I don't know the time frame that this chart was viewed, but I have seen similar chart on the internet and it is scary to me. I don't know how they interpret the chart but to me it is forming cup and handle. The first handle formed, the cup formed, the second handle rise is formed and we are at the fall. If so, there's no sign of bull run again. But with experience, I'm having the conviction that bull run is not ober yet.

Don't blame them if they're being ignorant and are also panicking because at the moment we don't know when this tariffs will be lifted and it's not everyone who has ventured into Bitcoin investment that has the same strong mind as the next person.
Eventually we'd see price getting back up but I won't deny that the sharp decline in price got to me but just like with every other thing in life, patience is always a virtue worth having.

Time frame of your chart doesn't matter because it wasn't a bitcoin chart. It's a generic market sentiment chart representing mood cycles in different phases.
Also, please show me where in the current BTC chart (that i posted) is cup and handle happening? Because if it happened (and it doesn't look like a clean one), it looks like we have already seen the benefits from that.

I am not sure what your experience is, that you are referring to and how many bitcoin bear runs have you felt as a holder, but best case scenario i see is "M" top and down from there. Good luck.

It's not even a valid question when everyone is questioning if it's a bull trap or a bear start. The real question is: why do we keep needing certainty in an environment built on chaos? Hope cannot control volatility, nor can one time markets with emotional influence. Bitcoin was never meant to be a comfort zone. It was designed to be a mirror reflecting our belief systems, our patience, even our delusions as we have seen people scream out hoping to get rich fast with it.

The $1.4B liquidation isn’t shocking. What’s shocking is how people still expect up-only when we’ve seen this cycle play out again and again - blow-off top, mini death, false floor, FOMO frenzy, rug. And nevertheless, everyone still screams manipulation when they’re on the wrong side of the trade. That is gambling and addiction hiding as investment, as HODL.

Zoom out. This is system-wide turbulence. Bond bleeding. Equalities breaking. Commodities uncertain. Bitcoin’s already entangled with the current financial system. You will constantly be food for the system if you cannot differentiate belief movement from price movement. Ignoring the whales means ignoring your ego, your anxiety, and your need for constant validation. Let it move. See yourself react, but not response to it. That is strength.

Majority of the stocks are now in danger, giving a red market resulting to affecting the crypto market as well.

Trump's move really affects global market and possible that this might be the start of what we're expecting since last year, bear market. We're now in that phase and what we should do is to make sure that you've taken profit and secure your money.

But we don't know yet, everyone's in the panic mode, eventually it'll recover, this might be another trap but always be cautious on trading.

I always make reference to the dynamics of Bitcoin because for those who understands it so well, they over time do not have to really stress over the movement on the chart going up, down or sideways because for them, they are looking at the long term move which should probably be in the direction they have anticipated, either up or down but most likely up as that's the direction for which they can make some profits off. Calling this a bull trap may not be completely out of place and at the same time i wouldn't say that its not but i have so far observed a pattern within this period,

the pattern is in the fact that all of the said deep and instabilities of the market is happening within a very short period of time, so its mostly affecting the short time traders and investors, there have been several pushes that has gone beyond what we have seen in the past weeks and at that point some persons were in profits already but one other thing is in the fact that if you are very careful to follow up with the pattern there will be no need to panic and then keeping your focus to the long term may be the best approach with which the market can be approached at this time but it may still not go exactly but i still believe there's an anticipated bull ahead.

And when the market dumps its an opportunity for people to actually buy because that is like the right thing to do and that is what someone that is more experience in the markets will do this is especially when you are holder its opportunity that add up to what you are already holding because people don't value what they are holding and this is why the DCA is the best option to use when you want to add to your portfolio.

And when the price is down people think its a time to sell instead of them to be buying more because people have the mindset that when the price is down it might not go up and that its a big mistake the opportunity is suppose to be utilized when it comes.

The market is wild and you can not be able to predict the market, so emotional control is very important because when don't control yourself even if the market is down you down you don't sell.

It can't be the start of the bear market when the bull market isn't over yet, what I think this is, is a beer trap and many investors are going to fall for it if they're not already victims with the way the market is bleeding. But for everybody selling, there's someone buying and the buyers are always going to be the profitable ones and not the sellers. Bitcoin whales are busy accumulating while we're busy selling but later we keep complaining that the whales are manipulating the market when we're the ones giving them that opportunity to do so. Assuming we don't sell but hodl tight to our investment, they won't have anything to buy and then they'll be force to increase their buying offers on exchange and make the price of Bitcoin to continue to rise and cost more which also benefits us.

It seems Bitcoin is the last and the least affected of what's happening around in the financial market. So, despite the huge liquidations and the falling below $80,000, I guess it signals a certain level of confidence to the larger market that Bitcoin is where they can seek refuge.

It's normal that Bitcoin is also affected by macroeconomic factors. After all, many players in this market are the same players in the traditional market. The rest are deciding according to market sentiments. That includes weak hands.

But I'm confident we'll be back above $80,000 in no time.

Bitcoin has fallen from $109k to below $80k, and there is no sign that this will stop if the economy worsens. The cryptocurrency market capitalization is just over $3 trillion but has lost more than $1 trillion since Trump's trade war began in February. Not to mention the OP mentioned that over 1.4 billion were liquidated in the last 24 hours, isn't that enough to prove that there is a strong correlation between tariffs and the market crash?

Bitcoin is not independent, it depends on cash flow, it cannot increase in price without cash flow, and the economy is where the cash flow is maintained.

We all admit that bitcoin is unpredictable, and analysis is only objective and does not guarantee anything. Bull season is not over or bear season is here, it is all just our thoughts and expectations, that is why none of us can guarantee what we say.

I haven't sold all my bitcoins yet and that's why I believe the bear season is not here yet, and conversely, those who took profits when bitcoin hit $100k have right to believe that the bull season is over.