What can people expect from BTC in 2019? What influences prices?

[BlueStackz]

We are taking into consideration that BTC will flew high if all of us never have that intend to sell them in cheap price. The market is still rallying good but not really as good that don't even saw huge pumps since from the start of this year.
I know BTC  will go higher but it takes time to make it and I will never expect for another $20k price cause it seems too far from happening.

I doubt that price run last December 2017 will never happen again. Judging the market condition that we went through after the ATH, it really seems that the market is struggling to recover.
I guess 2020 will be the ideal year to hit another ATH, maybe after the halving. Hopefully.

This is what many people should expect of bitcoin for now, its BULL RUN will not happen until next year 2020, the market was badly damaged the last time which is barely 2 years, and we are still trying to recover from it, thank GOD the event that happened first of this month pushed us a little bit step further, and this type of signals are what we need to keep pushing the price further.

So if people are really lover and believer of Bitcoin, they should keep holding the coin, otherwise, if we are dumping the coin at this price, then it will crash again and will keep struggling with it value. We also need to assist the bull by giving BTC time to breathe.

[samycoin]

All the BTC investors just had a difficult year in 2018.

A lot of people had chosen to give up, while more people continued believing in BTC.

As for the price,what matters will influence the price in 2019?

BTC Forks? Lightning network? Miners? Whales? Investors? 

Ideas are welcomed and experts are embraced.

More discussions and details could be checked by the following link as well
https://www.reddit.com/r/jex/comments/ac37qn/what_can_you_expect_from_bitcoin_in_2019/

Well last year is not a good year for all of us but I think this year 2019 will be made to us good luck. Specially that the price of bitcoin is slowly increasing is good sign of bull run but of course we need to observe the market to avoid loses.

[wuvdoll]

I think the biggest influences is the price movements itself, people do really get excited or pessimistic about the price movements.

Unless there is this big whale that does a big huge move then the small movements react to each other. If bitcoin hits to 6000+ then we can see it as a big bull movement but if it reaches all the way to 6400+ it became like breaking the major resistance, even if we fail this time I am sure next time around we can go even higher. For example if it was $5800 it wouldn't make any change for us in mindset because we know $5800 is not really anything special but 5900+ makes it so much different all of a sudden (as it is another resistance levels below $6k).

Knowing those little differences makes all the change in the market.

[exstasie]

I think the biggest influences is the price movements itself, people do really get excited or pessimistic about the price movements.

I completely agree. That's why price trends so strongly in whichever direction it chooses. Because of Bitcoin's highly speculative nature, price feedback loops are more amplified than in other markets that have more inelastic demand. So when it's rising, it's a "new paradigm" and when it's falling it's "dead." When it comes to short and mid-term price movements, it's all about investor sentiment and hype in Bitcoin and less about real fundamentals.

[Kelvinid]

All the BTC investors just had a difficult year in 2018.

A lot of people had chosen to give up, while more people continued believing in BTC.

As for the price,what matters will influence the price in 2019?

BTC Forks? Lightning network? Miners? Whales? Investors? 

Ideas are welcomed and experts are embraced.

More discussions and details could be checked by the following link as well
https://www.reddit.com/r/jex/comments/ac37qn/what_can_you_expect_from_bitcoin_in_2019/

Well last year is not a good year for all of us but I think this year 2019 will be made to us good luck. Specially that the price of bitcoin is slowly increasing is good sign of bull run but of course we need to observe the market to avoid loses.

It looks like we are leaving the bear season now and started to track for another bull run.  Though it is still in slow moving market but it have a continuous rising event which it is good enough to make it reach again into another breaking records.  We eventually don't be needing fast recovery,  only we need to have a sustainable market system as it did today.

[el kaka22]

I think in 2019 we are going to go way more as well, it hasn't stopped going up since we broke that 4200 level and if you ask me I think its still trying to break higher, the resistance is keeping us slower this time and there is a lot of bitcoin being sold on each barrier but since we are breaking each of them there is no way we can stop anywhere soon if we keep this going.

We still have a lot of ammo that we bought around 3-4 thousand dollar levels and until they run out I think we can go beyond 6 thousand dollar easily which will make it easier for us to actually go back to what we were before November 15th at least. After that I have no idea what will happen, its a blank statement but I think nobody really knows as well because it will be decided when we are there and not before.

[2chase]

2019 will not be that year during which some revolutionary changes will take place, it will not be like 2017 or 2018. It will be a fairly quiet year during which we all need to plan well all our strategic tasks. Now we need to choose the right direction because then it will be very difficult to change.

[Bagaji]

On the contrary to some of your submission above we all know so many people felt about the decline in the market of Bitcoin and other altcoins but that same year was an opportunity for some investors to buy at a lower price and they all in profit now.

[BitHodler]

Now we need to choose the right direction because then it will be very difficult to change.

Why is it difficult to change? There are enough investors who wait for the confirmation they need to actually enter the market, and that confirmation may not even come this year.

Investors use the trend in their advantage and are mostly satisfied enough with 50-100% returns. People here look down on these gains, but that's more related to greed and being overly bullish on this space in general.

Most people here were too heavily invested and biased to acknowledge the bearish trend that was confirmed last year. They kept betting against it hoping for a bull run and ended paying the price for it.

[d1ceplayer]

We are already seeing a major surge in the price of bitcoin, though I don't think it would be so massive this year, because this year is what I call the year of recovery, what we have been experiencing for the past one year in the crypto space was a market correction due to the massive growth we saw in the price of crypto in 2017 but we are now going to see a recovery in price which might drive the coin of bitcoin to about $10,000 before the end of the year 2019.

As per many people speculators here, FOMO would be playing vital role into bitcoin markets this year too. But, when there will be enough infrastructures being developed, I guess FOMO will not lead to bubble.

[arpon11]

All the BTC investors just had a difficult year in 2018.

A lot of people had chosen to give up, while more people continued believing in BTC.

As for the price,what matters will influence the price in 2019?

BTC Forks? Lightning network? Miners? Whales? Investors? 

Ideas are welcomed and experts are embraced.

More discussions and details could be checked by the following link as well
https://www.reddit.com/r/jex/comments/ac37qn/what_can_you_expect_from_bitcoin_in_2019/

To me what is going to influence bitcoin in 2019 is going to be the whales as we are currently seeing in the cryptocurrency market and institutionalized investors who are preparing to join us in cryptocurrencies investments.  I think mining is going to affect bitcoin in 2020 when the coins to mine a day is going to reduce by half.  I strongly recommend that if you are new you should not jump into the cryptocurrencies market now but for some of us that can takes risk and are used to risk I think now is the best time to invest and wait till 2020 or 2021 before selling as I do believe that the next 2 years to come is going to be seriously bullish.

[Adriano2010]

Indeed 2018 was a hard year, but i think now is reversal and the price for bitcoin will grow and over 10000$ price is possible. The price drop last year in my opinion because most of people sell and sell because they not see a grow.

[jossiel]

Indeed 2018 was a hard year, but i think now is reversal and the price for bitcoin will grow and over 10000$ price is possible. The price drop last year in my opinion because most of people sell and sell because they not see a grow.

Increasing up to $10,000 is very possible but it is not assured that we will be there even for this year. The market can't be told its sentiment and its even hard to predict nowadays because of its behavior. But no matter what happens, if you truly are a believer of this market you will never be moved with anything negative to come within the market.

The closest halving that will come is with Litecoin, I can't be sure with this but this might affect the price of bitcoin. And after that, bitcoin's very own halving will come on 2020. The most awaited event for bitcoin.

[2chase]

2019 this will be the year during which we all will be able to largely compensate for our losses that we suffered during 2018, but this opportunity will not be available to everyone, but only to those who are not afraid and bought bitcoin. Those who will wait for a cheaper price will never get it.

[shesheboy]

What can people expect from BTC in 2019? :

all of us are expecting the unexpected because there is no possible way to predict on what will happen next on bitcoin  . though i believe that there are people who expect that the price of bitcoin will increase because they are only basing on the price charts but they didnt consider the fact that bitcoin can still fluctuate anytime of the day .

What influences prices?

there are many factors that influences the price  . one is manipulation  , manipulation can came from large institutions or from whales   . second is the news  , positive or negative both can inflict the price of btc  . third would be specultations or predictions  , these things do also contribute a little for the price  . and many more  ....

[figmentofmyass]

the instability around bitfinex and sister company tether, with their legal and banking problems, are definitely front and center. this time, it's not just FUD about tethers not being fully backed. we're talking about bank account seizures, USA court orders, insolvency, ongoing investigations.....right now, the bitfinex price is ~6% higher than the rest of the market which shows the apprehension of bitfinex customers.

the funny thing about this kind of FUD is that other exchanges react to price moves on bitfinex. so when bitfinex customers run for the exits (buying crypto and withdrawing) it can actually drive the whole market up even though this is all perceived as "bad news" for the market.

[n0ne]

the instability around bitfinex and sister company tether, with their legal and banking problems, are definitely front and center. this time, it's not just FUD about tethers not being fully backed. we're talking about bank account seizures, USA court orders, insolvency, ongoing investigations.....right now, the bitfinex price is ~6% higher than the rest of the market which shows the apprehension of bitfinex customers.

the funny thing about this kind of FUD is that other exchanges react to price moves on bitfinex. so when bitfinex customers run for the exits (buying crypto and withdrawing) it can actually drive the whole market up even though this is all perceived as "bad news" for the market.

This time the issue is big and it has some reason in manipulating the market. By now things could have moved forward with good momentum if the ongoing issue between Bitfinex and tether haven't got existed. As in an above quote people expect the unexpected to happen, as it has got the potential to reach high. But the problems that arise in between affects the growth. Hope things get sought soon.

[carter34]

As for the price,what matters will influence the price in 2019?

BTC Forks? Lightning network? Miners? Whales? Investors? 

Talking of what factors can influence bitcoin price, I think the expectation of ETF approval or news about it can lead to spikes and directional change in price. This is because panic sell and buy in will begin at the hearing of such.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

Indeed 2018 was a hard year, but i think now is reversal and the price for bitcoin will grow and over 10000$ price is possible. The price drop last year in my opinion because most of people sell and sell because they not see a grow.

You can see the reason why they sold bitcoin, how many countries/companies who decide to ban it and also the other reason that makes some people feels they must sold it. Each users has a reason to sold, but it depends on their knowledge to the future of bitcoin. I hope so, I miss bitcoin up drastically again but I should know it is not easy.

[South Park]

2019 this will be the year during which we all will be able to largely compensate for our losses that we suffered during 2018, but this opportunity will not be available to everyone, but only to those who are not afraid and bought bitcoin. Those who will wait for a cheaper price will never get it.

The opportunity to recover some of the money we lost during the 2018 market is only available to those that are here, there are many that tried everything they could to recover their money but they did it when the market was in a terrible shape, so they lost even more money and at the end they called it quits, this show us why taking your time and to wait until the market conditions improve is important since we cannot command the market to grow as we please but once it begins to grow the only thing we need to do is to follow it and we will recover our losses.