Famous people or mainstream media saying things are basically noise in the long term.
The halvings are kinda in the middle term, they affect the price and how confident people feel about Bitcoin. The more of them, the better for Bitcoin.
We will see in a few years the big change that will be having the rewards as less than 1 Bitcoin, that will be interesting to see.
I can't imagine how expensive Bitcoin will become after the block reward is reduced to less than 1 BTC. Market prices would probably be in the "millions" by then. People usually become excited after each halving event, since they're indicators of a substantial increase in market prices. If history repeats itself, then it's likely BTC will go to the moon by 2024 (when the next block reward halving will occur).
Of course, the global economy would need to recover before we can talk about BTC reaching a new ATH in price. Central banks won't keep raising interest rates forever, so I'm pretty confident things will look bright next year. Who knows if BTC manages to beat Fiat for good? Just my thoughts
