In the past, it was retail investors driving the market; now it is ETFs and Wall Street pricing. BTC has transformed from a geek toy into institutional allocation, with decreased volatility and fewer dramatic fluctuations; slow bull markets, oscillations, and structured patterns have become the norm.
Don't apply old experiences to a new market: chasing trends and panic selling leads to quick losses; holding onto mainstream assets, gradually allocating, and holding long-term is the right path.
Institutions get the meat, retail investors get the soup; don’t think about grabbing the meat, first learn to avoid being cut.