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Experts believe that this crypto winter has been one of the most brutal that the investment community has ever seen. Major cryptocurrencies have suffered a brutal come down this year, losing most of their values since their massive success rally in 2022. But the market's hype around the Ethereum Merge upgrade has spiked new hopes again! Only time will tell if the Ethereum Merge upgrade will be as successful is being anticipated, but it surely has aided the present condition of the crypto market. Ether's recent price rally has also dragged out Bitcoin from its slump and has helped it cross the most anticipated price barrier. Currently, at the time of writing this article, the Bitcoin price is revolving around the US$23k range. And with positive price trends revolving around BTC, Billionaire Mike Novogratz expects that Bitcoin could hit US$500,00 within the next five years.
But despite this positive streak, the crypto market is filled with skeptics who believe that this price streak is nothing but a relief rally, which is quite common in a crypto bearish market. There are other crypto experts who believe that Bitcoin will definitely achieve its massive rally, but before that, it will plummet to its lowest and might fight resistance near US$10k by the end of 2022. This year has proved that cryptocurrency prices can also be affected by the mainstream economic and financial markets. Digital assets have been closely tracking the stock market this year and with the impending inflation, the markets continued to suffer, deepening fears about their investments and driving buyers away from the market. Presently, analysts are quite keenly watching signs of either of the above-mentioned conditions taking place.
Bitcoin broke out of a narrow trading range and is slowly wiping this year's losses, deepening anticipations that the biggest digital asset will soon extend its dominance to soon move past the US$50k range, within the next months. Meanwhile, skeptics and investors who are still residing within the 'extremely fearful' position continue to believe that the crypto will decline below US$10k, before even reaching the US$30k mark. But crypto investors should not really be skeptical about this price rally. Instead, investors should be extremely cautious before investing in BTC this month.
Billionaire Mike Novogratz has been extremely optimistic about the crypto's price actions. Even the founders of the major cryptocurrency company, Gemini mentioned that Bitcoin's actual acceptance has not even begun yet, it is quite obvious that once governments and skeptics start to truly see the advantages that the crypto has to offer, Bitcoin will gain the potential to skyrocket, hence, surging up as high as US$500,000. Besides, experts believe that Bitcoin's anti-inflationary feature would prove to be immensely valuable at this point in time, which would in turn enhance its market dominance.
Well, Bitcoin is still a risky asset and investors would have to endure its volatility as long as they are a part of the crypto market. Since its inception, Bitcoin has been one of the toughest and most trusted cryptocurrencies. It has now become a household name, in fact, sometimes people refer to Bitcoin while talking about cryptocurrencies. Currently, Bitcoin's adoption rate has outpaced every other cryptocurrency, hence, it is quite easier to predict that Bitcoin will continue to dominate the crypto market. But with its current volatility, it is quite difficult to say if Bitcoin will truly reach US$500,000 or not, but investors are quite optimistic about its current price movements and are ready to experience massive profits.
