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So I think everyone would expect that bitcoin would rally again this year, and believe me I'm also rooting for it, but I realize that we should not expect too much, why? because too much expectation will only disappoint us when we don't reach our goal or target
What should we do:

• Lower our expectation to avoid disappointment
• Don't be distracted by others having reach their target, we have our own times
• Stick to your goals/plans, manage your investment properly, with research
• Read news about crypto, if you read news there are things that you will learn from it
• Never stops or be discourage with your past failure, everyone experience this even the best

At the end of the day, standing our grounds no matter what happens will make us stronger and more knowledgeable in the future, so when we fail just keep on grinding and learning, because no matter what happen, if we keep on pushing forward we can get there even with a small steps.

I agree with the other tips except this one

There's so many false and wrong news out there, not to mention the news that like to frame or just a rumor. Those articles are rubbish, one of those article is cryptogeek, I hope everyone doesn't read any news from this article although this site has a good SEO, that's usually make this site show on the top of the first page.

I guess the right phrase should be getting your news on verified websites and not on third-party websites that share false information. With this, the responsibility falls on your shoulders in looking for the right websites for the information.

Of course, everyone wants to profit at the end of the day. Bearing this in mind, you should also consider the things that are bound to happen, such as the incoming fork this 2024. While there may be no big news so far this 2023 that affects the price of crypto, be ready just in case something happens big. Always have some reserve cryptocurrency in order to at least maximize your profit in the end.

News is the last thing you want to listen to when it comes to crypto, out of hundreds of news out there only bad news about crypto are genuine, others are mostly fakes, OP this is the only invalid point on your list that I won't agree with..

We have "buy the rumour sell the news" for a reason.

Part of the expectations i will advise os to avoid high risk and invest right on bitcoin and hold for some time before selling, one must learn from 2022 hardships and scams related offences that has challenged many investors, we must invest right and avoid losing our asset to a thin air by our slight mistakes when it comes to making money or profit in cryptocurrency, our eagerness to making this money must be controlled in other not to lead us astray to loosen the little we had, scam is real and we must learn from others mistakes.

whatever will happen in 2023 I think it's 100 times better than 2022, too many scams and too many platforms gone down the drain! so if these events don't happen again it will already be a better year, I don't expect anything on the market value of Bitcoin even if according to many he will return to the values ​​and even beyond the last bullrun but no one can give us a certainty, how it will go...it will go!

You also have to know, sometimes news from the media is also not good for our psychology. it gives fast information but sometimes it makes the planning we make a little shaky.

I follow the news in the media. but I'm often late to know the big news. I just try to focus on what I have planned for the long term. no interference from anywhere.

new year, with new hopes, and with new situations. we all hope that all our plans will be completed and according to our expectations. although sometimes we need a little longer time.

In cryptocurrency, expectations are different, and you would have pointed out the side your thread belongs to; bullish or bearish expectations. From your tone, you want the bullish run I guess, but for the next person, there are expecting a bear market to enable them to purchase bitcoin at a cheaper rate. Being well aware that the bull market will come again. Saying we should lower our expectations not to be disappointed, is an incomplete statement for cryptocurrency users having known that different entities are in the market for different reasons which include;

• Taking profits to recover from losses such people have lots of expectations for the cryptocurrency market to go bullish and end up getting disappointed if it doesn't, which could mean that your article is referring to this group.
• Full-time Hodlers they're people who won't sell bitcoin this year even though the expectancy of the first-named gets even, the market gets an all-time high, they have no reason to be disappointed.
• Buying the dip Those that expect the market to go so low this year; buying bitcoin at a cheaper rate and waiting for the all-time high so that they'll cash out big.
• Even they're people that keep buying low or high regardless of the conditions.

I think the expectations for the bitcoin market in 2023 are uncertain and not everybody has the same expectations for the market, we all differ and no need to bother about lowering or lifting our expectations about bitcoin this year. I expect bitcoin to continue striving, achieving its goal, and getting adopted by businesses and people alike. The goals of everyone will be achieved, whether a person wants profits or wishes to buy the dipper dip it's all good for the currency.

Apparently,  the bear market has lasted a for a long time and so, you might excuse us for having bull expectations for the new year 2023 and not just because it's a new year but because, it's the year that ushers in the bitcoin halving. This from history has been known to be followed by a bullrun and possibly, an ATH. Perhaps we might not have a bullrun for the year 2023 but, we might find price appreciating much more.

Having too much expectations is just one way to getting disappointed but, it ain't much of a disappointment when your making profit except, for those whom must have taken loans to invest which remains a bad way for an investment and could lead to loses too. In all,sticking to what is real and realisable would be better.

Yunno what? Everything the OP wrote is something any regular motivator would prolly advice, or say -- anyone would simply have in their reservoir, as the year begins .... As a matter of fact, no one would feel so dumb to the point of "not having any plans for the new year" - that'll prolly the most stupidest decisions to make( NOT having any plans is a CHOICE yunno?)?
I'm happy that you've decided to motivate and encourage alot that started the year without a plan; or atleast those that had different plans, but weren't sure 'bout putting out any effort to materialize it. It's inspired me, same to the rest of the thousand...

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Just because you made research, doesn't mean you will succeed. A lot of time people don't know how to do reseach properly. Googling about some new shitcoin is not "research".


Crypto news are mostly garbage. Lots of paid shilling by shitcoin promoters. Lots of attention to scams and useless projects.


Failures are lessons to be learned. Those who fail to learn are going to repeat their mistakes. People could lose more and more money by chasing a shitcoin that would make them rich.

I didn't expect this, why?
I've been here in the crypto space for many years and I witnessed so many times how bullrun and when it commonly happened.
It's expected that there will be a bull market when after a halving, most commonly after a year.

But I tend to agree with you, don't expect too much that there's a bull market this year, it could be better if set our mindset that Bitcoin investment is a long-term purpose, not a short term.

So whatever happens in the market, never sell your coin at a loss position.

I don't think all news outlets are anti-bitcoin. Some valid and reliable outlets publish genuine and reliable information that can be beneficial. I think we should always ensure that we don't get information from a single source but do comprehensive research about the market. This is because the information is a potent tool in the bitcoin space especially if you are trading.

I might not expect that bitcoin would get to the price it was before the bear run, but I am optimistic that the price would appreciate this year. But regardless of what 2023 holds for bitcoin, I am sticking to my plan of hodling as much as I can afford because better days are coming.

I don't want to hear or read too much news in the media. looking at Facebook also lots of people share news related to crypto, but negative news seems to bother me.
now I'm just learning to be more patient in withholding the Bitcoin that I have. likewise to have more other assets that might bring good luck.
I don't have good skills in market analysis. just pick an altcoin that does look good and then just wish the new year luck to come.

"Tomorrow will be better than yesterday," a motto from my childhood, Why did you decide that there would be fewer fraudulent projects? Why do you think it will be a hundred times better? Children's illusions. Come down to earth; your desires will not always coincide with your capabilities. Hundreds and thousands of frauds fly into the pipeline regularly and annually, but exactly the same number are born.


I would say differently—you should not stand stubbornly on your own when you receive failures and mistakes. During a bear market, it is best to reconsider your plans or, in some cases, reduce your ambitions for a while. Recognition of one's mistakes is a very wise decision; only those who do nothing are not mistaken, and self-righteousness does not always keep pace with the truth. You need to be confident, but being too confident can be dangerous.

I think so too. Normally the Bull Market is after the next halving, unless we call going from $16k to $30k a Bull Market.

Another thing is that there are certain influencers who are predicting very high prices, even beating ATH this year but I think that, although this cycle does not have to repeat the previous ones, and so it is being seen, that we will beat ATH in 2023 is extremely unlikely.

This is what I am going to do. Keep accumulating, no matter what. The best thing a long-term investor can do is forget about the noise.

I don't know, but for me, I'm not expecting bitcoin to recover quick this year, on the contrary I think we could see another bottom price.

So I'm not expecting any great things as I have said, and yes, it's could to not have that big expectations so that we don't get disappointed. I think the best thing to do is just long for the long term. If you have that in mind, then you will just accumulate as much bitcoin or any other crypto that you think will make a huge returns in the bull run. So stick with this plan and you will be good.

2023 should be a year of consolidation for Bitcoin, the movement to the next bull run should have started in 2023. If history repeats itself, then the reversal process will begin in mid-2023. However, this is not guarantee, because we all never know how the market will move in 2023. This is if we talk about the potential price of BTC in 2023.

However, to follow the news like you mentioned, I do not agree, because most of media is not neutral, many are reporting small things to be excessive FUD. If you want to learn, The most be considered is the source, because if the source is wrong, then everything goes wrong. Self-analysis, self-research is the key to learn, (IMO), because this will refer to your own decisions and you don't have to wait for news that sometimes makes you panic and doing wrong decission.

Bitcoin may perform better than it did last year, I do not anticipate a rally that would raise it to the 2021 highest price. It will take some time to regain that price. The bullruns that occur after halvings have been observed by bitcoin and bitcointalk veterans and you take note of it. I rarely trust the news because many of them are paid and have ulterior motives. Invest in bitcoin with the intention of accumulating them over the course of a long period of time to steer clear of expectations and the prevailing news.

Which part of the history are you referring to because the dump for Covid 19 wont happen and the predicted ressecion in 2023 will not be in gravity with peoples response fro covid. Although I dont rule out a dip towards 10k or less but it be with any history of the space cause the cycle has changed and the times had been altered. Bitcoin and Binance seem to be with lowest risk but some other altcoins will give the biggest reward

So its true that millions of people expected Bitcoin at a higher level more than it is currently.  But that's still an opportunity for those who see and have the cash to buy more bitcoins.

I don't expect a break in another exchange that's to say that I don't expect Binance crashing down below just as FTX.
It's still will be another bear market, ensure you seize little the little opportunity you grao to buy Bitcoin and don't forget to self custody.
Teaching people is also nice but you shouldn't force em to invest

Everybody has their expectations for 2023; no one is expecting less of the year as though people need it to be better than last year. As to what @lovesmayfamilis said, it had always been an anthem since primary school that tomorrow would be better than yesterday. For those that are doing business,  they expect their growth to be more remarkable this year than it was last year, we that are into crypto are also hoping (like myself) that Bitcoin could just move up a bit and do $30k or $40k. if $40k comes, I'll smile; if it doesn't, we'll still move on.

others have worked, planed and had their expectations worked out for them, sure we all have our own time and it will work too.

Well I agree with this, every one of us has a different expectation of bitcoin price in the year 2023. ^{[this year]}
But most of those who expected that bitcoin will become a bull market are those people who holding bitcoin for a long time. But as for the investors, they are hoping that there is a market crash so that they can enter the market and invest.
But for me --this year perhaps does not have changes, bitcoin price will still suffer and still be hard to pump up because of the negative effect that causing around, FTX and Binance failures and the bankruptcy of Terra Luna, it could be there are more that could possible will take effect on the bitcoin price.

Who isn't expecting that it would someday rally again after knowing and seeing that all-time-high(ATH)? It's what they called as buy low then sell high if they want a profit but it might take some time before this market move to a different line of prices. The expectations that it will still go for a very low bottom is still present and possible as long as it stays at this price. I don't know how long but someday it will start to rally again and break that strong resistance. This might be just another shakers moment that works shake those weak-hands in the market before moving up.

Reading news about cryptocurrencies from the media will actually confuse your head and fill it with false information because the media does not fully embrace crypto. Avoiding them is preferable.

There is nothing useful to be learned from internet news outlets other than how they have misconstrued any negative facts they have discovered regarding cryptocurrency to portray it negatively to the rest of the world.

We are praying this time around for Bitcoin to push in into bullish season, we are no longer expecting Bitcoin but praying for it to rise, because some of us have lose many things in Bitcoin last year been 2022, so we are looking for something different in Bitcoin, so therefore i believe that Bitcoin have its ways of life.

I actually haven't decided anything at all, but I said that whatever happens in 2023 will already be better than 2022, scams have always been there and always will be but that doesn't mean that every year a big project has to go down the drain and knock down the entire sentiment of the crypto market. this is my thought! whether you like it or not we are free to express our thoughts

hope for something too much, it's not allowed. as you said, if something we hope for is not achieved then we will be disappointed.

and don't be disappointed if we fail at something. because failing is also part of learning.

Basically this is the MARKET and anything can happen, what you say is the hope of all forum members, small investors, and big investors. but on the positive side in 2023 we believe that 2023 and the following years will be better than the previous year, and should the bull run market movement start this year, big predictions the market will move more in the middle of the year, Bitcoin will perform better- better this year.

Hopefully it can happen within this year although I don't think it will happen in the near future, Because the movement of Bitcoin that I have seen in the past two days still looks difficult even though it is almost close to $ 17K and it is still the same price level last year so for now there has been no positive movement in the market. But I'm still patiently waiting for positive things to happen in this year for Bitcoin.

every day there are many disappointments as well as happiness - disappointments occur as a result of excessive expectations so that everyone who is in crypto must prepare for all the worst possibilities because who knows the future, strengthen yourself to accept any changes in circumstances.


short or long-term investment, all decisions must be made with careful preparation. I see that there are still many who are stuck with FOMO and FUD, keep discussing with people who are more experienced so they can mentally strengthen with different bad or fake news about the crypto market.


every solid building must be built gradually by the builders and so is our life, one wrong step will only make us return to the beginning. keep learning - persistent - focus - be consistent in living life so that what is targeted is achieved.

Maybe if you're holding back your BTC you're just losing its value which is falling. But in terms of BTC amount it will still be safe. Everyone wishes like you me too. Maybe you have also experienced understanding the cycle. So hopefully maybe the economy and recession won't be the destroyer of the moment in the Halving period and after the halving. The most important thing right now is that we don't use the principal money or even all the proceeds of your campaign.

This may be a pessimistic view for some, but I do not think that we will see significant changes in prices, rather I expect that prices will collapse more than they are now. This is expected to continue until the next Bitcoin halving.
I also think there will be more new laws to restrict the uses of cryptocurrencies. This is a direct result of what happened recently with the ftx platform. This will help reduce scams and hacks, but it is never an indication that the market will improve if adoption declines.
Old projects may not be able to keep up with this, especially since many of them operate without licenses or accountability.

Keeping too much hope to see the price of bitcoin go higher can disappoint as the op have said. it is good to have average expectation of the price for this year and if luck come to be that the price go higher it is better but when you have high expectation we should remember it is not halving year.

There wont be any expectations if you don't put efforts in bringing the expectations to you, it's like in agriculture you plant then you harvest, maybe you harvest what you planted last year or you harvest what you are going to plant this year, so while setting out expectations set out  things to do that will make the expectations come to pass, our expectations won't just come and locate us just like that.
If you fail to plan then you plan to fail, so let's start to work towards our expectations and we will see it coming through sooner than we even expected.

The type of news we recieve these days you learn nothing from it apart from lies, deception, FUD, paid ad etc.
Your worse mistake would be to rely on the news.

As for expectations, the OP is right. The gravity or severity of disappointment is higher when the expectation is also higher. We can purposely lower our expectations and work harder to achieve them.

Again, when your goals and strategies are not working right for you, needless of sticking with the wrong ideas. Be dynamic and adaptic to changes

In the first quarter so far, trading volume has surged across all exchanges, which shows a solid ground preparation for the coming bull cycle. A staggering $3.81 trillion exchanged hands in the crypto market in March, which is still the highest since September.

For the third month in a row, spot trading volumes topped $1.04 trillion, up 10.8% 
Source; https://www.trustnodes.com/2023/04/05/crypto-trading-volumes-reach-4-trillion

Bitcoin has exceeded my expectations this year. I never expected the price to be this much up. I was expecting that the price will go up next year. I am just surprised that we are experiencing this sudden mini-bull run.


I don't think the worst news about the crypto sector are fake. I feel it is the opposite, most bad news about this industry are fake. I have seen many news outlets that are specialists in fabricating fake news because they want to give the industry a bad name. The good news about the crypto industry rarely headlines in most newspapers globally. But when any exchange or a crypto-related firm has any problem it will receive wide media coverage.