“Prepare your sled in the summer and your wagon in the winter.” The year 2026 has arrived: The bull market is over. To successfully survive the cryptocurrency winter, read this carefully. 👇

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It may seem premature for some to discuss this now, but preparation for winter does not start at the end of November, but in advance.

✓ Similarly, we should not wait for the onset of crypto winter to prepare. While a bull market promises profits to many, only a few will be able to keep them.

Market cycles are a well-known phenomenon. More often than not, people don't prepare for cycles and face adversity unprepared.

➜ But the next bear cycle can be extremely brutal.

The cryptocurrency market is a space of endless possibilities. However, we must face reality.

Over the last 2-3 years, more and more regulatory measures have been imposed on cryptocurrencies. Therefore, we should prepare for regulations as their arrival is inevitable.

Decentralization between 2011 and 2020 was different from what we see today.

The current form of decentralization can be called regulated decentralization, which is “an improvement over centralization.”

Anonymous coins like $XMR are being delisted from exchanges because exchanges want to comply with regulators.

The move doesn't just mean delisting, it marks a significant shift towards exchanges aligning with regulators.

It is likely that we will see more such actions from exchanges in the future.

For example, if only 5% of your capital is in cryptocurrency and you believe in a particular coin, then such maximalism is reasonable. However, if the majority of your capital is not already in cryptocurrency, then it pays to be more cautious.

Unfortunately, the markets are set up in such a way that 80% of people lose money. During bear markets, there is a spike in fraud, hacks, investigations, and other scams.

➜ Steibles problems have the potential to be the biggest surprise in the upcoming bear market.

The first signs of this already appeared in April. A bill has been proposed in the US to ban unsecured algorithmic stable coins. This bill could be amended, amended, amended, amended, etc.

➜ Nevertheless, it is worth thinking about the fate of stable coins now.

I foresee several problems with stablecoins during the next bear market. This could lead to a long-term decline or even turn into a full-blown scam.

That's why I'm preparing now and encourage you to do the same.

➜ Still skeptical? Think back to what happened with $UST.

Many people didn't think that such a massive scam was feasible and ended up losing money by buying the stablecoin at a discounted rate.

I'm not one to risk my savings, which cost me years of hard work. So I suggest considering a strategy to protect your savings.

✓ When it's time to lock in profits, we may still have a few months before cryptocurrencies face their first problems.

Fortunately, there are several ways to save and invest your money in real life:

- cash
- stock market
- real estate
- farmland
- physical gold

Restart

It is very likely that the next bear market will start a global “restart” of the cryptocurrency market.

If the regulators intervene, many projects may fall into oblivion. However, this will not destroy the market, but simply restart it.

After that, cryptocurrencies will endure, but we may have to say goodbye to the times of astronomical 10,000% gains in a single day.

Gary Gensler has a bad reputation among cryptocurrencies.

The SEC under his leadership sues blockchain platforms and companies, which jeopardizes their existence. The regulator has failed to set proper rules for the industry, although he claims the rules are up to date.

➜ This unfavorable situation is expected to continue, with more litigation against cryptocurrency companies expected in the future.

The truth is that this “restart” will create a more favorable market environment and, most importantly, relieve pressure from the SEC.

Retail investors will begin to feel confident knowing that the SEC is in control of the market, which will result in trillions of dollars flowing into the market.

➜ In 2023, the market value of stocks exceeded $100 trillion.

➜ Today, the market value of the cryptocurrency market is ~$2 trillion.

However, for this scenario to materialize, investors must have confidence in cryptocurrencies and not be afraid that their stablecoins may suddenly depreciate.

◢ Strategy

Deciding how to protect your savings in real life is your personal choice. However, if you are going to leave some of your funds in the crypto environment, stable coins may not be the most reliable option to survive a bear market. You need to be prepared for possible collapses.

Here are the top 3 stablecoins in which it will be safest to deploy capital in a bear market:

- USDC (most compliant with regulations)
- DAI (most collateralized)
- USDT (largest and most liquid, 80% of capital in US bonds and Bitcoin)

In case of unforeseen circumstances, it is wise to quickly transfer your stable coins into hard assets.

The safe assets here are BTC and ETH. However, there is considerable uncertainty regarding other options.

The fact is that if you invest only in altcoins, you are among the 80% of CIS market participants. The vast majority do exactly that, as they consider this strategy to be the most profitable.

But searching and parsing altcoins requires a lot of resources to analyze projects and stamina to survive drawdowns of up to -90% of the deposit.

If you don't have the time or desire to understand the intricacies of picking alts, it is wise to choose a long-term strategy in the more reliable and understandable Bitcoin.

And the most interesting thing is that such a simple strategy for the distance bypasses all attempts to beat the market at the expense of alts in terms of profitability.

Yes, but Bitcoin is already very expensive and won't give those x's....

Indeed, there is a perception that many people mistakenly think bitcoin is expensive and underestimate the power of compound interest over distance and do not have a clear investment strategy.

I've decided it's time to fix that, and I'll be hosting a free Bitcoin Strategy Intensive on my channel very soon.

I will dispel myths and misconceptions about Bitcoin, and also show you how anyone can create their own Bitcoin strategy and accumulate impressive capital, investing even $50 a month, without exposing themselves to additional risks, without thinking about what coin to buy and when to sell it, so as not to lose money.