So the dollar's kicking off 2026 on a pretty calm note after tanking harder than it has in 8 years. Pretty wild swing when you think about it—that kind of USD volatility usually shakes things up across crypto markets too. When the greenback weakens like this, it typically puts more liquidity into alt assets, including digital currencies. Traders betting on commodities and emerging markets usually start rotating their stacks around when dollar strength fades this dramatically. The question is whether this soft start holds or if we see another reversal—because macro moves at this scale don't happen in isolation. Worth keeping tabs on how this USD trend unfolds through Q1.