Analyst: Bitcoin on track for massive post-halving bull run despite current bearishness

Bitcoin has been caught in the throes of a volatile trading session over the past several weeks, which has resulted in it erasing virtually all of the gains that were incurred during the late-October pump and has opened the gates to potentially further near-term losses.

In spite of this short-term bearishness, analysts and investors alike widely anticipate Bitcoin's upcoming mining rewards halving - which is slated to occur in May of 2020 - to catalyze a massive bullish movement similar to ones seen in years past.

Bitcoin's near-term bearishness overshadowed by the potentially bullish halving event.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading up over 2 percent at its current price of $7,400, which marks a decent climb from its recent lows of $6,700 that was set during the latest sell-off.

Looming over this near-term bearishness is Bitcoin's upcoming halving event, which may help provide the cryptocurrency with some much-needed upwards momentum that negates the lackluster price action it has been facing in recent times.

Jonny Moe, a popular cryptocurrency analyst on Twitter, spoke about this in a recent tweet, telling his followers that Bitcoin is still "Right on track" to incur a price rally following the halving event.

"If we follow the last 2 halvings, we won't set a new ATH until AFTER the halving, projected for May 2020. With that in mind, I'm looking for us to consolidate thru the rest of this year, and begin making a run at $20k next year," Moe explained.

Buyers beware: prominent analyst claims halving might disappoint investors.

Although Moe believes that the halving will catalyze some bullishness for BTC in the near-term, another prominent analyst is warning investors to not get too excited about it, as Bitcoin's bearish price action going into this event is anomalous and could spell trouble for where it goes next.

Only time will tell as to whether or not 2020 will be the year that Bitcoin sees fresh all-time-highs, but it is highly probable that the halving will play a role in its price action - for better or worse.