The four-year cycle has been broken; the next opportunity to get rich quick lies in the [Transparency Act].
In this four-year cycle, most altcoins did not surge in tandem with Bitcoin's new highs as in the past. This resulted in many people who held large amounts of altcoins failing to profit or even incurring losses during this bull market.
Ultimately, this stems from a failure to grasp the development trends and core principles of the cryptocurrency market. The core driver of this bull market was the inflow of capital from Wall Street. They only favored large-cap coins with lower risk and larger market capitalization. Besides BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP, and others all reached all-time highs. Because the source of these funds was Wall Street capitalists, they favored large-cap coins with lower risk—this was the core of this bull market.
So, what should drive the next bull market?
Bitcoin: A national-level fund of sovereign states (store of value)
Ethereum and SOL: The popularization of stablecoins and the expansion of RWA (transparency + smart network)
BNB: The core platform is still Binance exchange (whether it can diversify)
Most DEXs and meme coin launch platforms will collapse. Most people are averse to venture capital, feel insecure about DEX theft, and are disgusted by the various zero-to-zero scenarios of meme coins. Improved regulation will also suppress these two sectors.
On-chain stocks and prediction markets will be the trigger for the next bull market, while the AI sector will be present in all stages of the future cryptocurrency market.
The anonymity sector will continue to capture more market value due to improved regulation, becoming a tool for various gray market activities to transfer funds.
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