Smart investors have never left and they continued to put money into btc during this beark market. I never lost hope myself even when bitcoin was nearing 3k and the market was in total disarray. Things still aren't theb est b ut it will get better.
It is wise and true what you say that investors will not easily leave Bitcoin, they will always channel their capital to Bitcoin. even though the current market is not good, but I consider the movement of bitcoin to be still quite stable, prices go up and down not too far away. in fact, I saw it never touched below $ 3K even though it never moved up again when it reached more than $ 4K. I also agree that there will be better changes, maybe it will start in the middle of this year.