be over so we can enjoy trading not only BTC but with our favorite altcoins.

It’s been answered by now I guess because in late May the market starts to bloom again and increased by atleast more than 150% in capitalization meaning investors returns back and start to trust the market again.there are some alts that remains low but atleast has been increases from the deepest part of 2018.as of today we still experiencing dumping and pumping but atleast staying in positivities not like in the beginning of 2019 when market continues to dump and bitcoin price fall almost below $3k

I suggest that this season will last till the mid autumn and then prices will keep raising and break above 13 00$. But now it's time to  et a stop-loss order at 10 500$ and take-profit order at 9 500$. What do you think?

oh my God i guess the answer is still a question mark , the current market is dangerous
Bitcoin price is falling as well as the altcoins. My Folio is 50% down now when you tought you bought the dip, the price goes deeper.

I think another bear season has resumed with btc dropping below $9500 already, had expected another bull trend if btc had crossed the $11500 mark. This current bear trend will likely get to $7500 before another bull season.