Having gone through several bull and bear cycles, I’ve realized a very painful truth: 90% of people can’t make money in the crypto market, and it’s never because they entered at the wrong time, but because they fundamentally misunderstood the underlying logic of this market.

Even now, some cling to the old calendar of the “four-year halving cycle,” waiting for the halving to blindly rush into altcoins for a double. But I can say very clearly: Bitcoin’s traditional four-year cycle is dead, and 2026 will be the year when this old narrative is completely over.

In the past, the market pulse was dominated by retail investor sentiment, miner selling pressure, and halving-induced supply contraction; now, the BTC ETF holdings of global giants like BlackRock have surpassed $80 billion, and institutional funds are about to account for over 50% of the market—this market’s rules of the game have been completely rewritten.

In the next three years, there will be no universal bull market where everything rises together; instead, there will be extreme differentiation: compliant core assets will continue to siphon funds from the entire market, while non-eco, non-cash-flow, non-compliant altcoins will gradually zero out and delist. Over 300 small coins have already disappeared by 2025, and this is just the beginning.

To avoid being eliminated in this industry reshuffle and even achieve a leap in wealth, you only need to focus on these three things—these are also the only wealth mainlines in the crypto market over the next three years:

1. Compliance is the only pass; stablecoins will reshape global payments
The global industry consensus is now clear: compliance has become the irreversible mainline of crypto development. Industry regulation is shifting from unorganized experimentation to standardized guidance. Today, the annual trading volume of stablecoins has already doubled Visa’s, and by 2026, their circulating market cap will surpass $1 trillion—no longer just a trading tool, but becoming the underlying infrastructure for cross-border settlement and global payments. This is a trillion-dollar incremental market.

2. RWA tokenization is the ultimate gateway for traditional finance to enter
Stop obsessing over the meager yields from DeFi liquidity mining. The real core narrative of the future crypto market is the tokenization of real-world assets. Currently, the total RWA market is only $35 billion, but leading institutions predict this will surpass $500 billion by 2028. Traditional assets like government bonds, private equity, and real estate will be upgraded in liquidity through blockchain. This is a crucial step for crypto from a niche playground to a global financial infrastructure, and it will be the biggest red ocean of growth in the coming years.

3. AI+Crypto is the only explosive point for technological implementation
AI stories are plentiful, but truly sustainable, value-generating scenarios always revolve around payment closure and trusted computing. The future large-scale commercial use of AI agents must rely on decentralized micro-payments and verifiable computing power. This will not only spawn a new generation of blockchain infrastructure but also produce killer apps capable of generating continuous cash flow—rather than just hype-driven air coins.

Finally, a very realistic point:
The crypto market has never been a charity. Every cycle shift is about redistributing wealth through new narratives. Money earned in the old cycle through luck will inevitably be lost back in the new cycle through strength.

2026 is never the end of a bull market, but the beginning of a new era led by institutions.
Are you going to continue clinging to the old narrative and trying to force the market, or seize the new mainline early and make strategic moves? $BTC