Bitcoin saw its price jumped from $400 to $800 USD per coin during the 2016 halving. Can we expect the same for next year's BTC halving?
I've written a little article on the halving and need you guys to point out inaccuracies. Let's get ourselves pump and ready to rip the benefit (if there will be any).
There is no guarantee this will ever occur. Or it might occur in a higher or lesser degree to what you expect, only to "correct" itself later. Also after halving there is a chance for a bearish trend, not necessarily immediately. It will depend if the price spikes too hard, this is more likely to occur. The less the price climb, is actually better as it will probably has less pressure to go down.
Yes, on the long run it should gain more value, since now half the amount of coins are being minted, but that doesn't necessarily mean exactly twice the price. To me the right price would be less than twice, but more than pre-halving.
Bitcoin is maturing, and its price fluctuations are becoming less and less pronounced. Look at the price change in percentage, not absolute numbers, and you will notice this pattern.
A change in price from 9000 to 10000 is identical to a change from 9 to 10. Bitcoin had far more dramatic price changes in its early years, but not anymore.
And Litecoin isn't in a much better position, its halving already passed, didn't it? Its a nice altcoin, nearly identical to Bitcoin, but it didn't help that its creator dumped it... I guess it now has its natural price, don't see any reason for it to see any spikes whatsoever, be thankful if it doesn't plummet like most altcoins. I hope you are aware of the existence of the "L5" asic miner Bitmain seems to keep secretly to themselves...
History demonstrates that, whatever happens to bitcoin price, the others follow more or less. But the opposite isn't true...