Reducing issuance by 50% approximately every four years is a fact programed into the BTC algorithm and it logically does affect market price/value . . . but you can ignore mathematics, economics, logic and human nature and try to live in a stateless and illogical ideology if you wish to . . .
Good luck with that.
Feels like it's over. I wouldn't say it's just going to go up steady forever. These newbie strategy Bitcoin companies will need to be tested at some point. I don't believe most won't sell.