Should you buy Bitcoin before the next bull run?

Maybe—but only if you can treat Bitcoin as a high-risk, long-term allocation, not a guaranteed “pre-bull-run” trade. A practical approach is to buy gradually with money you can leave alone for years, cap the position to a size you can tolerate losing sharply, and avoid borrowing or going all-in based on cycle predictions.

If you already have emergency savings, no high-interest debt, and a diversified portfolio, a small Bitcoin allocation can make sense as speculative exposure. If you need the money within the next 1–3 years, are trying to time the exact next bull run, or would panic after a 50%+ drawdown, you probably should not buy now.

A simple decision rule: buy only if your thesis survives being wrong on timing. Bitcoin cycles are discussed often, but exact tops and bottoms are not reliably predictable, and recent commentary suggests the prior cycle may already have reached a major high in 2025 rather than guaranteeing another imminent surge.