And the quieter CT gets, the fewer people you’re competing with for the next real meta.
Every cycle looks hopeless near the bottom. Then a new narrative appears out of nowhere: ICOs, DeFi, NFTs, memes, perp DEXes… Even “false starts” like social-fi, ordinals, runes printed if you were early.
So don’t give up. Click less. Read more. Network in the slow times.
BTC will eventually print new ATHs. A new meta will eventually king-make early builders.
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I wonder if 2026 will be a good year for crypto.
2025 threw a 10/10 monkey wrench at the market.
Huge events like that don’t resolve overnight.
The structure clearly changed.
Maybe 2026 is mostly chop.
Maybe it bleeds.
I don’t know.
What I do know is that at some point
Bitcoin will rip to new ATHs…
fast…
and catch most people completely offside.
This cycle was funny like that.
BTC went $14k → $126k
and yet most people still said
“can’t wait for the bull market”.
Brother… it came.
You just didn’t feel rich.
And it’ll happen again.
Money printing isn’t stopping.
Fiat dilution isn’t stopping.
Bitcoin’s core purpose hasn’t changed.
Patience + plan = edge.
And the quieter CT gets,
the fewer people you’re competing with
for the next real meta.
Every cycle looks hopeless near the bottom.
Then a new narrative appears out of nowhere:
ICOs, DeFi, NFTs, memes, perp DEXes…
Even “false starts” like social-fi, ordinals, runes
printed if you were early.
So don’t give up.
Click less.
Read more.
Network in the slow times.
BTC will eventually print new ATHs.
A new meta will eventually king-make early builders.
Time is a flat circle.
Merry Christmas 🎄