A lot of replies so far with mixture of responses, interesting.
Those saying 2026 will be a bear market, hasn’t 2025 been a bear market already? Sure felt like it for altcoins.
I think we may have a slow start to 2026 but hopefully after Q1 things could get going again after a few more rate cuts and there being a new Fed chairman who will definitely want to get the rates down which will be good for crypto overall. Plus QE too.
That's solely based on the four year cycles; but that doesn't necessarily mean that the bull period ends the moment 2026 enters, it can last a few months before it "officially" ends. Based on how the market is right now, I believe that we're slowly entering a phase of bear market. Bitcoin is currently at $88,000, and has been fluctuating there between $85,000 and $95,000 (approximately). It's promising that it hasn't gone below $80,000 (yet), so there's perhaps still a chance for a comeback, but I'm honestly not expecting it.