A message warned of an imminent Bitcoin crash, claiming proof existed. Since then, the asset trades 15% higher and has gained 75% over the past year. The only crash occurred in the predictor's credibility.
This scenario repeats each cycle. Someone claims insider access, citing high-level contacts to present collapse as fact. The issue isn't the error—price prediction is risky—but the certainty sold and questions dismissed. Here, the warning included names to blame.
High-level meeting cited, no evidence provided
The initial claim stated the crash was backed by a meeting with very high-level individuals, supported only by an image. The text accused accounts of distracting investors into buying high and losing money. None of these assertions have verifiable proof. Neither the coordinated plan nor the meeting exists outside that screenshot.
It’s a classic pattern: announce catastrophe, label skeptics complicit, set new dates when nothing happens. Nearly three years later, the drop hasn’t materialized. Those who bought at the announcement profited; those who stayed out missed the entire rally.
Data disproves the forecast
Prices are stubborn. Gains since the announcement hover around 15%, exceeding 75% profit over the last year. This matters: the warning aimed to prevent losses but kept believers out of the market’s best run.
Bullish arguments rely on specific data. Spot Bitcoin ETFs reportedly buy 12.5 times the daily issuance of new coins. With demand pressure on supply halving every four years, short-term targets hit $100,000. Some predict values above $1 million as a store of value within years, with payments moving to other networks.
Executives selling positions cited by skeptics
Pessimists point to sales by tech and banking leaders. Names like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jamie Dimon, Michael Saylor, Nancy Pelosi, and Jensen Huang appear. The logic: if insiders sell, trouble brews.
This reasoning has flaws. Executive stock sales don’t reflect global risk appetite. In Saylor’s case, he buys Bitcoin at highs using company cash. Depending on perspective, signals point both ways.
Why some expect March market crash?
Three factors converge. First, calendars: predictions place general collapse near March 20, amid surging debt yields. Second, wealthy investors have been selling for months. Third, political narratives.
Geopolitics enters here. US election years rarely suit crashes, so external culprits like China (with stagnant economy) are blamed. Alternatives exist: crash now, recover by summer, voters fresh for November. In 2008, Republicans paid the price.
What do crash deniers argue?
Market infrastructure changed. Spot ETFs made Bitcoin institutional, driven by flows independent of retail sentiment. The halving—emission cut in half every four years—tightens supply as demand enters.
Strategies differ too. One group advocates buying after 75% drops, historically yielding returns. Others note this advice comes late without liquidity during bear markets. Altcoin traders wait their turn, indifferent whether Bitcoin hits $110,000 or zero, focusing on six-to-twenty-four-month horizons.
Nearly three years of warnings, no confirmed fall, and assets flirting with highs again. The real question isn’t Bitcoin’s price, but what’s actually being sold in these never-expiring crash alerts.
Summary of a discussion on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., translated from Spanish and reviewed before publication.
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