A lot of people are still arguing about whether Bitcoin already topped for this cycle at 126K. Honestly, it doesn’t even matter. The story of this cycle isn’t the exact number Bitcoin peaked at—it’s the fact that Bitcoin won while the rest of the crypto market completely exposed itself. This cycle made something brutally clear: Bitcoin is the only asset in the space with real staying power, real demand, and real momentum. Altcoins had every chance to shine, and instead they faceplanted.
Look at the charts. Bitcoin ripped to a fresh all-time high and kept pushing, but the altcoin market couldn’t even get close to matching its previous cycle strength. The gap between Bitcoin and everything else didn’t just widen—it turned into a canyon. In past cycles you could count on alts to explode once Bitcoin broke out. That rotation never came this time. The so-called “ETH killers,” “next Solanas,” and “future blue chips”? Completely lifeless the moment the real market moved.
Ethereum, the second-biggest coin on the planet, didn’t even deliver a convincing new high. That alone tells you what’s going on. If the number-two player can’t break out during a roaring Bitcoin run, the lower-tier projects don’t stand a chance. And they didn’t. Most of them barely retraced a fraction of their old highs, while tons of them didn’t move at all. Some looked like they were in permanent bear markets—during a supposed bull cycle. That’s embarrassing.
What happened here is simple: liquidity concentrated around the winner. Institutions came in heavy, and they didn’t waste time messing with random tokens. They went straight to Bitcoin—spot ETFs, custody products, futures, long-term allocation, everything. When serious money steps into a sector, it picks the clear leader. It’s the same dynamic you see in every mature market. The market stopped gambling and started voting. And the vote was overwhelmingly in Bitcoin’s favor.
This is also the cycle where the “altcoin supercycle” myth finally died. It turns out most of these projects don’t have real-world usage, cash flow, adoption, or staying power. They’re speculation vehicles pretending to be technology. When the environment got tougher and the big players entered, the weakness was impossible to hide. They couldn’t keep up with Bitcoin’s momentum because they were never designed to survive long term. They were designed to pump—once.
Bitcoin didn’t just outperform; it separated itself completely. Even if 126K ends up being the cycle top, Bitcoin walked away with the narrative win. The network is stronger, more secure, more adopted, and more recognized than ever. Countries, institutions, and major financial players are building around Bitcoin, not around altcoins. The game has shifted from hype to actual credibility, and only one asset in the crypto market has that.
And now the conversation has changed. It’s no longer “Which alt will be the next big thing?” It’s “Why did every alt fail to follow Bitcoin to strong new All Time Highs?” That’s a brutal flip in momentum. When the majority of a market can’t even participate in its own bull run, you know where the real value is. Bitcoin is no longer just the leader—it’s the only one consistently doing what it’s supposed to do.
Even if the top for this cycle is already in, the winner is obvious. Bitcoin didn’t just outperform—this cycle proved that it’s the only digital asset that actually matters long term. Altcoins had their chance. They blew it. Bitcoin didn’t need them then, and it doesn’t need them now. The market made its choice.
Then my Dogecoin is doomed into obscurity. ☠️
Yeah I agree. But why not sell?
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Compared to BTC, my next biggest holdings have failed hard. I was hoping for a little bump to trade it all for btc. May need to swallow my pride and just do it! I have kept waiting for VET to do something, lol.
I powered down 25K Hive a year ago and sold for .45 cent average , I know many here critics selling any Hive but I just felt alt season was basically canceled and the Jan moves looked artificial AF, even though Bitcoin is 15% lower, hive is 75% plus lower so it was a good move to put it into Bitcoin. I bought Gold the last time before that I sold Hive which was at $3.00 in 2021, now that was a legendary move! I just got lucky after planning to sell 90K Hive at dollar but when my power down hit we were at $3.25 and that one week paid for all the hive I bought. I sold more as we dipped to $1.00 over many weeks so didn’t get out all at $3.00 but that two or three weeks I did get way above dollar made it amazing luck and was forever house money. I don’t think I’ll get that lucky again! I had gone crazy buying over 100K Hive at .10 cents average in 2020 & 2021 so that was legendary selling so much higher. Bottom line, always take something off table when there is a crazy move up! At least sell off enough to make what u leave in all house money! !PIZZA !LADY
Pretty much all of my crypto holdings are essentially "paid for". I always take profit, usually in silver or gold. But I may still lose some of the Alts and forget about them. The cool thing is, most of my stack came from crypto profits!!
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I’ve been saying similar for a while! I mostly agree well I agree 99%. Hey man off topic but as lame as it is if you are going to participate you should get a discord account! I saw the comment of you tagging Eds, you gotta reach out on discord. I will say something for ya but just a heads up these communities all have discords to bring up any issues.
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BTC is definitely the big dog on the block and likely always will be. It will be interesting to see how in the long run which coin ends up being the main paying medium, as BTC is just to slow. For some time I thought Doge might pull it off, and it still might. But we'll see, a few months can change everything in the world of crypto!
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