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2022 is going to be the worst year for crypto investors. Any thoughts guys?

The first year during the bearish trend will always become the worst year for crypto, the price of crypto will be going to the lowest price and then it will be starting to recover slowly during the next year. I think that 4 year cycle has been explaining a lot about how it will be going on.
This is the worst year not only for investors but for so many countries and regulators caused by we are facing crisis at the same time combined with various problems.

Take a look at 2018. That might be the worst for those investors that have a lot of holdings but, a true investor won't look at how bad the market is. They'll look at the market the way they're looking the same as the bullrun. This is the time for all of us to accumulate as much as we can and don't take it negatively because that's not how investing works. The best that you can make will be planted during the worst year of the market although, the look of it doesn't really good for most but that's the reality of it. You have to look the best and good part of it even if for majority, it's the worst.

How is it going to be the worst year? There is no substance on your statement atleast expand on your opinion on why its going to be the worst year.
Its like that you are only here to spread FUD because the current market sentiment is bearish. I personally this year is not yet the worst one because I do not think this just the beginning of a bear market.

That could be true because after experiencing a tremendous increase in the last year, the crypto market is experiencing a slump, and many have left the market with heavy profits or losses. And many also do not want to return to investing in crypto because of the trauma they have experienced. If new investors research this, they will know when to enter the market and start investing their money by buying potential coins. But only a few can do it, while others buy when the price is experiencing a correction and continues to decline as it is now.

Worst? Maybe you didn’t experience other crypto winter before that print huge loss percentage than this especially altcoins that become useless even though it has a huge market cap before. It’s not worst if you invest on high marketcap altcoins right now because it will surely recover later on since they have a working product already unlike before that most crypto projects is just under development and no actual output that can be seen besides the whitepaper.

Don’t all in when buying and avoid low caps altcoin as much as possible because they are always the one who’s value goes to zero.

Lol... You should've been here in 2018 or early part of 2019 to draw an experience and then compare and contrast this. In fact, it was after Bitcoin survived that horrific dump that I concluded it's a Phoenix. Whatever dip that happens now with Bitcoin, I'm not perturbed. I've seen it rise from near death before and I know 2022 won't be an exception. You might think it's the worst year for investors but that will depend where and how you're investing. Trust me, there will be investors who think otherwise because of the so much profit they've made from crypto this year. So, it's different strokes for different folks.

The economy is down the drain. Everybody knows that.
The problem right now is the economic market, not crypto itself.
No coin is making any moves right now. The best now is to research your favorite crypto and keep accumulating using DCA.
One day for sure, the cycle of the bull will come. That is unquestionable.
Buy in a bear market and sell in a bull market :)

bear market has always existed, look at 2018 the price also dropped a lot, but after months the price started to rise a lot to the point of reaching 67000. but before it went up a lot people kept saying that it was impossible for the price to go up much again , I even remember that there were some analysts who predicted that the price would reach 25000$ but many people laughed at this and said that it was impossible for the price to reach 20,000$ so soon, so they ridiculed the price predictions of 25000$, but we all saw the price reach 67000$. That's why we shouldn't be too worried about the current low price, as soon as the market looks good the price will start to recover. I believe that the central problem is in the ukraine war against russia, it is wreaking havoc on the economy that was already affected by covid


It's true, but it's good that when the person buys, he knows that he has to use money that he won't need so soon, because the market can stay like this for years, so it's better for the person before buying to take note of this so he doesn't have regrets in the future , something like selling at a loss because you need money urgently


I honestly don't understand why there are still people who believe that investing in altcoins can be a good option, the risk is too high and people ignore it.

Some see disaster, others like myself see opportunity. Now is the time to buy assets whilst they are low. You can plant seeds that will give you amazing profits by buying now.

Investors? Investors are holding their coins for long time since they're believe the fundamental of the coins will perform good after the market is recovering. Actually it's a disaster or worst year of traders since they're trying to beat the market which actually in bear season, now I wonder is there any traders can still make a stable profit by trading? I really doubt it. 2023 might worst than 2022 since the economic sectors are declining.

Uhh, in case you have not noticed yet, 2022 is just 2months 13days from ending, so you should use words like "has been" and not "going to be". ::)

Besides every year sees bull and bear trends, what happened this year does not mean it is the worst, it is relative how much "bad" quotient you are going to give a year. I believe that saying bad because it was bearish is a wrong approach, since these are two sides of the same coin. Because it was bearish you know how good the bull is. Hence you have to capitalize on the distress, by buying bitcoin during the bear and sell during the bull.

The market is never good or bad, it cycles. How you catch and use the cycle is upto you.

Apart from the condition of the crypto market in 2022 it is experiencing a decline but for me it's not the worst,
we must respond to it by remaining calm and wise because panic will only add to the problem,
It's true that until now there are still many crypto enthusiasts and that's the truth

Imagine having invested into crypto and then losing more than half or even worse, almost all of it this year. I think a lot of people have experienced that and that’s why there are a lot of people who know Cryptocurrency already, but they don’t want to deal with it anymore because of their bad experience.

I think it is not just for crypto investors, but also with tangible assets, like the real estate or something. Do you have probably have a bad experience as well With all the inflation.

Worse than what? If compared to last year, yes. If compared to all years, it is unlikely, because this crypto winter has not yet lowered coin prices as much as it did in the past bearish trends. Cryptocurrency investing will never show new records every year, it never has and never will. The market cannot go up all the time, bear markets will always exist because investors also fix profits and new investors need a low price to start their investments, or an option to reinvest profits.

I feel like this is still far better than 2018 for some reason, maybe I am remembering that wrong but the feeling during those times (or at least my feelings) was that it would never recover from that, we were looking at bitcoin as "how did it even reach 20k to begin with", and saw that 3k was more than enough, we assumed it would go from few hundred dollars to 3k and that was normal.

The unreal part was reaching 20k in between, and now we realize that it's normal for it to be 20k, because we "dropped" to 20k right now, we peaked at 68k meaning that it could be 100k one day too, or 200k, or 500k, these are all possible for bitcoin, we didn't feel like that back in the day.

Maybe for some investors this year is a little bad for them because as long as the bear market has made their portfolio value decrease significantly, but there is also a possibility that some of their investors will think that this year is a good year for them to buy bitcoin because they realize that if they make a purchase now then they can get more bitcoin with less capital and then hold it for long term.

Not that exactly because everytime we do experience bad times then this is where we do really make those words but speaking about worst year then it cant be denied that this one is included.Its really a very long
bearish market same goes into that year of 2018-2020/21 as far as i remember or something on those times which after we've crashed then the price is moving sideways for too long.
This is why on the time you do make out investments then be sure that you are really that prepared or ready for such conditions.You have stepped your foot into this market then you should
expect the unexpected which market could really make these kind of movements which would really be causing up some panic if you arent that prepared.

Ypu have not seen 2015 then lol.  Seriously it hasn't been as bad as then.  Prices were so low and crypto was still a joke to the mainstream.  At least now ypu know there is big money in it and its only a matter of time before it turns around.  2023 might end up being worse than 2022 honestly.

Although we experience a bearish trend at the moment we cannot still say that this is bad for investor but in fact this is good opportunity for them to accumulate cheap top coins in the market. You can only say that its worst year if you go with the shitcoin since for sure they all die in current situation so think smart and pick the best which can survive the harsh since they can potentially give you a profit once bull run or great recovery will happen.

Most of the investors don't see it as a threat anymore, those who knows about crypto are always aware of the risk and also knows about the dip/bull. Few people are investing in this period knowing that bull might be around the corner so they always utilizes the bear.
That's why the whales always remains the whale because at all dip the kept buying while those who panics sells at cheap price.

This could be the worst year for all of those that came to this market during the bull run of 2020, but for anyone that has been here longer than that this is not the worst year, 2018 was almost apocalyptic for investors as the crash not only was bigger but it was faster as well so it gave you almost no time to protect yourself from what was coming, also the collapse of MT GOX brought a huge crash back in the day, so I suggest you that you educate yourself on the early days of this market so you can see how bad things were at that point.

this certainly is, the correction was so sudden that many of us lost so many of our investments in general which means that we gonna need to wait until the next bullrun just in recovering our money again and this could take really long journey considering there's recession that we gonna face, moreover global crisis caused by the pandemic could prolong this correction longer than usually.

Well, I feel how disappointing it was but never I claim this is the worst year in crypto because if we could even remember that last 2018-2020 bear season, you can really imagine how difficult the situation was. We need to understand the way how the market works, I believe the cycle goes like this and it changes frequently. And instead of claiming it was the worst year of crypto better consider this as a great opportunity for us, especially for newcomers as they can buy Bitcoin in a cheaper price.

2022 is yet to end so we cannot say that this is the worst year for crypto investors,  besides the history shows that the year 2018 the cryptocurrency industry performs way lower than 2022.  So it is somehow not a fact to say 2022 is the worst year for investors.  There are lots of scam projects in the earlier year than 2022.  So saying 2022 is worst on that category isn't true.

I think we need to wait for the year to end and gather enough data for the year 2022 before jumping into a conclusion.

What kind of investors do you mean?
Investors of Bitcoin or any kind of altcoins moreover new projects?
Actually, 2022 is the time for Bitcoin investors to collect more Bitcoin, the goal is for the long term, so this is a very good year for investors.
This also applies to the top-tier altcoins which also do have good potential in the future. But again, it's good for the long-term period.

However, if it is for a new project, this will depend a lot on the project and the way they are listed. sometimes there are many investors who really only rely on the project as a stepping stone to get quite high profits when they are first listed. However, this will be different when in the long term which is of course very risky and does not necessarily last. Moreover, many new projects fail when they are just listed or even just want to be listed because indeed we can find a lot of shit projects.

Especially if we buy any coins for short terms in the bearish era of 2022, of course, it might be very bad because the market often drops suddenly.

2022 is not the worst year I think, because this is just the beginning of a bearish season, for me the worst season was in 2018, where I got a lot of minuses and there were many new projects that failed and died when the list was exchanged,
yet the price of btc touching 3k$ is so bad for me, but as bad as the market conditions are tough investors will never complain about the situation and they  take lessons to anticipate in the next cycle

this year better compared 2018 or 2015 when the price of crypto was nothing yet it was dumping from the all time high price which has proven if crypto was always growing forward but the problem is there are so many shorters right now. 2018 was even better compared with 2015. The price of crypto was growing significantly in every 4 years. that means if crypto gonna get another boom again very soon.

Now will be good for those who can invest for long term. Now the market is going through a lot of dumping so if you invest now then you will get a lot of profit later. Everyone is thinking that next year the market will be good. So now we  If I invest some money then I can get double money.

It might be for some especially to those who are newbies, ignorant investors and those who are always following the herd, but for some, they see this as an opportunity for them.
You see the year 2022 as the worst year for crypto investors? I see 2022 as a perfect opportunity to invest. Opportunities like this only come one every 4 years base on the cycle.

As you see, there is a 4-year cycle when it comes to the price movement of cryptocurrency, and we've seen 2018 and 2022 as a year where bear market started. In the next years, it will recover and those who bought this year will be the ones who will earn more money than those who waited longer before they buy. This year is only bad for those investors who bought at the peak and didn't sell their tokens and for those who panicked and sold at a loss.

Yeah, it's actually the time to be greedy for those investors that are looking to the market. They've been waiting for this likely for a year and when it has come, they can't just ignore it.
If they're trying to ignore it then that's their problem and wouldn't take that moment that they should take advantage of.

Don't be too sure about doubling it. I know that we'll make some money but you're unsure if it's going to be doubled or maybe a portion of it or maybe more than that.  :D

My question to you is, how did you say it? do you have a basis? because if you have no basis to show and this is just your thought or opinion, it will appear that you are just spreading FUD here in this cryptocurrency forum.

According to my experience and witness the worst thing that happened here in the crypto space is the year 2018, these times it is very difficult to earn in cryptocurrency because almost all the projects that came out here did not pay, they just took funds and ran away from the bounty hunters who campaigned for them and most of them also the investors did not gain anything during this period.

I can even say that this is a sobering period because at least the projects are going smoothly in this industry right now.

The year 2022 is not over yet, so it's too early to sum up the results of the year. At any moment, the market can turn around, showing an increase of 20-30% and everything will immediately become positive. And considering that now the price of bitcoin is at ATH 2017 and does not fall down, everything looks not so bad.

It can be said that, in 2018 the price dropped by around 60% but currently there are many top coins such as ETH, BNB, XRP and so on which have dropped more than 70%, bitcoin has also dropped more than 70% and currently market conditions do not show signs of recovery .

I think we have already gone past the bad days as the market has only one direction from here which is up. The market has been looking stable for sometime now which means people aren't panicking anymore. If Bitcoin can get some momentum upwards then the rest of the market will respond positivity. Many investors are waiting on the sidelines to see the direction of the market so they can invest or keep on waiting patiently for more dump. We're either at the bottom of the market or very close to it.
I think only a global bad news can crash the market like a crackdown by China on cryptocurrency as they usually do to manipulation the price so they can buy lower.

Every year has its ups and downs in the crypto market and this year won't be the inception. Crypto has encountered so many bearish trends and it survived and came out strong in the end. This year's downgrade of price in crypto doesn't mean your investment is gone. It's only gone when you decide to sell below the price you invested. As far as you have a long-term goal in crypto no cause for alarm about the bitcoin price

Not all investors are sad this year, many are able to locked-in their profits in stable coins waiting for the right moment to reinvest it. I made some money as well, and still holding it as my buying power so when Bitcoin goes deeper, I might be able to catch it. This is not my worst year with cryptocurrency, maybe I worked hard not to lose a single cent but of course, the market is unpredictable and losing is inevitable as well. If you lose money in the three quarters, you still have time to make some, don't lose hope and keep trying.

Yes, 2018 was way worse than what we have right now. This year is better compared to the past and this bear market isn't bloody as the past bear market. People just have to look at the market and be appreciative because of what we've been through, we're not noticing that despite the situation that we've got now, we're forgetting how tougher it was before. We just have to look at the greater things and good outlook rather than the negative side which will just make you more discouraged instead of thinking outside the box.

That's true regardless of the current state of the crypto market but I'm not worried and don't see this as the worst year yet,
I think it's only a matter of time to see the Bitcoin price rise again,
but indeed it takes patience and that is the key

The crash was happening once the hype will be done and we have seen such things happened so many times. People didn't understand if 4 year cycle was exist in the market. that makes people are also try to consider it as the main reason why they are feeling worry if the price will be going to the another low again. they are feeling worry if 4 year cycle was a myth and it will not gonna real

I still think 2018's market was worse than the currently one. Even though percentual losses are similar, we still have bitcoin price near 19,000$-20,000$, while in 2018 it dropped to 3000$.

On the other hand, we have some very impactful negative events inside crypto universe this time, like Luna, Celsius and other lending platforms' scams, being vastly reported by traditional media in key countries, especially US.

2022 may enter the history as a year of losses for investors due to the natural market's fluctuations, but also due to the many scams ran by big names of the industry who were considered trustworthy by many enthusiasts.

Correctly, You can divide those for whom the glass is half empty and those for whom the glass is half full. There have always been optimists and pessimists. Everyone showed what happened in the past. The OP calls this year the worst. But OP, a year hasn't passed yet, and you don't know what's to come. 
Maybe one day you will say that you were very wrong when you said that everything is bad today. There have been and will be crises, but what we will take away from these remains only our choice.

I don't know. Even though my portfolio has took a huge hit sadly and has only a fracture of it's value in comparison to May of 2021 i still think that the bear market from 2018 on was much harder than this one. I mean just take a look at ETH for example it still is at around 1300 at the moment. Back in the last bear market it dropped to 150$. Of course this this not help you very much when you have bought your coins during the last bullrun of 2020 and 2021 but i still think that the years from 2018 to 2020 were harder.
This bear market is not over yet though and it could stil happen that we see prices of below 1000$ per Ethereum or below 15k per BTC or even lower than that.

This desire or expectation to double money instantly like this is what often makes people, especially beginners, disappointed with cryptocurrencies. Why? because we know that crypto investment does not always guarantee that we will always get a profit, let alone multiply profits. This will depend on several things, including market conditions and how patient we are to make the investment, including in what crypto we invest.

Not only that, these desires or hopes sometimes make newbies an easy target for scammers by promising their money to double instantly by investing in these scammers.

Well, there are many investors out there who are making great returns. It just takes a little time to reap the rewards. If you enter the crypto market or invest, you can't expect to make instant profits every time. We must be prepared mentally and financially because there are times when investments may take longer to make a profit than expected. Again, progress is still progress, even if it is not instantaneous.

50/50 still, those who are making huge returns might be those who have enough experience in this crypto market. So it's going to be a struggle for average joe and newbies.

Nevertheless, as you have said, it takes time and money to reap the rewards, so we have to be patience here. Also you touch base a good subject, about the mental preparation so that is also something that every traders should look at. If they don't have a positive mentality and can't get back after a huge lost, then maybe trading is not for them.

That's just how the world works, while it might seems unsuccessful for some investors, others might be winning. This year might have been worst for you especially if you had held LUNA while those that bought LUNC are smiling because they made one of the best gains this year as their coin has had a good run after relisting on Binance exchange and the burn mechanism was introduced to help burn some tokens from circulation.
Remember that whenever you're selling, there's someone buying and same when it's the other way round. So while you might have been panick selling there was someone who was buying and they're smiling now or soon.

Well, it looks like it is. This year is completely under the bear period and its end is not yet in sight. And the bearish period has always had a negative impact on the cryptocurrency market. Interest from some investors was falling at that time, professional investors, on the contrary, use this time to purchase cryptocurrencies that are potential for growth. But in general, there are few newbies joining the cryptocurrency at this time. At this time, we also see few new projects. In any case, this year has not yet been good for cryptocurrency.

The year has been what it needs to be. People need to stop calling a year bad because these are continuous things that will keep changing. Knowledge on how to deal with market changes is important. If a market remains bullish, you can buy Bitcoin. If the market rises, you have to sell and book the profit.

Don't see how people see this as bad. The same people are going to complain when prices go up that it is too expensive to buy anymore.

Definitely progress happens but this a speculative market, don't expect progress either. Bitcoin is progressing on its tech, but that effect on market is not going to make a huge impact.

The current time is a bit bad for everything. If you consider it from any place or place you will see that the current situation is very bad everywhere.Everything including our cryptocurrencies are going through bad times right now. People aren't having a good time at anything right now.But wait, better time will surely come.Especially when the year 2022 ends, we are expected to have a good time in everything.

2022 has been bad for the financial market in general as both stocks, bond etc are crashing as the crypto market is crashing so no where is safe and in times like this one wonder of diversifying into other assets are advisable since financial crisis like this can destroy all your investing. Instead of investing in multiple market why not save. If you had savings, now would be the best time to invest and get cheap coins.
The crypto market is the best market to take advantage of and secure a future for yourself as the profit can come in quick without having to worry about too much taxes or eyes

There are many thoughts about 2022 with the market up to now. The problems, whether negative or positive, are always happening. I don't have too many thoughts to bother with, as I am, in fact, a pro-market companion in many of the other areas it creates. Sometimes some tough things happen, but I think patience before anything pays off. This phase of the market is also a time for us to study the field more and spend more time acquiring knowledge for the future, which will feel beneficial in this space.

But I think you will agree that 2022 is almost ending and yet the market is still very much in red and negative and majority of the coins are down like -70% or greater.

I do agree that in this kind of market, we need to be very careful and patience is the key. Because

1. price is down, but we can take advantage of it buy buying because it is cheap
2. when you buy, you should have the mentality not to sell and hold till the next bull run. So the question, is investors willing to wait that long?

Yeah, that desire of earning to double their capital so quickly makes them the easy target for these scammers. A simple few words of tricks and they're going to be gullible and about talking about how much they can earn so quick. Having that gullible thought will make them the easiest target because of some promises like making their money double is what music to their ears but it's more than music to the ears of those scammers and tricksters that are targeting and looking for them.

Might say the hard times in crypto but not the worst year ever, we never know in the coming year or in the next bear season. But as my assessment of the market now, it was just like in the past which also creates some panic selling and big sell-off from doubters and impatient individuals. It could be somewhat difficult for the starters to think about it and not earning fast from their investment but for us who have been here for many years and had experienced several price drops, we can say it was just a normal market condition.

Is there any bear market that is better than the other? I think they mostly the same except for people who will perceive them differently. This bear season may look worst to you but to someone else it isn't. 
The most difficult part of the bear market is the wait, when your investment is in constant red,  time seem to be moving slowly  ;D, every moment seem longer.
It is better to engage in something else to avoid being overwhelmed by the market condition.

This is something a very few lucky people managed to get involved. If they managed to sell their profits at the top, that means they are holding stablecoins and they can definitely start shopping right now, which means not only they profited, but they also positioned themselves to profit even more. That’s actually quite smart and would be lucky.

However, this is not everyone and doesn't mean that we are going to see all the people doing it neither, and that is why we should be careful about it as well. I am not saying that we should buy and hold at any price, but if we already did, then the drop caused us to have a temporary drop and we need to figure a way out too.

For anybody that has been investing in Cryptocurrencies for some time now would understand that this is the natural circle the market goes through every once in a while and if you truly understands the market, you would know that there are people also making money through this bear market because we don't only have the spot traders in the system but the futures traders too. So, the effect of a bear market is subjective even though we know the general price goes down but many sees it as an accumulation stage while others sees it as another opotunity to make other profits too trading the market downwards. So it might not be an "officially worst year for investors" as you think.

I think the duration of the bearish trends are not known. It may not last before December if things are settled. I believed the 4 year cycle that you are talking about is halving and it was different from the bears and bulls cycles although it is said that bitcoin prices can pumped up right after the halving event is done but it does not mean that we won't have any other increase these next 2 years.

Some says that this is the worst year because the duration of the bear is taking too long but id say no but for me this was actually a great year because it allows people to buy more coins. We have given a lot of time for accumulation. They better realized the good side of this bear too and only focus on the negative ones.

This is actually funny to see your post dude 😂
Well you need to know that this is not the worse year for investors to get what they want from the market but an opportunity for everyone to find an appropriate time to buy what they really interested in especially liquidity projects that will do well in the crypto market when the bull market arrives.

You need to understand that any down market or bear market is a big opportunity for everyone especially those who really understand the market to buy and keep holding. The market can not continue going bullish which is the reason why the bear or downward market is necessary to buy more.

Yes, far from that. And whoever gets into the market for the first time since last year, may say that this is the worst year. It's what they don't like as the market doesn't move in ways that we expect. This year might not be the best for them but to us, looking back, this was in the best shape circa 2017. Well, we didn't get into the market at the same time so if somebody tells that this is the worst for them, just ask and understand when they've entered to the market.

2022 is no worse than 2018 but we're still in bear season and it's only just begun so it's impossible to say that this year's bear season will be less intense than last season. Look at the current economic situation, the war is still going on causing the crisis and maybe we will enter a global recession. All of this can make things worse in the future but it doesn't stop here. Besides, bear market is sometimes not a bad market as people see, it can be said that this is the right time to buy accumulation at cheap price.

The last part of your post is the most important by far, many traders and investors fear the bear market but it seems they do not understand the bear market also provides huge opportunities to make money, and this is because the price of assets is very low which means you have the opportunity to buy a lot of them for a reduced price, this means that if you are capable of holding your coins for a long time until the bull run arrives your profits can be amazing, but it seems many people are simply unable to look at things from this perspective.

Bullish and bearish trend of crypto, is like a circle what will come one after another. But It depends on how you are managing this situation. Nobody wants bearish market but it also provides huge opportunity if you can understand the market. For example eth, bnb, sol they are offering same amount with 75% discount i mean eth was $5k and now its $1200 and similar for others altcoins. This year will be worst only if you don't have enough fund to grab such opportunity

if you have strong belief on this market, you will take this situation or this year as another setback in the crypto market. but the hope of recovering will always be there once the market is showing good news one after another. we only need one news that may change the route of this market. but in any case, the hope is still there as more and more people are getting involved in this business. just look at how many institutions or countries which are interested in crypto or in blockchain tech in general.
this may be the worst year for investors who bought at ATH of btc, but this is not the end of the market yet. remember, people are still interested on this market.

That’s underrated thinking man. Why would anyone call it worst investment year if it’s all bearish, cheapest and discounted like Christmas season offer throughout the year! Imagine buying through whole year and averaging your investment to cheapest possible value. You can hodl this for next couple of years and who knows we may see many fold hikes in the coming future and turn our investments to lifetime highest profit. That’s what this year is all about. If you miss it then you just miss it.

I don't see it like that. It's an entry point for investors that are thinking about purchasing cryptocurrencies.
A possible chance to make profits in the short term if ever the market goes healthy again. I mean, we don't really know when it will pump so it's better if they buy the dump.
Opportunities like this may not come anymore. After a pump, a new bottom will come and that's it. Just look at Bitcoin now, I doubt it will be back to 4 digits in USD.

You probably missed the previous years of crypto to say this is the worst. Try to track the past history and you'll know that this year is not the worst as the price is still not too cheap. It seems you're getting impatient and already tired of waiting. If you believe crypto can give you huge gain in the future then you have to be more patient and don't think negatively. Look for the good side of this season and fill your bags.

Worst year for investors - this is totally a newbie market view. I bet OP came to such conclusion only by seeing red market. The fact that market is red, does not indicate that investors are loosing money. If OP would at lest sort list of top gainers on coingecko, he would see that there are plenty of altcoins that made huge price multipliers. And there are tons of altcoins that are not shown in coingecko or coinmarketprice, there are lot of projects that regular users dont even know. What OP states, is completely wrong.

Not just for those without funds to buy but those that bought at the top, this year's has been hard for them especially as no one believe crypto could fall this much again. People thought as we have had inflow of institution money coming into the market, that the market would had been more mature and handle things differently but what's is happening now just goes to show, we would be having this circle for a very long time as every four years we get a bull market while the rest is just bears.
Ethereum was lucky to have the merge happening this year or it would have been trading below its current value. Maybe a price of $500 or below would had been more appropriate. Nevertheless, these ar all good coins that anyone with spare money should buy for the future.

The strategy of others don't go like that. They wait if there's an action in the market and that will be the time that they will start buying. Because they don't like how passive and low the market is right now and don't take the opportunities that it is setting right now which is a good time to buy for everybody. Well, those that don't see the market to be like that will always have that regret when it's greater this time to buy rather than to wait when it's quite late.

That is alright if you have the money saved aside, you could take action when the time comes because you would have your investment ready. If you are a billionaire and do not want to invest right now, that's fine because you can wait in cash and you would be making an insane amount of return when the bull run starts and you end up buying it all.

However, for people like me we do not have that much money and we get to invest whatever small amount we get into bitcoin right away so that when it all starts we are not too late, even that 10% difference is a big deal for us because we have not so much and getting to profit like that helps in every way.

Meaningless statement...

Understand the basic to become successful as an investor before making such statements in future, when you see the prices of cryptocurrencies are falling deep down the consider it as the opportunity like festive season discounts you are getting it for only 50% of price just for the sake of example I am mentioning it.

Buy it and wait until the market to become bullish and eventually it will happen sooner or later so all you need is buy cheap and relax doing your stuffs until you see the green light.

And even if this was the worst year for the OP when it comes to his investments instead of complaining he needs to do something about it, after all if he just complains then the next time another bear market strikes then that is also going to be one of his worst years as well, so even if someone is obtaining bad results with his investment strategy that is not the moment to complain but the moment to try to learn more about the markets so this does not happen to them ever again.

this is certainly worst year for holders but good year for accumulation, if you're good at investing I think you could already forecasted that the bullish will eventually have an end and this current corrections was surely to come and therefore you gonna prepare for this correction and make the accumulation instead which means in the next bullrun you gonna score good returns.

because this is a bearish time, so the portofolio may be dropped. but, this is normal, isn't this? as we know, bearish market will always exist and this is the best time to add our portofolio. so, I cannot say that this os the worst year investment. this is a year to collect more and reinvest again. as long as we invest in the worth potential coins, this may be good. what we neeeld is that we must be patient.

Not likely; I fear the worst is yet to come. The year 2023 may provide further difficulties. The global economy is not well, and we need to understand the big picture. I'd want to believe that crypto is the solution for investors, but I don't think we've arrived at that point just yet. The stock market, cryptocurrency markets, and the real estate market will all feel the effects of consumers being urged to keep their money in the bank due to interest rate hikes. These days, prudence and forethought are necessities when deciding where to invest money.

It's understandable, not everyone felt how 2018 was, and certainly not how 2015 was because that was 7 years ago and not that many people were here 7 years ago. I was here, and I can tell you that crypto was exactly like this, not that much worse, not that much better and we have seen 2015 and 2018 and 2022 all be the same type of year.

There will always be some drops, and that makes sense because market needs a reset button time to time in order to drop so that people could take it higher. If you look at other markets it is like that as well. I personally believe that the best thing we could do would be just hold and wait for it to recover eventually.

I'll have to agree I have a lot of tokens many of them are play-to-earn tokens and I'm down 50 to 98% on these kinds of tokens, on top of these is DPET, which got a lot of this on their all-time high, it's definitely my worst year and I learned that people should not get into hype easily not all that glitters are gold, it's still the basic that worth investing and these are coins and tokens with usability and platform that can serve the whole community.

Lucky those who have money now to accumulate more at the lowest price possible they can get in the market but if we happen to not have money at this time to invest and only have our holdings in different altcoins then it will be better to reinvest or use in trading some of our holdings to start a new provided we know how to trade and that we study the coins that we plan to trade. It is good also to find more ways to earn other than trading like doing content, or set this time to study and learn.

We have been through this kind of market situation before and those who have experienced the previous bear market condition already know how to deal with it. There are lots of occurrences that affect the market such as global crises and war but some investors are still able to earn good profits through it. Buying during this season will be a wise move but fearing it and seeing it as a tragedy rather than an opportunity wouldn't help. Yes, the worst situation could happen but we should deal with it and still take advantage of it.

True, The one who has fiat now will always have the advantage of accumulating coins at a discounted price since we are on a bear market. Lucky for those who sold their assets during the bear market and kept it for the intent of using it as a capital this bear market. One thing is for sure, We should always keep earning some money for us have capital in investing more. Even if the bear market isn't over I think partially buying some coins now is a good move since we are on a sideways and we still don't have confirmation where will the market will go.

Dude, I will call it the best year for crypto "investors" because this is the perfect time to get into crypto.
All those people who were seeking a low price to get into crypo are getting it right now and if they don't utilize this opportunity they might not get it again.
We might be witnessing the last opportunity to buy bitcoin below $20k if BTC doesn't go below this range again.
So according to me this is the best year for crypto investors to invest as much as possible and accumulate crypto at such low prices.

I agree that it's not the worst year, it is actually quite "boring" if you think about it, how come? Well we have seen rises, and crashes multiple times already, this has happened to crypto every few years, meaning the price went through the roof, broke over ATH, got to a new ATH, and then crashed hard, and this isn't the first or second time neither, it has happened 3-4 times already.

It means it is just another time this has happened and nothing more. Hence why I am not sure if this really worths any kind of attention anymore, just buy some, hold it as long as possible, and you would make a good profit from it if you can, that's it, there is nothing new to do, all done before.

"Rome was not built in a day", so to be successful as investor everything has to come together like experience, knowledge, market condition and luck too.

Save => invest => returns => repeat.

If someone exhaust all their capital then they have to start from the beginning and make the things possible instead of demotivating others and regretting their decisions.

Well some people will think as you are because of all the profits we had that are now becoming big losses big in the long term of things this is small and we will get over it.
There will always be corrections at certain points. Bitcoin is here to stay and I think the value will continue to reach new highs in the near future. 
Bitcoin is not a short-term or turnaround investment. Just HODL or use this time to buy more coins.

Basically I never doubted and believed that Bitcoin would rise again,
for long term investment Bitcoin is the right choice because it will be profitable,
I think we just need to be patient to wait for Bitcoin to rise again

maybe a lot of people think that this year is the year where investors experience huge losses when the market experiences a dump of almost 90%. but if we remember this kind of thing has happened in the past few years.
and for bitcoin is a very valuable coin in every few years to come when the bullish arrive after the halving. and what you said is true we just need to buy more and save bitcoins to get bigger profits after the bullish come in the coming year

Probably yes for them who brought from peak. otherwise not everyone did the same but agreed that after such tremendous growth of crypto, the sudden dump makes investors disappointed. Although you must know that, there'll be a dump after pump and this is not new here. That's why you always have some money toh have an advantage during bear market but such situation is frustrating while world economy also getting worst. Although recent pump makes some hope again

Patience is required to see any investment go up if you have the belief in its vision and its development. Bitcoin is no doubt going to go up but it takes time for a coin to recover from a bear run which is taking a toll on the investors. Dont be one of those who sells at the low and loses out because maybe in the next six months we might see a new upstroke in bitcoin.

There is not place for such emotions here. Rise and fall are part of how the cycle is constructed in the speculative market and knowing how to exploit that is what makes a good trader. Being disappointed because one did not get a chance to sell quickly after a buy, only leads to losing out on opportunities coming in future.

This can be prevented by keeping a limited allocation of income to crypto every month and having some other investments in portfolio other than crypto to lean on to during bear stages.

any bear market is a bad thing for those who can't see an opportunity to take advantage of it, and made even worse by being stuck in last year's high prices so can't do anything because entering the market without proper knowledge.

but unfortunately it only applies to bitcoin and some altcoins the rest of the coins only go up in usd value not satoshi so many who keep it will lose the opportunity to get a lot of bitcoin

This is normal under current conditions. we should know that crypto will change the world maybe in the next few years, so you should invest in altcoins as much as possible and don't expect to get rich quick with crypto.

I think apart from the advantage of being everyone's main goal, on the other hand we feel the benefits of this new revolution from the beginning of traditional payment systems to blockchain technology.

A lot of people like you and me know that bitcoin will grow and be better in the long run, sure there could be a few people who do not believe that but the overall market believes that bitcoin will be good again in the future. Even people who sell their coins and wait for the bull run to start do believe that it will go up, just don't know when.

There is a point to hold it all in cash until the bull run starts, so that your money is not locked in a thing that doesn't move for months, and only get in when it starts to go up. That’s not a bad thing, it just doesn't feel like it would be a smart decision if they are too late, if not late then it is a good decision.