Thanks!

Good point about the other markets, I feel too that there's a good chance they may enter bear markets and may seek something decorrelated. However.. is Bitcoin _really_ decorrelated? I haven't done my research on this so I truly don't know but is there any actual good data backing this up? Because it wouldn't surprise me to see crypto crashing alongside with the rest of the economy - although of course I would prefer decorrelation. #pessimism ;)

> The second reason is the fact that in 2013/2014 virtually no significant parties were really talking about crypto regulation and there sure wasn't any guideline.

Actually, as long as I've been in crypto there have been talks about regulation and integrating with the existing order. Like the [Bitcoin ETF plans from 2013](http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/02/investing/winklevoss-bitcoin-etf/index.html) and [2014 as well](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/041114/why-winklevoss-twins-new-bitcoin-etf-matters.asp). Or the [2014 New York Bitcoin regulation stuff](http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/12/technology/bitcoin-regulation/index.html) or [the Chinese regulation stuff in 2014](https://www.cnbc.com/2014/04/28/bitcoin-price-slips-as-china-steps-up-regulation.html). 
Personally I am not so sure today's sentiment is that different from back then. It feels like more of the same, but on a slightly bigger scale (with a bigger price to match, but still the same pattern).


I hope to god you're right though! Timing is certainly important and I hope the stars align correctly this time around. Truthfully I wouldn't _really_ mind Bitcoin dropping to $4K either because then I get to buy more for cheap. But still, I can't shake the trauma from 2013/2014. 

Also, I see a potential decoupling of altcoins from Bitcoin coming up. I consider it a potential path for Bitcoin to follow it's logarithmic chart and go down, but altcoins decoupling and perhaps skyrocketing for a while. 
I say this because it makes sense with all the excitement surrounding Ethereum and the likes. And also, I believe that every crypto investor goes through the same evolution: first you discover bitcoin, then you discover altcoins, but in the end you go back to bitcoin. I think 'the herd' was in stage 1 until now, and they may be entering stage 2. This would let Bitcoin ride out it's long bear cycle, until the herd discovers that decentralization is the only true valuable thing in blockchain which could then drive the next bull run.