So everyone seems to be blaming Trump and his confirmation of the plan to impose 25% tariffs on the EU, which spoofed the market badly. I'm not convinced this is the case. Maybe it was just a catalyst for the market to take a stance and more money decided to head for the exit.
None of the most popular indicators would suggest the $109 was the peak of the cycle and that we entered a bear market, but, during the past cycles' tops, most also believed we were still to go up.
To me it looked like the price were artificially held down, as if someone tried to hold it down below $100k. The result was like 3 months of sideway action, aka accumulation phase, which was not what we would see in the prior cycles. So it's a possibility that it was not accumulation, but the actual peak of the hill.
At the same time, 20%-30% dips in the past cycles were not uncommon, so maybe it's just one of such cases. If we go down to low $70s, to me, that would be a sign of the bear market being over.