That's such a generalization, I would argue that we now have more HODL'ers than ever who are keeping the price above $5000.
A lot of these investors have joined during the 2017 bull run and still haven't sold after the crash from 20k USD.
Before the bull run started, Bitcoin was still trading at just around 1k USD, in the first months of 2017.

"I would argue".... No one cares what you would argue. The data shows this is the case.