The last Q4 was a challenging phase for Bitcoin. Prices did not break out as expected, market sentiment gradually became fatigued, and the excitement that once enveloped quickly disappeared.
But it should be made clear: Bitcoin is not 'broken'.
What is wrong here is the expectations of the majority.
The Market Does Not Reward Comfort
The financial market has never operated to please the crowd. It does not reward feelings of safety, nor does it pay for decisions made when everything is too clear.
On the contrary, the market rewards:
Patience
The ability to endure boredom
And the capacity to act when others have... given up mentally
When most investors no longer want to open charts, no longer want to read news, and begin to doubt their own beliefs - that is often not the time of highest risk, but the time when opportunities are being formed in silence.
DCA is Not About Predicting the Bottom
Many misunderstand DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging). DCA does not exist to help you 'Catch the Perfect Bottom'.
DCA exists to:
Reduce the impact of emotions
Allows you to accumulate during unattractive market phases
And build positions when prices do not fully reflect long-term value
If you only buy when everything feels 'safe', when good news abounds and the crowd returns, then in reality you are behind the market.
When Silence Becomes an Advantage
Large positions are rarely built during noise.
They are accumulated when:
Expectations are eroded
Trust is tested
And patience becomes the most valuable asset
Q4 harsh is not a sign of the end.
Many times in history, that has been the very phase that lays the groundwork for the next cycle.
Conclusion
Bitcoin does not need to prove anything in the short term. The market is simply doing its job: eliminating the impatient.
If you still stay when most have left, if you maintain discipline when emotions do not support, then you are likely standing in the right place - even if the present does not give that feeling.
