Crypto pain to continue and then reverse in late Spring. ATH by the end of 2022.
COVID lockdowns will mostly end by late Spring. However, airborne AIDS seems like it's the next horror story being spun up...so we'll see.
Russia-Ukraine situation shouldn't impact crypto...only scare it a little and maybe help adoption.
Government coercion and violence against competitor systems, i.e. crypto/decentralization may accelerate. This is the core use case after all.
Several blockchain projects are approaching major milestones. This should stimulate trading activity.
Fiat/government money is being inflated away. Crypto will look increasingly attractive to more and more people. Unfortunately, the machine's propaganda system will go into overdrive to discredit crypto.
Web 3.0 starts to take over Web 2.0...Web 2.0 companies that can't compete or innovate will push lobbying efforts and propaganda to discredit Web 3.0 and crypto. Boomers and Millennials will fall for it, Gen X and Zoomers won't.