2025-12-07 00:20:43

People have been saying housing prices are too high for ten years, but when they actually drop, no one steps in to buy.

BTC has been the same these past two years—everyone chased after it when they thought it was expensive, but now that it's corrected, they're all on the sidelines.

To put it simply, whether people buy or not has never depended on the absolute price, but on whether they expect to profit. When prices are rising, people will FOMO in even at $100,000; when prices are falling, even $60,000 seems like a trap.

Market ups and downs are driven by sentiment, not discounts. If no one believes there’s further upside, even the cheapest price won’t attract buyers. That’s why in a bull market, everyone rushes in, but in a bear market, bargains pile up and nobody wants them—when expectations collapse, price becomes just a numbers game.

The crypto market is even more bare, because there’s no rental yield to underpin prices; it’s all about consensus-driven pricing.

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StrawberryIce

· 2025-12-10 00:18

Expectations are actually more valuable than the price itself. Now that no one believes it can go up, being cheap is useless.

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SlowLearnerWang

· 2025-12-09 19:00

Hmm... it's the same old story, we all understand but no one can change it. Wait, is 60,000 really cheap? Why am I still hesitating? You're right, but I'm still nervous holding it right now.

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DEXRobinHood

· 2025-12-07 00:50

Expectations are worth much more than the price itself—hard to handle.

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ApeShotFirst

· 2025-12-07 00:46

Damn, seriously, when it's cheap nobody wants it. The psychology behind this is wild, haha. Expectations are the real gold here, not the price itself. It's human nature, bro. Everyone goes crazy when it's rising, and everyone chickens out when it's falling. It's purely running on consensus. If there's no cash flow as a foundation, then it's all just air. That's why bear markets are the hardest to get through—because even being cheap can't save confidence.

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LightningPacketLoss

· 2025-12-07 00:37

Damn, isn't this just about expectations? Without expectations, nothing matters—no matter how cheap it is, it's still a trap.

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DAOdreamer

· 2025-12-07 00:29

Honestly, when it gets cheaper, no one dares to buy. This mentality is unbelievable. --- You're absolutely right, it's all about confidence now; the price is secondary. --- When expectations are gone, nothing matters. Even if it crashes to rock-bottom prices, nobody moves. --- That's the harsh truth about crypto—no fundamentals to back it up, it's all held up by imagination. --- People dared to FOMO in at $100k, but got timid at $60k. The contrast is truly ironic. --- Emotional contagion > price, that's the eternal truth. --- In a bull market, everyone thinks they're a genius investor; in a bear market, everyone turns coward. Same old story. --- Pricing by consensus is the most damn exciting, but also the most heartbreaking. --- Still the same old saying: cheap ≠ opportunity. That's a trap, not a discount. --- If your mindset isn't ready, no price is low enough to save you.

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