Besides bitcoin hitting its ATH before halving due to the impact of bitcoin ETFs, I think history is repeating itself again. The bull season will not come immediately when the halving ends, we need from 6 months to 1 year for the bull season to really come and the fourth quarter of this year is the perfect time.
The market is still the same, it's just that investor psychology is changing, I also made the mistake of expecting too much from the impact of the ETF. But looking back now, I see that history is still repeating itself. After the halving, it will be a pretty boring time for the market before the bull season comes.
A lot of newbies expressed the same disappointment as OP that there wasn't any price increase after the halving. But if they are not speculators and do not intend to get rich quickly, then a bitcoin correction is always a good opportunity, not a time of panic and dumping.
That is true, we are going to see the rise around the late of this year. I am sensing about November should be the small start, there will be a small bull, then on December it will be even bigger bull and then we are going to see just insane increases without a doubt, things that we can't even imagine. like for example I say 100k but I am sure that if 200k happens I would definitely be shocked and yet still can't say it would be unexpected, we need to make sure that we are going to do fine in the end.
We can't keep thinking that things will go worse, we need to realize that we are going to end up with something good in the end. So, just realize that things aren't always that great for people who sell and not wait, because we will go up for sure.