I think the bitcoin bottom has already been crossed, where the price has been at $15k for a while. And even though the price has now been able to return above $20k, that doesn't mean the bitcoin price won't return to $15k or even lower because we have to remember that the price of bitcoin can move up or down.
Or just remember how volatile the market is, at any moment, the price can go down very hard, double digits and it will take some time to bounce from that. Or thinking that we are still in the bear market, so anything goes, just one negative news will affect the market.
But hopefully, the price of bitcoin can survive the negative news and can even increase because the negative news will always be there to try to bring bitcoin down. We will still see market fluctuations but we shouldn't panic or worry because that won't make bitcoin abandoned by investors. And in the end, the bitcoin price will increase and create a new ATH again.
I agree with what @mich said, where we will never know for sure and can only speculate where the bitcoin price will move. We can only prepare ourselves for whatever happens this year so that we can participate in what will happen in the market later.
It's better to anticipate things, we have to think ahead of the game. If the price goes down and reaches $15k, don't be negative, treat it as another opportunity to stash again.
If the market didn't reach any lower lows again before the eventual bull run for next year, still continue to accumulate and do DCA, win-win situation for us.
If the price drops further, it is an opportunity that we should use to buy more bitcoins because the price can surely reverse and return to a higher price. But unfortunately, not many people are willing to buy right away but are still waiting for another low price which we know won't always be the case. We can only do DCA at a low price and hold it until the price can reverse direction again.
I think the bitcoin bottom has already been crossed, where the price has been at $15k for a while. And even though the price has now been able to return above $20k, that doesn't mean the bitcoin price won't return to $15k or even lower because we have to remember that the price of bitcoin can move up or down.
I agree with what @mich said, where we will never know for sure and can only speculate where the bitcoin price will move. We can only prepare ourselves for whatever happens this year so that we can participate in what will happen in the market later.
I wouldn't be so quick to say that. Granted I've only been through one period after ATH (the one after 2017) so I'm basing my response on that but if you remember, we did stay above $10k for a long time, and then dipped below, and then suddenly we had a huge unexpected 50% crash after that. We haven't had a huge 50% crash the most was 25% and for me, Bitcoin/crypto is much more capable of that.
When that happens, is important, because if it happens above 30k, then ok, we already saw a bottom but I feel like everything is still too vulnerable now in the overall market. Nice to see current prices but a huge crash is yet happening.
It's possible that the scenario will return like that. Moreover, we can only predict it without knowing what will happen after this. At the very least, we can enjoy the moment to take advantage of this rising bitcoin price. But we can also keep the bitcoins on hold and wait for what happens next. And if it is true that the price will crash 50% of its current price, then there is a possibility that the price will fall to $12.5k or back to $15k but let's hope that doesn't happen.
So it's better to be prepared with all the possibilities so we won't panic and can adapt to the situation.