After a 40% plunge, what cards does the crypto market still hold?
[Plain Language Summary] The first storm of 2026 hit the crypto market, with Bitcoin plummeting over 40% from its high of $126,000 to $74,000, Ethereum halving in value, Solana recovering to double digits, and over $2.5 billion in liquidations.
The triggers included profit-taking by long-term holders, leverage backlash, and a sudden shift in macroeconomic expectations. However, positive factors are quietly converging: the release of US regulatory dividends, the entry of sovereign nations, Ethereum's technological upgrade, and the dawn of the AI agent era.
Institutional consensus: short-term caution, long-term steadfastness; the market is shifting to a new phase driven by regulation and productivity. The current extreme fear may be a structural clearing, foreshadowing the dawn of a new crypto era.
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