Bitcoin Critic Peter Schiff Says There Are No Signs of Bear Market Bottom Now

Goldbug Peter Schiff believes that $20,000 is new $30K for Bitcoin

SchiffGold founder and Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff took to Twitter to comment on Bitcoin’s return above the $20,000 level. He does not believe the growth will continue.

“$20K is the new $30K” for Bitcoin

Schiff has warned that Bitcoin holders should not get excited about BTC going back above the $20,000 line. He believes that $20,000 is “the new $30,000” and that such small rises are normal for a big decline. Big drops do not occur in a single line, he added, and the slow crash is “extremely orderly.”

Schiff also said that he still sees no sign of a capitulation that would signify a bottom in the current bear market for the crypto.

Several times earlier this year, Schiff shared a prediction that Bitcoin would fall as low as to test $6,000. Over the weekend, he tweeted that his earlier prediction of the cryptocurrency market dropping below the $800 billion mark had been confirmed, but it took a few more days and altcoins held up better than he expected them too.

Don't get excited about #Bitcoin being back above $20K. 20 is the new 30. This is just another bull trap. Nothing drops in a straight line. In fact, this slow motion crash has been extremely orderly. No sign yet of any capitulation that typically forms a bear market bottom.

— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) June 19, 2022

“Gold is up 40% since 2017 unlike BTC”

The founder of SchiffGold also pointed out that, for the moment, Bitcoin has fallen below the all-time high of $20,000 reached in December 2017. At the moment, according to Schiff, BTC is 2% below this historical price level. .

Compared to BTC, he tweeted, his favorite gold has gone down more than 40% since that time.

In Dec. of 2017 #Bitcoin hit a high of just below $20K. Bitcoin has been dead "money" for the past 4 1/2 years, as its current price is about 2% lower than it was then. In contrast, the price of #gold has risen by over 40% during the identical time period.

— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) June 19, 2022

“Crypto has a future,” says Schiff

Interestingly, in an earlier tweet, Schiff admitted that “crypto probably has a future”; however, Bitcoin will not be included in it, he believes.

Overall, he agreed that currently “a healthy shake-out” is taking place on the crypto market; however, the healthy part about it, he specifies, is that it is making the economy healthy, and it is not the crypto market itself that is getting stronger.

Many people in the crypto industry say this crash is a healthy turnaround. I agree it is healthy, but not for crypto. This industry as we know it is dead, which is very healthy for the economy. Crypto probably has a future, but Bitcoin won’t be one of them.