The cryptocurrency market in 2026 may really experience a deep correction. Some predictions suggest that BTC could drop to around 1000, or even break below the cost of mining shutdown, with a freezing point possibly reaching around 36,000. Ethereum might dip to 1200, and Binance Coin could fall from 400 to around 360.
Don't trust those so-called analysts or Wall Street opinions too much; frankly, they just want to sell off. There's an interesting logic here — if BTC keeps rising infinitely, all the funds in the crypto space will eventually be absorbed by institutions to buy BTC, and the game can't go on. It may seem like institutions are making huge profits, but in reality, they are also trapped, just in different ways.
The key point is this: institutional money needs to pay interest. If they buy BTC and don't sell, their holdings are just paper wealth, but interest must be paid in real money. So, from a fundamental perspective, capital always needs to flow and be released. That's why the market can’t keep rising in a single direction forever; corrections are always coming.
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LayerZeroHero
· 8h ago
36,000 BTC sounds pretty scary, but thinking about it carefully, the logic actually makes sense... institutions also need to eat, and paper wealth can't really pay interest.
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GhostAddressMiner
· 8h ago
On-chain data has been speaking for a while, and those predicted numbers are just smoke screens. The real signals are in wallet flows—recently, the abnormal awakening of early addresses over the past six months, with thousands of dormant BTC suddenly showing activity—that's what I care about. Institutional interest is a good point, but what they fear more is the chain reaction when zero addresses start to liquidate.
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RektButStillHere
· 8h ago
Wow, I have to admit, that logic hit the mark about interest. The institutions also need to survive, right?
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ChainMaskedRider
· 8h ago
Well... Basically, funds need to flow; no matter how many tricks there are, they can't escape economics.
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Institutions are also trapped? Haha, think from a different perspective and it becomes clear.
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That point about interest hits the mark; money can't just sleep forever.
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BTC dropping to 36k? Just listen, don't take it seriously.
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This logic is actually quite clear-headed; capital always needs to find an exit.
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Predicting prices again? It's the same old story every time, so annoying.
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I do agree that institutions face interest pressure; other talk is just noise.
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Unlimited growth is an illusion; if it needs to adjust, then just do it.
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Fund flow is the real truth; everything else is just stories.
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Wall Street's rhetoric really needs to be learned to filter out.
The cryptocurrency market in 2026 may really experience a deep correction. Some predictions suggest that BTC could drop to around 1000, or even break below the cost of mining shutdown, with a freezing point possibly reaching around 36,000. Ethereum might dip to 1200, and Binance Coin could fall from 400 to around 360.
Don't trust those so-called analysts or Wall Street opinions too much; frankly, they just want to sell off. There's an interesting logic here — if BTC keeps rising infinitely, all the funds in the crypto space will eventually be absorbed by institutions to buy BTC, and the game can't go on. It may seem like institutions are making huge profits, but in reality, they are also trapped, just in different ways.
The key point is this: institutional money needs to pay interest. If they buy BTC and don't sell, their holdings are just paper wealth, but interest must be paid in real money. So, from a fundamental perspective, capital always needs to flow and be released. That's why the market can’t keep rising in a single direction forever; corrections are always coming.