^ It's better to fix some progress than to get rid of the potential at hand. There, I definitely agree.

What's the point of investment if you don't take profit? but then must you take profit when you have a good cash flow already in hand just to justify the take profit sentiment? Of course No.

Take profit when necessary, enjoy when you need it, but it's not wise to sell everything because you hit a certain target.

The real question is how many of us here are really in the position of taking profit, we are amateurs in bitcoin investment and looking at staking up should be our priority over taking profit.

True investors would have enough research about Bitcoin and its market so that they have enough information about Bitcoin market cycle and how it, at least so far, always makes new all time high in a new market cycle, will be very less likely panic. It is because of their knowing that after a bear market, Bitcoin will not only recover from bottom but also will reclaim ATH of a past cycle and even break out for making new ATHs.

So there would be no fear of won't be able to sell at an ATH from which price was pulled back. You know early that if you have enough belief and patience for holding, you will not get loss but will get good profit.

The only way they will regret if they take profit now is if they can't figure out psychological levels and rebuy from any of those. For instance, I've noticed that every 000 level (like we've in 50,000, $60,000 etc) is a psychological level. Whales and market makers know it and they hunt liquidity at those levels. We had it when price got to $100k. Market makers had to hunt for liquidity to $108k, knowing there were investors who would buy if price crossed 100k. Shrewd investors avoided that trap by selling off at that price region, knowing it would dip later. Expectedly, it did. Just watch when price gets to $200k and how it will react to grab liquidity again. It will zoom pass $200k, making it look like it won't retrace. Those to FOMO will buy in. The market will shock them and dip. It may take a day or few days after crossing $200k before it goes back into the $180k - $190k region. We're likely to see this same thing play out when price gets to $150k too. I watch these levels critically.

Those taking profit shouldn't do it in a hurry. They should determine the level from which they may want to take profit so they can also back buy from a dip.

Bitcoin is not just an investment for profit. It is a way to save and protect your money, and for many people, it is also a part of representation of their core values, such as freedom. The question “to sell or to hold” depends not only on the market, but also on one's personal goal. If one's more profit-oriented, it makes sense to sell when BTC expensive and buy more during bear markets.
 As for eventually selling or spending directly one's BTC, I think it makes sense when you do it for something real: a home, a business, valuable experiences, helping others, caring about yourself, something to have peace of mind.

I certainly think that the price of Bitcoin will go up significantly in the future. However, I am not entirely sure that it will go up in 2025 or 2026.

You correctly noted that many people and large organizations are interested in Bitcoin. However, these people and large organizations have already bought Bitcoin! And at some critical moment, for example, during a sudden global financial crisis, these same people may start selling it in a hurry.

Bitcoin may also face serious challenges related to the fact that it is essentially competing with artificial intelligence for electricity. At the same time, artificial intelligence (unlike Bitcoin) can be used for military purposes. That is, representatives of the military may insist that electricity be used exclusively for AI development, for example, to compete with Chinese language models. Of course, in May 2025, the scenario with a ban on mining in the United States seems unlikely to us. However, the world is constantly changing and this scenario cannot be completely ruled out either (although I do not insist on it). 

In any case, I think it is a bit presumptuous to think that the price of Bitcoin will only grow and that we will soon see prices of the first cryptocurrency at 300,000 US dollars, 500,000 US dollars, 1,000,000 US dollars.

After all, the mark of 100,000 US dollars is a very beautiful magic number, and the price can fluctuate around this level for a very long time, sometimes rising, sometimes falling.

Once you sell in profits, that’s already very rewarding on your part. Everyone’s goal is to buy bitcoin, hold and sell,  so you are just doing the right thing. What is not right is that if you keep hodling all your coins where you’re supposed to sell even a portion of them at least enjoy your profits on hand.

However, if you decide to just hold longer, well that would be better as it means bigger future profits as well, as long as you don’t compromise your original plans and goals.

I believe that it is difficult to regret something especially when you have made significant profit over it anyway. You can always go back and buy some more when bitcoin drops. But if you have no need for the money just yet well I guess you can hold on for a little longer.
We do not know that. We always hear it from the past but we are always proven wrong. Though the stars are more aligned this time and it would make more sense that a lot of other factors can hold up bitcoin to a certain amount. Bear run may still come though not as bad as it previously was.

I will not hold bitcoin forever and at some point I will sell it to reset my investment strategy. I do it for a reason, this is my way of accumulating capital although some percentage of it I might spend on other things that I have been postponing. You don't have to be a holder forever and hold back from what you have been postponing for so long, sometimes you need to enjoy the returns.

You just need to live your life like most other normal people and you don't need to force yourself to be holder because of big ambitions. Market cycles will change over time and volatility will make the price fluctuate, you can take advantage of it and start over after some time.