I won't really say that people didn't know that bitcoin price will get to the $124k it got to, because there has been many speculations that were already ongoing that bitcoin was going to hit $100k and above because of the massive adoption from various government and private institutions. The signs were already there that bitcoin was going to hit that price and even go beyond it. If not for the unrest (war) and threats of war between some strong nations that has been going around the world, bitcoin would have gone beyond $124k we witnessed so far.
Yeah most of the influencers were bearish and they didn't believe in this pump. I could hardly recalled any who have given the prediction that market will be all time high in early October.
Also we had the US government shutdown and many were predicting it a bearish event but it turned out to be otherwise. No I am hearing that people are saying that the longer the US government remains shutdown, it will bring uncertainty in the market and that can bring the prices down once again. I am not sure if this narrative will play out or shall we keep pumping to 130K and more
