@James

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https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/monero-prices-rocket-to-438-amid-120-million-onchain-laundering-maze-202606121217 submitted by /u/CriticalCobraz [link] [Kommentare]

Yo guys, Just a quick market take from someone who has been sitting in this circus for 8+ years, mostly on TradingView, Twitter, Reddit, charts, and too many late-night candles. I’ve been around since the 2017–2018 BTC run when everyone thought $20k was either the top forever or the beginning of some new religion. So yeah, I’ve seen this movie before. And right now? Let’s be honest: crypto looks like absolute garbage. BTC dumped into the $61k–$65k area, basically new 2026 lows. ETH broke below $2k and is hanging around the $1.6k zone. Alts are bleeding like crazy. Total market cap got hit hard, BTC ETF outflows are ugly, longs got liquidated for billions, institutions are selling, whales are reducing exposure, and macro is not helping at all. The Fed is not rushing to cut rates, inflation is still annoying, and the whole market is in risk-off mode. So what are people saying? TradingView is full of bearish ideas right now. Some people are calling for another drop to $57k before a real bounce. Others are talking about a gap fill below $63k. You also get the usual “BTC is dead” comments, half-joking but clearly nervous. On the other side, some traders are watching the $58k–$60k area as a possible demand zone and expecting a bounce back to $64k–$67k if buyers show up. Reddit daily threads are basically group therapy at this point. Everyone is asking where the rotation from tech stocks is, why alts are underperforming so badly, and whether this is worse than 2022. But the older guys are saying the same thing I’m thinking: this looks like a classic mid-cycle dump after the halving. My rough view: BTC This is still normal cycle behavior. After the 2025 ATH, a 40–50% drawdown is painful, but not unusual for crypto. The $58k–$60k support area matters a lot. If it breaks, yeah, we could see $50k. That would suck, but it would not be the end of the world. Long term, I don’t think institutions are gone. Regulation is clearer than before, ETFs are still here, and future inflows can come back fast once macro turns. If liquidity improves, I still think $100k+ BTC in 2026 is possible. ETH ETH looks rough, no sugarcoating it. L2s are growing, the ecosystem is still active, but the price action is weak as hell. That said, extreme fear has often been close to the bottom in previous cycles. If ETH finds a bottom and starts moving again, the upside is still there because of staking, tokenization, DeFi, and all the real infrastructure being built around it. But if $1.6k breaks badly, it can get ugly short term. Alts Most alts look dead right now. But honestly, this is usually when the best entries start forming. I’m not saying buy every random trash coin. Most of them will never come back. But some narratives are still alive: RWA, tokenized assets, AI-related coins, maybe quantum-resistance stuff if that narrative keeps getting attention. Solana, BNB, XRP and a few others are holding up better than most. The next alt season, if we get one, will probably not lift every coin equally. Projects with real usage, liquidity, and adoption will survive. The rest will just stay dead. So what am I doing? I’m not FOMO-longing here. Liquidation risk is too high. For me, this is a DCA and patience zone, not a “go 20x long because Twitter said bottom is in” zone. I want to see BTC reclaim $67k–$70k with real volume before getting aggressive again. Risk management matters more than ever. Small position sizes, clear stops, no emotional revenge trades. I’d rather miss the first 10% of the move than get chopped to death trying to catch every fake bounce. Macro can still pressure the market through the summer. But if liquidity improves later in 2026 and adoption keeps moving, the picture could look very different by winter or 2027. Bottom line: the market is washing out weak hands, same as always. Anyone who survived 2018 or 2022 knows this feeling. Blood on the streets never feels good in the moment, but historically, that’s where the best long-term entries come from. Don’t panic sell. Don’t overleverage like a maniac. Hold strong projects, study the charts, keep cash ready, and wait for confirmation. What are you guys watching right now? Any coins or setups that actually look strong in this mess? Not financial advice. Just thoughts from an old guy who has been staring at candles for too long. submitted by /u/cammmtheemann [link] [Kommentare]

Prices are falling hard. But fundamentals haven't changed. Why is this time different? submitted by /u/Sufficient-Year4640 [link] [Kommentare]

I will start by saying cryptocurrency and Bitcoin in particular has inadvertently made fiat currency more valuable. In the early days of Bitcoin (roughly 2013 to 2017), many of us envisioned it as the future of money, an asset destined to sunset fiat and displace gold as the premier store of value. Fast forward to 2026, and the exact opposite has happened. ​ Instead of replacing fiat, Bitcoin has cemented it as an indispensable financial instrument. This might explain why we are seeing multiple crypto/bitcoin law proposals in many countries. Governments may have realised the bitcoin they feared will take the financial dominance from them, is **actually making them more powerful.** ​ During market downturns, those holding fiat emerge as the biggest winners. Even when inflation fears peak, public instinct drives people toward the stability of fiat, not the volatility of Bitcoin. This doesn't mean Bitcoin is a failure, but it validates Jim Cramer’s recent observation that Bitcoin makes for "bad money." (As much as I love to inverse Cramer, reality dictates that he is right on this one). ​ With a wave of incoming IPOs, Bitcoin remains the asset bearing the brunt of market volatility. While its resilience suggests BTC functions well as a store of value, if you can look past the painful **correction from $124k down to the $60k range**, the realization that it will never replace fiat as a daily medium of exchange is a bitter pill to swallow. This isn't an adoption issue; it is a structural one. Over the years, real-world utility has proven that Bitcoin is simply ill-suited to serve as money. ​ When someone asks me these days what makes bitcoin special I no longer say **"bitcoin will reshape how we see and use money"** I just reply "it has a hard cap, more cannot be minted". But inside me I know that is not enough to convince a skeptic and that feeling has left me on a number of occasions, disappointed at what bitcoin has become. submitted by /u/zesushv [link] [Kommentare]

...would use in energy [$] if it's kept on everyday every hour for a month in Colorado? submitted by /u/ToxicRoserade [link] [Kommentare]

Back in late 2025, I did the hardest thing you can do in a bull market: I took profit. I completely exited my BTC and alt positions while the entire internet was screaming that $150k–$200k was a certainty and that the "supercycle" had finally arrived. People called me a fool. They told me I was leaving life-changing money on the table. Maybe I did leave some gains behind. But my goal was never to sell the exact top because trying to do that is a guaranteed way to round-trip your portfolio back to zero. My thesis wasn't complicated. It didn't rely on 50 different indicators. It relied on three simple facts: The Math: Bitcoin had already put in a massive post-halving run. It was statistically overextended. The Sentiment: Total, blinding euphoria. Everyone from random influencers to Uber drivers was a financial genius. The History: Markets are driven by human emotion, and human emotion never changes. What goes up violently always corrects painfully. Fast forward to today. The hype is gone. Bitcoin is testing the 200-week EMA, maximum fear is back, and the same influencers who promised $200k are now completely silent or calling for zero. Here is my game plan for the current market: Just like I didn't try to guess the exact top, I am not trying to guess the exact bottom. But I think we get to 40/50k with the world cup happening imo no financial advice. Anyone who claims they can time it perfectly is lying to you. Instead, I am executing a emotionless, mechanical reversal of my sell strategy: 1 Gradual Re-entry: I am starting to scale back in at price levels I am fundamentally comfortable with. 2 Preparing for Lower Lows: If the market drops further, I win I get to buy cheaper assets with my sidelined cash. 3 Accepting the Pivot: If this is the bottom, I winI’ve already started building my position. submitted by /u/KarimHann [link] [Kommentare]

Interesting how even the smallest sale broke the narrative, but the bigger signal is they’re still buying dips and finding new ways to fund it submitted by /u/JAYCAZ1 [link] [Kommentare]

Here is mine: I bought 1000$ worth of PNUT (solana memecoin) back in early november 2024. Sold for 4x or so few days later. Then on november 11th 2024 Binance listed PNUT on spot trading out of nowhere like a week after I sold my entire bag. Had I just waited 1 more week I could have sold for 700-800k... Now I am a broke 23yo, living paycheck to paycheck with a 85k/year job and a lot of debt... submitted by /u/duc_one [link] [Kommentare]