To buy or not to buy?

[Conqueror777]

The crypto market has been in the "red zone" (bearish) for quite some time now. Altcoins have been hit real hard, losing a significant portion of their value compared to Bitcoin. Uncertainty is very high right now.

It makes me wonder whenever now it's a good time to buy more alts (especially prominent alts) or should I wait a little longer? I hear that central banks will keep rates high (or raise them) due to the deteriorating economic situation. If that's the case, then crypto will continue to decline during the remainder of the year.

What do you think?

Honestly I think this is the best time to invest in alt coins, however, I am not a financial analyst.

[JamesDaniel90]

Bitcoin is expected to bottom in the next 6-10 weeks, now is the time to DCA into alts as they wont be at these prices much longer.

Alts are down 70-90% from their highs last year so these current prices are a good enough discount for me.

[dwyane36]

Bitcoin is expected to bottom in the next 6-10 weeks, now is the time to DCA into alts as they wont be at these prices much longer.

Alts are down 70-90% from their highs last year so there current prices are a good enough discount for me.

Yes, some altcoins have already plummeted so much since the end of last year that they’re now just languishing at the bottom. It’s likely that during this very period, major players are quietly buying them up, while most ordinary traders and investors either don’t notice this or have simply had their wallets severely depleted by the bear market.

[Dunamisx]

Bitcoin is expected to bottom in the next 6-10 weeks, now is the time to DCA into alts as they wont be at these prices much longer.

Alts are down 70-90% from their highs last year so these current prices are a good enough discount for me.

The more the reason for us to invest when bitcoin bottom is evident, because it's going to be a massive turnout for investors both in Bitcoin and even on altcoins, we only have to be more selective when considering some of these altcoins, because not all of them may give us the desired return upon our investment in them, everyone should take this as a good advantage to buy and hold before the market start pumping.

[justdimin]

Bitcoin is expected to bottom in the next 6-10 weeks, now is the time to DCA into alts as they wont be at these prices much longer.

Alts are down 70-90% from their highs last year so there current prices are a good enough discount for me.

Yes, some altcoins have already plummeted so much since the end of last year that they’re now just languishing at the bottom. It’s likely that during this very period, major players are quietly buying them up, while most ordinary traders and investors either don’t notice this or have simply had their wallets severely depleted by the bear market.

To be fair, it is not really that shocking to learn that these are the situations we are in, because a bear market is definitely underway for a while now. And buying some altcoins could be good, but it could be terrible too, depending on which altcoin we are talking about. Obviously not every coin will be great; the majority of the tokens are gone and doing terribly, and we should realise that it is not going to be a great deal to buy any of those shitcoins.

However, if we were to invest in ETH, for example, things would be different because that will definitely recover. Of course, even on good coins such as ETH, you never know how much it will recover; maybe it will recover a lot, maybe it will recover only a bit, but we know that it will recover. That is why it is quite important, and we should be careful about what we are dealing with. If we can do a good job, then things will be getting a lot better, but that doesn't mean that we are going to be making a great return that quickly.

[Benhouse]

The crypto market has been in the "red zone" (bearish) for quite some time now. Altcoins have been hit real hard, losing a significant portion of their value compared to Bitcoin. Uncertainty is very high right now.

It makes me wonder whenever now it's a good time to buy more alts (especially prominent alts) or should I wait a little longer? I hear that central banks will keep rates high (or raise them) due to the deteriorating economic situation. If that's the case, then crypto will continue to decline during the remainder of the year.

What do you think?

I am waiting for a last down leg for bitcoin. I will buy BTC at 25k/30k (the best zone) but another zone  is 43k.
So still bearish for me probably for the rest of the year.

[canaveralnonie]

Your approach reflects a classic capital preservation strategy. Waiting for a lower entry point while keeping funds stable, which can be a reasonable way to manage risk in volatile crypto markets. On the other hand, executing this approach effectively requires taking a few key factors into account likes safety strategy and always checking the current news and updates.

[RazerMouseMobile]

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It makes me wonder whenever now it's a good time to buy more alts (especially prominent alts) or should I wait a little longer? I hear that central banks will keep rates high (or raise them) due to the deteriorating economic situation. If that's the case, then crypto will continue to decline during the remainder of the year.

What do you think?

I always have this kind of mindset where the best time to buy and hold some altcoins and even Bitcoin for years is around the mid-part till the end of the bear market which is around April-October. Of course, that's me assuming that the bear market will end in October, but bottomline is that, I will not buy at the start of the bear market because all of the coins are just starting to go down during that point.

Buy now IF you are planning to hold it until the next bull run. I'll take Ethereum as an example. In 2022, Ethereum went to as low as $900, and if you bought near to it's price, you've made a huge amount of money if you sold it during the 2025 bull run where it went to nearly as high as $5000. That's more or less x4-x6 depending on your average buying price. Overall, now for me is the right time to accumulate some altcoins... and I mean those TOP altcoins only unless you find a hidden gem then that's fine.

Crypto will decline until the Q4 of the year. That's my prediction.

[Abiky]

The more the reason for us to invest when bitcoin bottom is evident, because it's going to be a massive turnout for investors both in Bitcoin and even on altcoins, we only have to be more selective when considering some of these altcoins, because not all of them may give us the desired return upon our investment in them, everyone should take this as a good advantage to buy and hold before the market start pumping.

Only for Bitcoin. I don't see altcoins experiencing a resurgence in mainstream demand. At least, not within the short-term. Many altcoin holders are at a lost. Including those who held ETH at its peak in 2021, and are still "hodling" it today. The second-largest crypto rose briefly to almost $5k recently, only to take a step backwards. It's like gambling, imo. All based on pure luck.

It's why many "veterans" or OGs only buy and "hodl" Bitcoin. It is, was, and will always be the best-performing asset/commodity. We're going to have to wait quite some time to see altcoins in the "green zone". Invest your money wisely to avoid losing it all in the long run.

[JamesDaniel90]

The more the reason for us to invest when bitcoin bottom is evident, because it's going to be a massive turnout for investors both in Bitcoin and even on altcoins, we only have to be more selective when considering some of these altcoins, because not all of them may give us the desired return upon our investment in them, everyone should take this as a good advantage to buy and hold before the market start pumping.

Only for Bitcoin. I don't see altcoins experiencing a resurgence in mainstream demand. At least, not within the short-term. Many altcoin holders are at a lost. Including those who held ETH at its peak in 2021, and are still "hodling" it today. The second-largest crypto rose briefly to almost $5k recently, only to take a step backwards. It's like gambling, imo. All based on pure luck.

It's why many "veterans" or OGs only buy and "hodl" Bitcoin. It is, was, and will always be the best-performing asset/commodity. We're going to have to wait quite some time to see altcoins in the "green zone". Invest your money wisely to avoid losing it all in the long run.

It was the best performing asset in the early days, it wont be now going forward as each cycle the returns are less and less for Bitcoin.

You would rather buy Bitcoin right now at $64k then XRP at $1 for example?    Bitcoin maybe 3x from this price next bull run to $192k, but XRP will 4x easy to $4 so for me id rather buy XRP when you compare the current prices of both of them.

[dwyane36]

You would rather buy Bitcoin right now at $64k then XRP at $1 for example?    Bitcoin maybe 3x from this price next bull run to $192k, but XRP will 4x easy to $4 so for me id rather buy XRP when you compare the current prices of both of them.

If we look at the period from the low of the last cycle to last year’s ATH, the BTC price pumped almost 8x. At the same time, the XRP price pumped x11 at its peak during the same period, which certainly exceeds BTC growth but is not enough to make XRP a more preferable asset than BTC from a long-term investment perspective.

[JamesDaniel90]

You would rather buy Bitcoin right now at $64k then XRP at $1 for example?    Bitcoin maybe 3x from this price next bull run to $192k, but XRP will 4x easy to $4 so for me id rather buy XRP when you compare the current prices of both of them.

If we look at the period from the low of the last cycle to last year’s ATH, the BTC price pumped almost 8x. At the same time, the XRP price pumped x11 at its peak during the same period, which certainly exceeds BTC growth but is not enough to make XRP a more preferable asset than BTC from a long-term investment perspective.

Everyone has a different view. If you have big money then yes go for Bitcoin, but for the average person buying with the price now at $65-70k , its just not for me when other top alts will outperform it.

XRP, Solana, Hbar, and many others in the top 25 or so will all outperform Bitcoin next few years so thats where i will be buying.

[Odusko]

Bitcoin is expected to bottom in the next 6-10 weeks, now is the time to DCA into alts as they wont be at these prices much longer.

Alts are down 70-90% from their highs last year so these current prices are a good enough discount for me.

The more the reason for us to invest when bitcoin bottom is evident, because it's going to be a massive turnout for investors both in Bitcoin and even on altcoins, we only have to be more selective when considering some of these altcoins, because not all of them may give us the desired return upon our investment in them, everyone should take this as a good advantage to buy and hold before the market start pumping.

Expectations can change when it comes to bitcoin, just as it has happened several times, the market can decide to go witchever ways, but then buying at each discount price opportunity, the higher our chances to either stay at profits or at a stable price holding, today we saw how bitcoin achieved $70k price which was opposite why most bitcoin price speculators predicted for this period of time. That is what bitcoin unpredictability means.

[qurbanshah02]

Expectations can change when it comes to bitcoin, just as it has happened several times, the market can decide to go witchever ways, but then buying at each discount price opportunity, the higher our chances to either stay at profits or at a stable price holding, today we saw how bitcoin achieved $70k price which was opposite why most bitcoin price speculators predicted for this period of time. That is what bitcoin unpredictability means.

The way Bitcoin is constantly changing is that it goes from its price to another price and this is what makes Bitcoin people even more confused. We cannot see Bitcoin in one direction, so the market keeps moving, if it falls to someone's estimate, it can be quite a mess for the price of Bitcoin. Therefore, Bitcoin is not under the pressure of any one thing, otherwise anyone could control this one thing and drive Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin has improved a lot and in this one week, Bitcoin has achieved the price of the last few months. Now if Bitcoin keeps at this price or goes up, investors will be ready for their profits. Now the price is increasing and has gone to 79k$. If Bitcoin continues to take such pumps, people can hold Bitcoin for a long time.

[Odusko]

Expectations can change when it comes to bitcoin, just as it has happened several times, the market can decide to go witchever ways, but then buying at each discount price opportunity, the higher our chances to either stay at profits or at a stable price holding, today we saw how bitcoin achieved $70k price which was opposite why most bitcoin price speculators predicted for this period of time. That is what Bitcoin unpredictability means.

The way Bitcoin is constantly changing is that it goes from one price to another, and this is what makes Bitcoin people even more confused. We cannot see Bitcoin in one direction, so the market keeps moving, if it falls to someone's estimate, it can be quite a mess for the price of Bitcoin. Therefore, Bitcoin is not under the pressure of any one thing, otherwise anyone could control this one thing and drive Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin has improved a lot and in this one week, Bitcoin has achieved the price of the last few months. Now if Bitcoin keeps at this price or goes up, investors will be ready for their profits. Now the price is increasing and has gone to 79k$. If Bitcoin continues to take such pumps, people can hold Bitcoin for a long time.

Investors in volatile assets like Bitcoin should already know what their are up against, because as a matter of risks management everyone should know what the level of confidence their can have towards the market at every particular time, and not to become so carried away just because the price of Bitcoin takes one sudden direction, investors should always make room of assets risk management not just in Bitcoin but for every volatile coin their are holding or trading in.

[OgNasty]

I decided to sell a chunk of my Solana stack today. $102 was just too enticing after stacking in the 60s just a short time ago. Will see if I end up regretting that or not. I am sort of thinking we’re in a bull trap right now and will liquidate leveraged longs one last time before the major bull run, but I didn’t want to sell any of my BTC so I decided to take some SOL profit just in case.

[JamesDaniel90]

I decided to sell a chunk of my Solana stack today. $102 was just too enticing after stacking in the 60s just a short time ago. Will see if I end up regretting that or not. I am sort of thinking we’re in a bull trap right now and will liquidate leveraged longs one last time before the major bull run, but I didn’t want to sell any of my BTC so I decided to take some SOL profit just in case.

I think its not a bad decision, i expect bitcoin and alts to come down next few weeks.   I dont expect us to go back down to $58k , but maybe mid 60's.   Would give you a nice chance to buy back into SOL again at lower price if so.

I know we have been in this bear market for 10 months but it still feels too early for us to now be in bull run.  I think one more decent size crash in September and then bull run begins.

[OgNasty]

I decided to sell a chunk of my Solana stack today. $102 was just too enticing after stacking in the 60s just a short time ago. Will see if I end up regretting that or not. I am sort of thinking we’re in a bull trap right now and will liquidate leveraged longs one last time before the major bull run, but I didn’t want to sell any of my BTC so I decided to take some SOL profit just in case.

I think its not a bad decision, i expect bitcoin and alts to come down next few weeks.   I dont expect us to go back down to $58k , but maybe mid 60's.   Would give you a nice chance to buy back into SOL again at lower price if so.

I know we have been in this bear market for 10 months but it still feels too early for us to now be in bull run.  I think one more decent size crash in September and then bull run begins.

I agree. I think this is a bull trap and while I’m not willing to sell any Bitcoin, I have no problem taking profits with altcoins. With half of my SOL stack now sitting in dollars I am waiting and watching. I had expected a drop in the 40 range and planned to buy some SOL if it happened to play around with as a market maker, but if we don’t take another leg down I’m happy to stick with my current stack and profits.

Sure feels like I sold the top of this rally at the moment. Time will tell.

[Balmain]

I decided to sell a chunk of my Solana stack today. $102 was just too enticing after stacking in the 60s just a short time ago. Will see if I end up regretting that or not. I am sort of thinking we’re in a bull trap right now and will liquidate leveraged longs one last time before the major bull run, but I didn’t want to sell any of my BTC so I decided to take some SOL profit just in case.

I think its not a bad decision, i expect bitcoin and alts to come down next few weeks.   I dont expect us to go back down to $58k , but maybe mid 60's.   Would give you a nice chance to buy back into SOL again at lower price if so.

I know we have been in this bear market for 10 months but it still feels too early for us to now be in bull run.  I think one more decent size crash in September and then bull run begins.

I agree. I think this is a bull trap and while I’m not willing to sell any Bitcoin, I have no problem taking profits with altcoins. With half of my SOL stack now sitting in dollars I am waiting and watching. I had expected a drop in the 40 range and planned to buy some SOL if it happened to play around with as a market maker, but if we don’t take another leg down I’m happy to stick with my current stack and profits.

Sure feels like I sold the top of this rally at the moment. Time will tell.

Being happy with your current profit and inventory is truly important. You've made your profit sales and are now waiting to adjust your position depending on the situation. I wish I could be that patient. Sometimes it's hard to hold onto dollars; I want to invest even on a small dip. I'm saying this to avoid making this mistake again. Maybe a few people reading this will be able to evaluate their investments more calmly and without haste. yeah time will tell us everything.