📌 When will the next crypto bull run happen?

📊 Bitcoin has recovered into the mid $80,000s and the global crypto market is close to $3 trillion, yet a higher bitcoin price does not establish a market wide bull run. ETF inflows, spot demand and gains beyond a few large tokens have to persist together. October’s inflation and Fed dates offer tests, not a predetermined start date. A rally describes a price move over a chosen period. A bull run implies persistence and breadth. Bitcoin climbing 2% after a jobs report is a rally even if it reverses the next day. A market wide run requires a series of higher prices supported by buyers who keep exposure, with other parts of the asset class participating for more than a few sessions. There is no regulator or exchange that declares an official starting bell.

🌐 For this feature, a testable working definition is four consecutive weekly closes with rising combined nonstablecoin market value, bitcoin holding its advance, and corroboration from fund flows or estimated spot demand. The four week period is an editorial measurement window, not a law of markets. It filters a short squeeze and one day of speculative turnover, while still permitting a timely assessment. A different definition could date the same cycle differently and should be stated when comparing forecasts.

⚠️ Bitcoin can lead without a simultaneous altcoin surge. In many recoveries, investors first buy the largest and most liquid asset. The word crypto in the headline, however, asks more than whether BTC alone rallies. If bitcoin grows while the rest of the market remains flat or declines, the narrower claim is a bitcoin bull phase. It may precede a wider advance, but the latter has not yet happened.