The price is determined by its supply and demand. If the demand is high which makes the supply low, bitcoin price increases, but if the demand is low that makes the supply high, btc price decreases. This is why if the global adoption for bitcoin will be achieved, rest assured bitcoin price will skyrocket and reaches its new all time high.

Another thing is the news and market trend that influence the price of bitcoin. If the news and market trend comes out positive, then the price will also be productive, and also vice versa.

The demand is quite high which makes the price always change all the time. I think it's likely that the halving, or reduction in mining rewards, which occurs every four years, could influence new supply entering the market, which could lead to an increase in the asset's price. The more people, institutions, and companies using Bitcoin for transactions, the higher the demand. Wider adoption can increase investor confidence and interest. And the price will certainly move if they (investors) buy it. Of course we can't stop them as you said, they buy bitcoin to protect their energy from inflation and likewise by selling it it is impossible for them not to enjoy the results of their investment that is why the price is very difficult to stagnate.

It will.
Imagine that all of the cash flow and money that's coming in and out to the market will be on paused. Then, that only means that Bitcoin will be on pause as well if there will be no buying/selling that will happen for a week. But this won't stop the transactions and transfers that can happen from everyone.
If you consider transferring of my balance to yours that won't affect it, it shows that everyone is still going to support it no matter what kind of halt will happen to the network. Why are you thinking that this could happen? maybe a total blackout and internet disruption can make this happen.

You're asking a really important question and as as newbie, you're on the right track. Yes, the price of Bitcoin is primarily determined by market supply and demand. So, in the real sense, it's investors and traders (buyers and sellers) who set the price. When more people want to buy than sell, the price goes up, and vice versa. But you have to understand that there's more to it. Factors like Bitcoin halving cycles, institutional interest, global regulations, and even media hype also influence investors behavior which in turn affects price.

So yes, investors drive the price with their actions but they don’t do it in a vacuum. The environment around Bitcoin plays a huge role in shaping those decisions. I hope my response helps you have a better understanding of how the price of Bitcoin is determined.

Many factors determine the price of bitcoin and the cryptomarket at large. As you have said, buyers and sellers also contribute to the market price of bitcoin because when there is a huge demand for bitcoin in the market, it triggers a high price result, but when the selling is high, ie, there is an exit in the market, the price crashes as well. Other factors such as government policies and just the recently, the tariff wars, also affected the market. War could cause a shake in the market, resulting in high sell orders from holders.

Lastly, halving also stirs up price increase because it is believed that every halving, which occurs every four years, makes it more difficult to mine Bitcoin and this causes an increase in Bitcoin price because it is believed that Bitcoin is a scarce commodity, so the halving plays that vital role of making Bitcoin more difficult to mine after every halving.

There was a time when there were no investors in Bitcoin. In the early days the price was more determined by what you could buy with it or how you could use it. Gambling was an early catalyst along with individuals accepting it. It wasn’t until around 2016 that investors seemed to completely take over.

The outline factors such as demand and supply, news are major movers of Bitcoin I see within the space and crypto generally are peddle by buyers a good news in the space is a very strong catalyst that gives motivation to buyers as the market can skyrocket through news.

If no one buys or sells, nothing moves. The market depends on transactions. No transactions, no price changes, no activity, no market... nothing.

Market makers are responsible most of the time. When there is demand, there is always this incline in price but market makers makes the price moves most of the time because they have the money regular retail investors doesn't have and in fact investors buy and hold, they don't regularly go to the market to check the resistance and support, it's the market makers that does all most of these moves. Similarly, when there is bad news they are the first to close their positions quickly to reduce their market exposure.

Haven't you see Bitcoin just make some random moves when anytime there is old Bitcoin on the moves. You will see that investors such as Michael Saylor and the rest are holding but the market will be dumping. They usually are the ones behind this and basically it's for protection against losses and how to maximize their profits. The exchange are sometimes involved, but they do deny it but there are many times exchanges are been acused of insider trading.

The fair value of Bitcoin is mainly anchored to the cost of mining — that's the baseline. The actual market price is that fair value multiplied by a hash rate growth factor, then adjusted by either market euphoria (on the upside) or global economic fear (on the downside).

So while buyers and sellers move the price in the short term, the long-term value is driven by fundamentals like mining cost and network strength.