CoinWorld News reports that Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, said during his speech at the 2026 Consensus Miami that if Bitcoin closes higher than $76,000 by the end of May, it will confirm the end of the bear market. He noted that since the outbreak of the Iran-U.S. conflict, cryptocurrencies have performed ahead of the curve, and even a small ETH exposure can provide strong asset appreciation and downside hedging. For the next bull market, he believes that “AI proxy and tokenization” will be the core driving force. Tokenization is expected to create a $3 trillion market. In addition, thanks to cost reduction and efficiency gains brought by blockchain settlement, the per-capita profit of crypto enterprises will far exceed that of traditional finance, and in the future, half of the world’s large financial institutions will be digital-native.