In his assessment today, the analyst with the pseudonym DaanCrypto shed light on the current situation and talked about what investors should do. altcoins The first day of the new year continues with a decline for the US market, and since the US markets are on holiday, the boring movements are likely to continue in the following hours.
What Will Happen to Cryptocurrencies?
In the last quarter of 2025, most investors sold because they expected a collapse in 2026, motivated by the four-year cycle story. That’s why altcoins fell to key support levels and BTC He was stuck in the narrow gap. Addressing the current situation, DaanCrypto said that the slow consolidation process continues.
What does this mean? Investors should stay on the sidelines until they see signals that will convince them that this boring period is over, which will take time since the direction has not been determined yet. Roman Trading also said that even short-term investors should stay away from the markets for a while, at least until the holiday weather is over.
“Funding Rate Heatmapdoes not show any outliers in terms of very high or very low funding rates in the market over the last 3 months.
After the initial decline, we are in this slow consolidation phase where we see rebalancing at the end/beginning of the year and the market is looking for a reason to move. This often takes time, and it is often best to wait for that momentum to return before actively engaging again.”
Is It Time for Crypto Now?
USA last year in stocks There was a growth of $9 trillion and yet $325 billion was removed from cryptocurrencies. There is liquidity, but the preference was for stocks rather than crypto within the risk markets. We saw many altcoin ETF approvals in the last quarter of last year and entered the new year through nightmare days. If there is no such thing as not seeing crypto inflows for two years in a row, it should be a year of growth not only for BTC but also for altcoins, with the support of the ETF channel.

In his first Bitcoin assessment of the year, Poppe made assertive statements such as “next week, 90 thousand dollars will be tested and the rise will begin.” But on January 15 MSCI decision there is and Supreme Court It is expected to put an end to customs tariffs this month. So, even if 2026 will be the year of rise, it can start at least by the end of January (at the earliest). Or maybe crypto will deliver one of its pleasant surprises that we haven’t seen in a long time.

