Why Is Bitcoin Not Moving Since Last 10 Months

[Dave1]

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.
                This year, on average, it’s just wandering around $60K to $70K.It’s being said that this is Bitcoin’s third longest consolidation. The first two long ranges were in 2018 and 2022-2023. After those first two consolidations, Bitcoin showed a massive rally. And for the last 10 months it has been moving sideways within a $10K range.

So what are the expectations this time? Is the Lion (Bitcoin) taking a few steps back in order to attack?

I don't know if you are familiar with Bitcoin cycle. So in a hindsight, we are in the bear market. So in this cycle, not much of a positive movement, the price usually goes down hard as investors are selling.

So my expectations is that this year or up to early next year, we are still going to see the price going sideways. And it could be that we haven't seen the bottom of the bear market. Don't expect something big that is going to happen and suddenly we are in the six digits again.

On the contrary, we might see the price going around $50k-$55k as the bottom for this bear cycle. If you have money, then it's the best time to buy. But majority has started their accumulation phase and it will continue until such time that they might need to sell and take profits from their long term accumulation/holding.

[Upgrade00]

it looks like Bitcoin’s price continues to move in cycles—with the bummer being that this cycle’s peak was disappointing. So, if things keep going this way, we can’t expect to reach the $150K the OP is talking about until after the next halving. In other words, we’ve got at least two more years to wait.

The price wasn't disappointing (not to me). In the lead up to the halving most people were speculating if we could break the $100k barrier, we did that it went up to $120k+.

There has been some gap since we hit an ATH, I don't see us hitting another one this cycle. By all indications we will be waiting till the next halving and likely a year after that to start to see movements in that range.

[justdimin]

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.
                This year, on average, it’s just wandering around $60K to $70K.It’s being said that this is Bitcoin’s third longest consolidation. The first two long ranges were in 2018 and 2022-2023. After those first two consolidations, Bitcoin showed a massive rally. And for the last 10 months it has been moving sideways within a $10K range.

So what are the expectations this time? Is the Lion (Bitcoin) taking a few steps back in order to attack?

Bitcoin is an speculative asset, so people will speculate, make predictions, and share their opinions about what might happen in the future, but we know that no one can really see the future, so predictions can't always be correct or accurate, but those with enough knowledge should understand or have a general idea about what can and cannot happen in the market at a certain point in the future.

Those who were making those predictions must have missed the point that volatility cannot be one-sided, because we know that Bitcoin has a cyclical movement pattern, so we can't just expect the market to stay in the bull phase and never return when it goes up, if we think that way or make such predictions, it simply means we are overlooking the facts and patterns and just firing in the dark.

In every cycle that we've been through so far, we have seen one thing that has been the same consistently, and it is that when Bitcoin marks a new all-time high, it crashes or goes down after that and it doesn't even take a lot of time for that, and then it stays within a specific range for quite sometime before the recovery actually starts. We saw the same thing in the previous cycle when the price stayed between $25k to $32k for about six months or so before it actually started going up. So, it's basically normal behaviour.

[Fragrance1122]

Bitcoin can behave like the bamboo tree, especially the Chinese bamboo tree. You can read about the tree rooting before it grows up. Do not worry, just keep buying bitcoin and see it do like the Chinese bamboo tree again. I do not know when the bull run will begin again, but certainly it will get to all time high as usual.

I really love the bamboo tree analogy. Bitcoin is doing the same thing right now ,  building strong roots during this consolidation before the big growth. I’m not worried at all. DCA and patience always win with Bitcoin. The bull run will come when we least expect it, and like always it will hit a new ATH. Thanks for the reminder to stay calm and keep stacking.

[Just Say]

Even price analysts may not be able to accurately predict that Bitcoin will hit $150,000 by mid-2026. In fact we think after Bitcoin’s price peaked in the last quarter of last year, many observers did not expect the Bitcoin market to fall so quickly this year. Besides it is clear that Bitcoin has not yet shown its bullish form due to the war, which makes it seem like this is the bear season for the BTC market in this cycle and BTC is in the $60,000 to $70,000 range. However, the best thing for any investor to do at this time is to take the opportunity to accumulate sufficient Bitcoin without complaining, to my knowledge because many investors are able to store Bitcoin in their portfolios at a discounted price in their local currency.

[Asiska02]

Even experts in price analysis may not be able to accurately predict that the price of Bitcoin will touch $150,000 by mid-2026. In fact, after the Bitcoin price reached its peak in the last quarter of last year, many observers did not expect the Bitcoin market to face a rapid decline this year. Besides it can be clearly said that mainly due to the war, Bitcoin has not yet shown its bullish form, which makes it seem that this is the bear season of the BTC market in this cycle and BTC is in the price range of $60,000 to $70,000. However, the best thing for any investor at this time is to take the opportunity to accumulate sufficient Bitcoin without complaining, as many investors are able to save Bitcoin in their local currency and save their portfolio.

The war is just an economic disruption and was not targeted at bitcoin whatsoever. The bitcoin market has a pattern it is following and that’s exactly what’s happening in the market now. After every successful bull season comes the bear market, so with or without the war, the market was meant to face the bearish season which is practically what we are seeing now. Don’t let speculation of the speculators get into you that bitcoin will reach a certain price in this year, definitely it will reach $150K but no one can tell when the time will be. The best opportunity we can grab from this bear market is to accumulate as much as we can before we see another bull market again.

[Rabata]

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.
                This year, on average, it’s just wandering around $60K to $70K.It’s being said that this is Bitcoin’s third longest consolidation. The first two long ranges were in 2018 and 2022-2023. After those first two consolidations, Bitcoin showed a massive rally. And for the last 10 months it has been moving sideways within a $10K range.

So what are the expectations this time? Is the Lion (Bitcoin) taking a few steps back in order to attack?

In every cycle that we've been through so far, we have seen one thing that has been the same consistently, and it is that when Bitcoin marks a new all-time high, it crashes or goes down after that and it doesn't even take a lot of time for that, and then it stays within a specific range for quite sometime before the recovery actually starts. We saw the same thing in the previous cycle when the price stayed between $25k to $32k for about six months or so before it actually started going up. So, it's basically normal behaviour.

This trend in Bitcoin is certainly not new. An investor must know that Bitcoin has both bear and bull markets. After reaching a peak, the price may fall again, but it will not be permanent. The price of Bitcoin has not changed much in the last few months. Those who are doing DCA are the ones who are benefiting the most from this stable market.

Since we have seen the highest price of Bitcoin this year, we have to wait for the next bullish movement. Those who can continue to buy without panicking at this time will be the ones who will benefit the most in the next bull market. There is no guarantee that Bitcoin will always follow the same trend. If we review the past history, it is clear that long-term holders have always benefited.

[MorganaX]

Even experts in price analysis may not be able to accurately predict that the price of Bitcoin will touch $150,000 by mid-2026. In fact, after the Bitcoin price reached its peak in the last quarter of last year, many observers did not expect the Bitcoin market to face a rapid decline this year. Besides it can be clearly said that mainly due to the war, Bitcoin has not yet shown its bullish form, which makes it seem that this is the bear season of the BTC market in this cycle and BTC is in the price range of $60,000 to $70,000. However, the best thing for any investor at this time is to take the opportunity to accumulate sufficient Bitcoin without complaining, as many investors are able to save Bitcoin in their local currency and save their portfolio.

The war is just an economic disruption and was not targeted at bitcoin whatsoever. The bitcoin market has a pattern it is following and that’s exactly what’s happening in the market now. After every successful bull season comes the bear market, so with or without the war, the market was meant to face the bearish season which is practically what we are seeing now. Don’t let speculation of the speculators get into you that bitcoin will reach a certain price in this year, definitely it will reach $150K but no one can tell when the time will be. The best opportunity we can grab from this bear market is to accumulate as much as we can before we see another bull market again.

I think before anyone can panic, he needs to check and understand that this is quite normal; we have all seen the price of Bitcoin touch a new ATH last year, and historical records show that this particular period of time is actually the time that Bitcoin gets to take a temporary dip, so it's nothing unusual at all and there shouldn't be any cause for panic instead this should be seen as an opportunity to even buy more and hold it because like you said, the price will surely reach the target of 150k and even more but the problem is that there is no fix time that we expect to see it but we can use the past movement as guide to know how similar the patterns moves.

[AVE5]

First I disagree with thread because bitcoin hadn't been stable all the while but had been fluctuating in its price which had also been proving as a volatile assets that rises and fails potentially to store values.
Moreover bitcoin has journeyed a bottom of $57,000 and top high of $97,000 in just January to July 2026.

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.

Again you need to understand that those were mere speculations and aren't reliable to be confident about.
Anyone is free to make your speculation and anticipates that it comes to pass but it doesn't really go that way because bitcoin price is unpredictable.
Even, we're in the bearish season when we'd see regular market declines up to the bottom while until the bullish season is when we can likely break the current $126,000 Ath before talking bout $150,000

[Crypto Library]

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.

Don't always believe in random predictions on the internet, learn to analyze yourself, and invest on that. In this case, you should observe the Bitcoin market all the time. Note the ratio at which Bitcoin has moved up from its all-time high price every time.

This year, on average, it’s just wandering around $60K to $70K.It’s being said that this is Bitcoin’s third longest consolidation. The first two long ranges were in 2018 and 2022-2023. After those first two consolidations, Bitcoin showed a massive rally. And for the last 10 months it has been moving sideways within a $10K range.
So what are the expectations this time? Is the Lion (Bitcoin) taking a few steps back in order to attack?

I can at least say that there should be no big expectations from Bitcoin until 2026 and the first quarter of 2027.
And the reason for this is simply bear season, like in 2025 we saw Bitcoin's bull season and saw it create a new all-time high price. Just like other seasons, 2026 is going to be bearish and still I think Bitcoin has not created its bear bottom price, if we look at the previous markets, it has dumped 70 to around 84% from the all-time high price and created a bear bottom price. This year if we take it as 70 percent, it will still go below 40k. But still I think that Bitcoin's bear bottom price will be within the 40k to 50k range this year.

[Lida93]

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.

Has it not crossed $100k above before? What made you think it wouldn't cross above it again and this time to a new all time high but it's definitely gonna be at a time nobody really saw it happening. That's why bitcoin it's a volatile asset, speculation are part of the market, it s left for you to do your own research and analysis of the market and without bias and hindsight come up with your own timeline of speculation and projected price. But while on that you just make sure to purchase as much as your discretionary income allows you to accumulate, weekly or monthly. Don't be too busy with others speculation, regardless of their status/ personality.

[Orpichukwu]

How else do we want bitcoin to move this bear season? We have been having both the market rise and fall this time around and there are also been more into show that it is more profitable to buy upon every fall of the market, while we can still sell on making it to a particular target as the market rises, all these are given us the opportunity of buying or selling even at this currencies in before we eventually a matched into the bull season.

It’s hard to lecture someone who is already consumed by what they expect from Bitcoin based on what their favourite person has predicted they expect Bitcoin to reach either of those figures or at least be close to them, but there will always be bear and bull seasons for Bitcoin.

Even as volatility is reducing, there is a lot behind what’s influencing the price action, and the best way to survive and handle all of those market conditions is to take one's mind off short-time profit and focus on other things or means to take advantage of every given market opportunity.

[Silikiem]

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.
                This year, on average, it’s just wandering around $60K to $70K.It’s being said that this is Bitcoin’s third longest consolidation. The first two long ranges were in 2018 and 2022-2023. After those first two consolidations, Bitcoin showed a massive rally. And for the last 10 months it has been moving sideways within a $10K range.

So what are the expectations this time? Is the Lion (Bitcoin) taking a few steps back in order to attack?

Bitcoin is actually moving, you wouldn’t say that it’s not moving for the past 10 months because if that’s the case then it looks like it has lost its nature of being volatile. Bitcoin isn’t stagnant, the price moves almost every seconds as you can at least attest to the fact that it has been moving sideways within a $10k range. The bull and bear markets exists In bitcoin and currently what we are experiencing is the bear market and that’s why you see the movement in this manner. For many investors, this is the best time to buy and hold, while for some investors they panic and sell. But above all, bitcoin have the potential to recover from every market downturn.

[Popkon6]

So what are the expectations this time? Is the Lion (Bitcoin) taking a few steps back in order to attack?

In the past, the Bitcoin price has increased cyclically and the Bitcoin price has corrected, but in 2026 it has been enough and is showing good performance. We saw the Bitcoin price increase in 2021 but the Bitcoin price fall in mid-2022-2023 due to the collapse of FTX was the worst time for the Bitcoin market.
Because at that time many investors were panicking but those who were brave bought Bitcoin. However, in 2026 there has been no scam so far, so the Bitcoin market is moving between 60k to 70k dollars.
The price of Bitcoin will increase even more, so it is best for us to be patient during this time.

[WatChe]

It’s hard to lecture someone who is already consumed by what they expect from Bitcoin based on what their favourite person has predicted they expect Bitcoin to reach either of those figures or at least be close to them, but there will always be bear and bull seasons for Bitcoin.

Even as volatility is reducing, there is a lot behind what’s influencing the price action, and the best way to survive and handle all of those market conditions is to take one's mind off short-time profit and focus on other things or means to take advantage of every given market opportunity.

To handle current market situation another good strategy is to take some break from market and stop looking at Bitcoin price every day. If you have decided to invest and hodl bitcoin for long term then be ready to bear such market conditions because ups and downs are part of Bitcoin market, as evident from its historical price chart. Another good thing we can do when market is down is to plan buying more Bitcoin apart from your normal accumulation strategy. Bitcoin is deemed to go up with time and your buying at lower prices will increase its worth with time.

[Out of mind]

Many predicted but the price of Bitcoin did not go to a high position as expected. But we saw that the price of Bitcoin entered the highest high in 2025 and from there we faced a big fall in the market and still the bear market is in the house. In that case, we know that every four years the Bitcoin market bull season comes when the market enters the highest high and then after staying at that level for a long time, the market goes deep. However, since we have been in the deep for a long time, the faith of many has been broken but most investors still have faith in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a place where those who invest for a long time will be rewarded because at the moment the market has fallen and it is in a lot of dumping but it will not stay at this level forever. While the market is already in a stable state as we can see, it will gradually become stronger and there will be more pumping.  We expect the price of Bitcoin to double from its peak in the future, we need to have faith and trust in Bitcoin so that we can profit from Bitcoin in the future.

[The Cryptovator]

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.
               
So what are the expectations this time? Is the Lion (Bitcoin) taking a few steps back in order to attack?

Everyone predicted their own way; it doesn’t necessarily all become true. A few people predicted an uptrend, and a few people predicted a downtrend, so all predictions won’t be true. Bitcoin is highly volatile, and that’s the reason we love it since from the volatility we can make money. I don’t think it’s easy to reach the $150 range this year. Probably we may have to wait for the next year or so.

However, I'm not sure if the lion is taking a few steps back or just taking a rest to reset the energy. But it’s pretty sure there is a lack of investors right now. That means unless there are more investors and holders taking entry, we can’t see another bull run. Also, the world economy isn’t much good due to the ongoing war. At this time it would take more time to see another bull; I am expecting it for the next year.

[Asuspawer09]

Bitcoin could have a stagnant market it's surely gonna need a lot of momentum long term it doesn't really need to make a lot of movements, for sure, because it's already established a high market price of 60k$, for me thats already a very high market considering where it came from, Im not going to be surprise if it wasn't moving at all or even if it drop lower in the coming months, from the very beginning with my experience there are some cycles where the market wasn't moving and it just wasn't moving at all, I mean for me thats already kinda on a good side since that means that it is already holding it's ground sustaining the market.

There wasn't really a lot of news or movement because of the bear market, so we can easily expect for it to gain some momentum before gaining a lot of movement, but once the news pops up for sure, there will be a lot of movement. Once the news hits, even though there are more factors, good news or bad news could easily affect or manipulate the market. I don't worry a lot about the market price since I do DCA, but I hope to accumulate more so im hoping to a even lower market price in the coming months.

[Taskford]

Bitcoin could have a stagnant market it's surely gonna need a lot of momentum long term it doesn't really need to make a lot of movements, for sure, because it's already established a high market price of 60k$, for me thats already a very high market considering where it came from, Im not going to be surprise if it wasn't moving at all or even if it drop lower in the coming months, from the very beginning with my experience there are some cycles where the market wasn't moving and it just wasn't moving at all, I mean for me thats already kinda on a good side since that means that it is already holding it's ground sustaining the market.

There wasn't really a lot of news or movement because of the bear market, so we can easily expect for it to gain some momentum before gaining a lot of movement, but once the news pops up for sure, there will be a lot of movement. Once the news hits, even though there are more factors, good news or bad news could easily affect or manipulate the market. I don't worry a lot about the market price since I do DCA, but I hope to accumulate more so im hoping to a even lower market price in the coming months.

Right since its so unrealistic for Bitcoin to always have a strong movement. Then seeing that it continue to hold its current value shows that this coin still doing great.

I'm quiet curious if those slow movements for past few months is a sign that we are seeing the market consolidating. Then who knows right maybe this indicates for possible next major trend.

If market start to have a good momentum for sure that more good news will spread, but for those people executing DCA for sure this situation does not matter at all. Because those are short term noises and common focus is to accumulate whatever price shown. Situation happened for past few month does not show Bitcoin slowly became weaker, but rather what we have seen is normal part of its cycle.

[EarnOnVictor]

A lot of popular people made predictions, speculations, or you could say anticipations about Bitcoin, saying that by mid-2026 Bitcoin would cross $150K. But in reality, it hasn’t even crossed $100K.

This is one of the reasons why you shouldn't take those people seriously. I've always said it that they are not better than any other people who have access to trading chart and other fundamental data. They are only being idolised because of their money and fame, and most importantly, because Bitcoin is a good coin, so even if they gamble in their predictions, the good nature of Bitcoin might still make them look better at times, but they are not.

So what are the expectations this time? Is the Lion (Bitcoin) taking a few steps back in order to attack?

This is obvious; we are in the bearish phase of the 4-year cycle. Any rise now is only temporary until late 2026 or somewhere around 2027.