Crypto’s 2026: Get Rich or Just…Wait 🤔

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The calendar’s gettin’ thin, just eighteen days ’til folks start makin’ resolutions they’ll break by January second. Coinbase Institutional, them high-falutin’ types, are lookin’ ahead to ’26, tryin’ to read the dust. Seems the water’s gettin’ warmer, not a flood yet, but a steady seep of money comin’ maybe before you can say “blockchain.” They reckon this’ll stick around ’til April, which, in crypto years, is practically forever.

Now, the Fed, that big machine in Washington, they trimmed a little off the interest rate – a quarter point. Not enough to dance in the streets, but enough for Coinbase to nod and say, “Yep, that was expected.” They’re buyin’ up government papers, U.S. T-Bills, see, like a banker kickin’ the tires on a used car. Coinbase calls it “light quantitative easing,” or “stealth QE.” Sounds kinda sneaky, don’t it? 👍 They figure it might just give the crypto markets a little lift. Ain’t that always the way?

Easing comes, tightening goes.

The FED’s 25bp cut announcement came as expected this week, but their plans to make reserve management purchases (RMP) of US T-Bills over the next 30 days is constructive news, to say the least.

Here’s the RMP breakdown:

• Initial $40B…

– Coinbase Institutional 🛡️ (@CoinbaseInsto) December 12, 2025

So, less barkin’ from the Fed, plus them buyin’ those T-Bills, and folks are bettin’ on a couple more rate cuts next year. All good news for the digital gold rush, or so they say. It’s like watchin’ a slow train gather steam…you wonder if it’ll actually get anywhere. 🤷

Everything lining up for massive 2026

Hunter Horsley, the fella runnin’ Bitwise, he’s shoutin’ from the rooftops that things are comin’ together for a big ’26. “Stunning,” is the word he used. Stunning. Folks use that word a lot these days. He believes the old rules are gone, that four-year cycle folks been talkin’ about? Dead as a doornail.

He says we already are in a bear market, has been since February. But it’s been disguised ’cause of some big players shovelin’ money into Bitcoin. The kind of thing that makes a fella scratch his head and wonder what they know that we don’t. You gotta wonder, don’t ya?

Markets in mildly bearish phase

The whole crypto shebang is still lookin’ a little peaked. Had a rough patch last October, a real tumble where folks lost near nineteen billion dollars on bets gone bad. 💸 Reminds ya that this ain’t exactly a sure thing. Bitcoin’s kinda hangin’ around the bottom of its price range, and whenever it tries to climb, somebody swoops in and sells.

Some outfit called Glassnode says things are lookin’ “mildly bearish.” Meaning folks ain’t rushin’ in to buy, but the big shots are steady as she goes, sellin’ off a little at a time. It’s a quiet sort of struggle, a tug-of-war with not much noise. Makes a man long for a good dust bowl, at least then you knew things were bad! 😂

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2025-12-13 13:07