What are the major SIGNS OF BEAR RUN IN HISTORY OF CRYPTO.

[Bobcrypto]

Guys in 2017, we all experienced one of the biggest bull run in history of crypto, unfortunately that bull run could not last long as it with was immediately fallowed by one of the worst bear market in history from late January 2018 to almost  whole the whole year.
Now, i am being curious, and as a layman on crypto analysis and predictions, what are the Major Signs of Crypto Bear run in history? Your thoughts. Thank you

[masterrex]

Guys in 2017, we all experienced one of the biggest bull run in history of crypto, unfortunately that bull run could not last long as it with was immediately fallowed by one of the worst bear market in history from late January 2018 to almost  whole the whole year.
Now, i am being curious, and as a layman on crypto analysis and predictions, what are the Major Signs of Crypto Bear run in history? Your thoughts. Thank you

IMO, I think the situation is different now compared before, the crypto industry today was already recognized by institutional investors including top mainstream companies, and because of that I can say that it's not a bubble anymore because there is an organic demand from investors and there's a lot of fresh funds, has entered into the crypto industry lately, so the bearish indicators are not that visible anymore compared in 2017, the signs just become normal like fluctuation, that driven by different factors such as correction.   

[MrSpasybo]

If we look back to 2017, the biggest sign for a crypto winter is extreme FOMO. When we see news channels constantly reporting about Bitcoin, about crypto, it is time for us to exit the market.
Technically, crypto winter can be determined by MA-cross at W1.

[pelana vreo]

If we look at 2018, then there we will see a lot of negative news about crypto, this is different from this year, because the bear market is going fast and has not yet reached 1 year, we see a new ATH of Bitcoin being reached.
The next thing is about the number of fraudulent projects, this makes investors lose confidence as some investors withdraw their money into Fiat, at that time we see ethereum trading below $100 usd.
I didn't get much information about why the bear market happened, but from some negative information that made investors lose confidence and then they decided to sell all the coins then we saw a dump and the price was difficult to rise because the number of requests had not increased.

[Jaephoenix]

I think the main reason for that much talked about crypto winter was the whales. Remember there was a frantic buy wall towards the end of the year and in January 2018, the whales dumped on us all, and sent the total market into a panic mode

[TomPluz]

I would have answered to be China FUDs but since the cryptocurrency market has now learned to discount any pressure coming from China maybe this is a non-factor though it remains to be seen so we just have to observed and watch. Now, in USA today there seems to be an emerging consensus coming from the government that a regulatory framework must be established...if things will be working out well then maybe it can contribute more growth to the industry but if enacted regulations will be sort of "killing" it then that can lead to the bear taking the crypto market as a whole. The thing is that it is hard to predict anything as we can only deal with signs and signs can be interpreted differently and the market can be reacting without precedents.