When Is the Best Time to Buy Cryptocurrency?

Timing a crypto buy can be very challenging, but there are some trends that seem to be fairly common in crypto markets.

By Kristi Waterworth – Updated Jun 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM | Fact-checked by Frank Bass

Key Points

Dollar-cost averaging reduces risk in volatile crypto markets by spreading purchases over time.
Best time to buy crypto is on Mondays; the worst is Sundays, based on recent buying opportunities.
Invest consistently, aiming for long-term holding rather than timing the market for quick gains.

Cryptocurrency is a volatile asset class that experiences a lot of ups and downs. People often get the idea that they should try to time their investments by purchasing within specific windows to get the best possible price. However, because cryptocurrency is traded 24 hours a day by investors around the world, timing a cryptocurrency buy is never cut-and-dried.

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If you want to invest in crypto, your best bet is to practice dollar-cost averaging, or buying a little bit at a time over an extended period. Even if you invest at intervals that turn out to be not all that low, you will catch others that are very low, and things may average out.

There are ebbs and flows to the crypto market that vary wildly depending on the specific cryptocurrency you're buying. Tokens may trade with yet another pattern. For someone intent on timing a crypto purchase, it pays to analyze the history of specific investment types.

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About the Author

Kristi Waterworth has been a contributing real estate and financial expert at The Motley Fool, covering real estate, investing, and personal finance topics, since 2020. Kristi has been interviewed by various TV media outlets and podcasts for her real estate investing expertise – from residential real estate to digital real estate and everything in between. Kristi’s journalist career spans over 25 years, and she has written about real estate investing, homeownership, and home construction specifically for the last decade. She was also previously a licensed Realtor and general building contractor before the Great Recession and housing market collapse. She holds a bachelor’s degree in American history from Columbia College in Missouri.

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