The US was in a bull market for a long time, it's getting closer to being a bear market as it's strained under bearish conditions at the moment due to unrest in a lot of places (such as Russia's border moving closer to Nato - in both ways).

It's often said in crypto that it's easy to make money in a bull market and as easy to lose it in a bear (which is likely true). The difference with stock markets is that they're international and there's always a bull market out there (even if not with shares than with forex which has most pairs in both directions).

The main trading blocks the US fed focuses on seem to be US, EU, UK and Asia, one of those is often bullish while the others are bearish unless an international event happens like the last 2008 financial crisis - in which case a lot of areas of commodities like gold, land and food start to enter bull markets instead as money that's able to be withdrawn needs to go somewhere providing the rate is good.

They are smart and that's why they become whales. To be honest, I can't see many threads lately "is it the right time to buy Bitcoin" but when Bitcoin starts the green market then many threads will open like this. Because due to fear of loss small investors worried about their capital and this is a big mistake not taking risks.

I think one important factor to indicate is that the stock market is heavily regulated- where you can only trade at specific hours and tax becomes a factor to your earnings. Whereas in BTC, the latter is more volatile and no government or any entity has absolute and full control over its supply. While whales do exist in order to manipulate the price, it isn't as destructive when large conglomerates decide to manipulate the prices in stock market, thereby creating this "inside trading" scheme.

Though BTC has been in the bear market for a while, remember that the halving will happen in 2024, which is relatively near. Stock up your BTCs and HODL for long-term for maximum profit and gains.

In a way any market that you can trade in are the same. You can only make profit if you can speculate in that market by knowing what affects it and will lose money if you enter it blindly.
But the difference that bitcoin has from other markets is that it is on an adoption path which means its price will always go up in the long run. Unlike stocks which don't really have an "adoption phase" and can only go up if the company is doing well or the economy is good.

You don't need to be a whale to make profit, you just have to be wise.

The cryptocurrency (aka altcoins) market can be compared to penny stocks market which is a small market that lists shit stocks with low value and most of them have no utilities and die sooner or later. Altcoins are the same. We also have the market manipulation that is dominating the altcoin market because it is not regulated.

All fiat currencies are always in a bear market simply because there is an unlimited supply of them. In other words the governments keep printing them so they lost their value over time.

Considering the inflation in US and how price of everything is going up, US dollar could be considered in a "bear market".

In most cases, the bear markets in cryptocurrency have lasted around 2-3 years whereas in stock markets it has lasted longer.
Cryptocurrency is still in its early stage and hence the volatility is high in crypto market and in the long term the price of bitcoin have always broken its ATH.
The price of various cryptocurrencies are going up in the long run. In a nutshell while the stock market and crypto market do have some similarities, crypto market is fast moving with high volatility.

not the same, if the stock market has experienced a loss, then to recover the value, additional funds are needed to stabilize the value,
In contrast to crypto, if there is a decline, investors will be more enthusiastic about increasing wealth.

If you ask about psychology of market, it is the same in stock market and cryptocurrency market. Because human in general are very similar and they repeat their mistakes, their bad decisions from stock market to cryptocurrency market as well as other markets. They are greed when they should be fearful and they are fearful when they should be greed.

However, market cycles can be different in stock market and in cryptocurrency market. It can be longer or shorter and the level of depression, angry, greed and so on in two markets can be different. In general, psychology cycle is similar and both markets must complete some basic phases in bear market as preparation for next bull market.

Psychology of market cycles: https://fifthperson.com/psychology-market-cycles/

Although I was involved in the stock market and forex for a short time before getting into crypto, I can say that they are not the same thing. The cryptocurrency market is a lot more volatile and a lot riskier, if you don't hold bitcoin without holding shitcoins, shitcoins will die or disappear making you lose your money forever but this does not happen in the forex market. They are just fluctuate and will recover then it's just a matter of time fast or slow, not disappear like in cryptocurrencies. Because without regulation, cryptocurrencies are more susceptible to manipulation and there are more scams during bear season, which is rare for the other 2 markets.

As a superpower, the United States is so strong that it can become a benchmark for other countries in terms of the economy, for decades they have remained in control. We know that most of the stock or crypto markets today still depend on the news that is happening in the United States, so while it's still warm, of course you don't need to make a hesitant choice when you want to buy a stock or coin in the market.

Yes, stocks aren't volatile as bitcoin and that's why bitcoin isn't for the fainted heart. While for stocks, it's good as the game of the whales too but not that much volatile.
Having a little capital in stocks will only teach you some lessons but it won't grow as much as holding bitcoin. For which, has been proven to be one of the best assets that really changes one's lifetime based on how long he's holding and at what price it has been bought/sold.