if you look at the price development chart of the last two years, the beginning of the year always starts with a weakening price as if bitcoin will be destroyed, what I question is whether the pattern will return and continue to recur in the current year and the next few years?
It might however not the same way as how it happened for the recent years. This year could be better or not for crypto. We can just safely say that crypto is becoming main stream and more and more investors and traders are getting into crypto which is good for the market.
Yes, I believe that we shouldn't use the usual pattern as there are different situations or things that might happen that will become a huge factor affecting the price of it. We should not always expect and believe the patterns instead we should know how to ride with the trends.