#BuyTheDipOrWaitNow? Buy the Dip Now or Wait?
Bitcoin is sitting at ≈ $66,450 today (February 20, 2026), roughly 47–50% below its late-2025 peak of $126,000–$127,000. The market is in full capitulation mode: extreme fear on sentiment indexes (11–14), multi-week ETF outflows totaling billions, cascading liquidations already flushed, altcoins bleeding harder than BTC, and the total crypto market cap clinging to $2.3–$2.4 trillion.
This is the exact moment the question hits hardest:
Buy the dip aggressively right now? Start DCA? Or wait for potentially lower prices?
No crystal ball exists. The