🚀 The 4 Phases of a Crypto Bull Run — and How Money Flows!

✅ Phase 1: Accumulation (Smart Money Phase)

This happens after a bear market, when prices are low and nobody cares about crypto.

Whales, institutions, and long-term believers quietly buy Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).

The market is boring; there’s little media hype.

Resistance is weak, because nobody is trying to sell in panic anymore — most sellers are already gone.

🌱 Phase 2: Bitcoin Rally (Confidence Phase)

Bitcoin starts moving first. 📈

Media and retail investors notice BTC price climbing; new buyers come in.

BTC usually breaks major resistance levels, like previous cycle highs or psychological levels ($30k, $40k, $60k).

Money flows mainly into Bitcoin at this stage, because it’s seen as “safe” and strongest.

🔥 Phase 3: Ethereum & Major Altcoins Rally

After Bitcoin shows strength, money starts rotating into Ethereum and big-cap altcoins (SOL, ADA, BNB, etc).

ETH breaks key resistance (for example, previous cycle highs or technical levels).

Altcoins start outperforming BTC because investors chase bigger % gains.

DeFi, Layer 1, and meme coins start getting attention.

🌙 Phase 4: Altcoin Season (Euphoria Phase)

Retail FOMO explodes. Everyone is buying everything — especially small-cap altcoins and meme tokens.

Bitcoin’s dominance drops, meaning ETH and altcoins get more of the inflow.

Even the riskiest coins pump hard; people believe “this time it’s different.”

Market becomes very volatile; resistance in altcoins often barely holds, because hype overrides caution.

⚠️ Then comes distribution & correction:

Smart money and early buyers start selling into the hype.

Altcoins crash first; then majors like ETH; finally Bitcoin corrects too.

Market enters a new bear phase, and the cycle repeats.

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