All the time being this year has not really record a tangible price increase that's why people are dumping Bitcoin for now.
You are wrong in this assumption that bitcoin has not performed positively this year, I don't think you are close to reality with such a statement because right from the beginning of this year 2023, bitcoin has performed tremendously by recovering from its last year's low price to a new price benchmarks that make it clear that bitcoin is indeed a profiting asset for long term investment and if one has really taken the time to check the current
BTC price which is above 30k at the current market value it shows further that this statement is wrong.
I will possibly buy more bitcoin if the price ever touched the 20k discounted price again because going by the current bitcoin market condition we may see more uptrend benchmarks.