What is your worst case scenario for Bitcoin right now?

[slaman29]

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It will take a huge chunk of next bitcoin's growth and give lower supposed all time high.

I do not understand. Why would Bitcoin falling below $50k significantly reduce its future growth potential or lead to a lower ath? On the contrary, I see it as an opportunity to achieve greater return in the future

The truth is that Bitcoin is no longer small, and its growth rate is gradually slowing down. This makes it increasingly difficult to achieve the massive return from it that were possible in the past. So if we still want to generate meaningful profits from Bitcoin, the most effective approach is to take advantage of opportunities to buy it at the lowest price possible.

The lower your entry price, the safer your position and the higher your potential profit in the future.

This is what you get in general when you have people purely speculating and never really took the time to understand fundamentals

I'm with you here, this is an opportunity, just like all the previous lows, to push out the unnecessary noise and developments (like dumb NFT shit etc) keeping only the ones that have always been contributing to the fundamental strengths like network security, not to mention PoW security.

People are quietly realizing it, hence the 'lower' ATHs.

[@nn@_pen9]

Bitcoin has been doing well lately, but most people are only talking about the upside . I’m just thinking about the other side. What could go wrong from here?
For me, a worst case would be losing important support and seeing a bigger drop again, maybe if macro conditions get worse. I’m not saying it will happen, just trying to look at both sides.

What do you think is a realistic downside from here?

I think this is only temporary, yes even now many big investors are withdrawing from crypto and securing their money. due to the current tightening or policy of the fed and this also has an impact on the entire stock and crypto industry itself, And you can also reflect and learn from macro conditions, the 2008 crisis and Covid how the fed plays all of this. Hopefully there will be a breath of fresh air and we hope the Fed will loosen its policy in the near future. For us as small investors, prepare as much money as possible, this is the right moment to buy Bitcoin in the current phase where Bitcoin is in a bearish state, and there will be a time when Bitcoin will soar back to its highest peak,

[batang_bitcoin]

The worst case that's been mentioned will be altered once bitcoin goes back to $70k and that's likely to happen. The Iran and US is about to sign the peace deal, a real one and that's shown for the first reports to react with its price and goes back to $67k. More of this news comes to the next days and we might be back to $70k asap. Soon, all of these worst case scenarios that are mentioned will change one by one and let's hope for the best to come although it's not yet there.

[Nrcewker]

These ups and downs are normal. We know that whenever there is a national emergency, the price tends to go down. However, when there is good news, the price usually rises again.

What matters is whether you are holding Bitcoin for the long term or using it for short-term trading. If you plan to make good money by actively trading Bitcoin, then keep watching the market patterns and the news that affects them. However, if you are someone who is holding Bitcoin for the long term, then you will most likely make a profit.

Bitcoin has a limited supply, so as demand for it increases over time, its price is likely to rise as well. Therefore, just hold it and be patient.

[Japinat]

Everyday is a worst case scenario if you don't know how bitcoin works and how the market works, and if you don't know the reason why you are still investing in bitcoin. But if you have been here for long, witnessing the ups and downs of bitcoin, and how it was able to recover and managed to reach a new all time high, then you will understand that such threats will not work for bitcoin.

Bitcoin is built through a decentralized means, meaning he can be independent in every market scenario that it will face.

[MRY]

These ups and downs are normal. We know that whenever there is a national emergency, the price tends to go down. However, when there is good news, the price usually rises again.

What matters is whether you are holding Bitcoin for the long term or using it for short-term trading. If you plan to make good money by actively trading Bitcoin, then keep watching the market patterns and the news that affects them. However, if you are someone who is holding Bitcoin for the long term, then you will most likely make a profit.

Bitcoin has a limited supply, so as demand for it increases over time, its price is likely to rise as well. Therefore, just hold it and be patient.

The limited supply of Bitcoin is a fundamental advantage of the asset, as it make it very desirable store of value long term holder. Prices will tend to respond to emergencies in a negative way but in the long term, the demand and supply laws will always govern how price moves. The ability to hold and not be tempted to sell during down turn is the best discipline that an investor would have explored when he knows the real worth of this digital asset.

[michellee]

Worst case scenario $40,000 per bitcoin and the trigger might be Microstrategy. They are opening yet another possibility to sell their bitcoin and people are so worried about it, it seems.
Regarding bear market, we are already in one. All these dumps and fear, clearly describe bear market even though maybe we haven't faced the absolute bottom of this cycle.

That is bad if the price really drop to $40,000 but we can't complain and accept it. In other side, the drop gives us more chances to buy back at lower price and rich people will not miss that chance and they will buy a lot that they can. The bear already comes so we should be careful making decision and the important is don't panic because that can makes us difficult to think clear.

Bitcoin dropped to $60k in early February before rising to $83k and then falling back to $63k as it is now. That means we have been in a bear market for a while, and it is not over yet. 

What is happening is unsurprising, as it is a typical characteristic of a bear market: deep decline, false recovery, followed by another drop


I do not know what will happen next, but if Bitcoin falls to $50k or lower, it would still be quite normal. As mentioned, we are in a bear market.

Yep and we don't know what will happen and only be careful. The situation unpredictable but I guess some people already take their profit from the increasing. In this bear market, I wonder if altcoins can start position to increases or it will sink following Bitcoin correction but if altcoins could increases and have ATH, that will be good because we can have bonuses to take profit.