With the Bitcoin MENA 2025 conference commencing in Abu Dhabi and bitcoin valued at approximately , investors are questioning whether the event will cause another price drop.
In recent years, significant bitcoin conferences have been associated with short-term market declines, as traders leverage the heightened interest for profit-taking while retail engagement increases.
Since the futures market opened on Sunday, the price surged above $92,000 on Monday, but it remains uncertain if this momentum will persist or simply indicate the beginning of a typical post-conference corrections.
CoinDesk has previously noted that bitcoin conferences have frequently resulted in price declines, exhibiting a distinct pattern of “sell the news” behavior from 2019 through 2024.
This trend has continued in 2025, with all four major bitcoin conferences so far following suit. The first event occurred in Las Vegas in late May. Bitcoin surged to around $110,000 as the conference kicked off, but closed the event near $103,000.
The mid-June Bitcoin Prague conference mirrored this trend, starting strong at approximately $108,000 before dropping below $100,000 during the event, a correction of about 10%.
On August 28-29, the Hong Kong conference saw a pullback from roughly $113,000 to $107,000, a decline of 5% and a local low.
Last month, BTC Amsterdam experienced the most significant correction of the year, dropping around 12% from $107,000 to $95,000.
The critical question now is whether Abu Dhabi will follow this established pattern or break the trend that has characterized all major bitcoin conferences in 2025.
