Of course if you have patience and the ability to invest in bitcoin for a few years, now would still be a good buy. After the halving, usually the price always started to rise. Next year there will be a halving, so there will definitely be a bull market in a few years.
Hopefully the cycle like you said can happen because I still think that this halving will be very different from before, especially in terms of price because Bitcoin is still far from the previous ATH so there is still a lot of time needed for that after the halving occurs. While there is a possibility of a bull market after that, and the timing is clear it is still worth continuing to buy and invest before everyone gets too close to the halving schedule.
This is normal, if you look at the previous halving, the price is also far from ATH since Bitcoin is still in the bearish market. We cannot expect anything going near the ATH if the market is still in bearish mode even though the sentiment is temporarily getting bullish. Halving is known to be the catalyst for a market Bull run, so we can expect the price to get near the recent ATH after the halving.
Aside from that, the possible ETF approval can synergize the effect of Bitcoin halving which can possibly push Bitcoin to surge more.
Yes, 35k is expensive to buy, because it has already dropped to 34k as I type. The bitcoin price has dwell so long in the range of 20k such that the 20k to 25k range is now seen as the average normal price of bitcoin. Reaching 30k is already a high price and 4k ontop of the 30k is high if only you are a short term investor.
On the second thought, 35k is a very good entry price if you are a long term investor or if you are investing with the bull run in mind. So, a short term investor buying at 35k is taking a huge risk because the price might plunge back while a long term investor would have nothing to bother.
If you are indeed a long-term investor, the 35k price tag is not expensive. That is, we are aiming for more than 35k before we sell.
And which translates that if we will buy now, it is still a good opportunity before we see this slowly rising.
As an investor, you need to know your financial capabilities first before buying more, because you may be compromised if you need the funds.
So the decision whether to buy at this price level depends on the user himself, after he assessed his financial conditions.
I highly agree, and with the current market situation and cycle point, I think @OP does not need to wait for another 4 years to see his investment profit. Just a year or two from now, we might see Bitcoin surging to another record-breaking ATH.