📊 Crypto Bull Market Timeline: Key Phases
✅ 1. Accumulation Phase
• 🗓 Duration: ~Late 2022 to Mid-2023
• 🧠 What Happened: Smart money (VCs, long-term investors) accumulated during deep bearish sentiment.
• 🪙 Strategy: DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging), accumulate blue chips (BTC, ETH), avoid leverage.
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🚀 2. Breakout Phase
• 🗓 Duration: Mid-2023 to Q2 2024
• ⚙️ Trigger: Optimism around the upcoming halving + macro stability.
• 📈 BTC/ETH: Began reclaiming key levels, altcoins lagged.
• 🪙 Strategy: Start rotating into quality altcoins, stay in strong narratives (AI, RWA, DePIN, etc.).
🔥 3. Acceleration Phase (Current Phase)
• 🗓 Duration: Q2 2024 to Present (July 2025)
• 🌊 What’s Happening Now:
• Bitcoin dominance peaking
• Large-cap alts performing
• Memecoins & new narratives heating up
• Institutions entering via ETFs
• 🪙 Strategy Now:
• Ride strong narratives (e.g., AI, GameFi, DePIN, ETH L2s)
• Avoid FOMO into parabolic projects
• Scale into positions with a target to de-risk in Q4 2025–Q1 2026
• Use stop losses and partial profit-taking as risk increases
💥 4. Euphoria / Mania Phase (Coming Soon)
• 🗓 Expected: Q4 2025 to Q2 2026
• 📣 Signs:
• Mainstream media frenzy
• Celebs endorsing coins
• Ridiculous valuations & memecoin mania
• Altcoin pumps of 1000%+ in days
• ⚠️ Caution: This is the phase most retail enter — and get rekt.
• 🪙 Strategy:
• Exit 60–80% of portfolio as targets are hit
• Rebalance into stablecoins or yield assets
• Consider short-term trading only if you stay in
• Watch for reversal signs (blow-off tops, declining volume on green candles)
🧊 5. Bear Market / Distribution Phase
• 🗓 Expected: Q2–Q3 2026 into 2027
• 📉 Signs:
• Smart money offloads
• Prices drop 70–90% from top
• Narratives dry up
• Rug pulls and scams increase
• 🪙 Strategy:
• Watch for reaccumulation post-washout
