That seems to be the overall message from most. Even Innes, who has been critical of bitcoin and crypto-trading for quite a while, admits that this doesn’t mean the blockchain is bunk. He, in fact, sees things looking up. “If this base can hold,” he says, “[the price will] start drifting up.” But not because of fervor or blind faith that bitcoin is the future, but due to advances on the technology side.
“Don’t check on it. That’s the best thing you can do. If you let your emotions get too much into it then you might sell at the wrong time, make the wrong decision,” says Yang.

The horizontal axis shows the time; relationships positioned towards the leftmost area of a diagram occurred at the start of the data interval considered, and those at the rightmost end occurred at the end of the data interval considered. The vertical axis shows the period; lower period bands (higher frequencies) are shown near the top and higher bands (lower frequencies) are near the bottom. Lower bands would be of interest to investors with short term horizons, whereas higher bands would be of interest to investors with longer term horizons.
But the industry is only in its infancy and constantly evolving. It’s difficult to predict where things are headed long-term, but in the coming months, experts are following themes from regulation to institutional adoption of crypto payments to try and get a better sense of the market.