Crypto Survival Guide: What to Expect in 2026?
There are only a few days left until 2026. While many are still stuck on the profits (or losses) of 2025, the professional investor already has their eyes on the horizon. If 2024 was the year of the Halving and 2025 was the year of institutional euphoria, 2026 will be the year of separation between noise and real value.
Here is my vision of what awaits us in the next 12 months:
1. The "Super Cycle" Meets Macroeconomics
In 2026, Bitcoin's correlation with the traditional financial market will be at its highest level. We will no longer look only at the BTC chart, but at the global liquidity chart.
The Vision: Bitcoin will consolidate as the ultimate "digital gold", but the extreme volatility of the past will give way to more institutional movements. Those who can read the FED's movements along with On-chain data will dominate the game.
2. The Era of Useful Applications (Utility-First)
The party of promises is over. In 2026, the market will no longer accept empty whitepapers. We will see the definitive explosion of RWA (Real World Assets). Central banks and large funds will be liquidating assets directly on the blockchain.
The infrastructure of DePIN (decentralized physical networks) will start to replace traditional cloud and telecommunications services.
My bet: Capital will migrate from "governance tokens" to "utility and revenue tokens".
The Great Rebalancing: Survival of the Fittest
Historically, the second year after the Halving (as 2026 will be) requires caution. The Strategy: It will not be about "buying anything and going up 10x". It will be about portfolio management.
We will have an abundance of L2s (Layer 2) and scalability solutions. The question for 2026 is not "which blockchain is faster?", but "which blockchain has more liquidity and users?".
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