[00:01] What will happen to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies during 2026? Let's take a look. Let's begin. Warning, this video is not a financial decisions. Obviously, to reach a conclusion about what might [00:13] cryptocurrencies, we have to analyze different aspects. Therefore, let's start with the first one, which we will see throughout this video. And this first one is institutional adoption along with investment in [00:26] there are many things to consider, as in all the ones we are going to see, but let's break it down one by one. To begin with, Bitcoin represents a little more than half of all the silver in the crypto world. This means that out of every [00:42] 100 positions currently invested in cryptocurrencies, a little more than half, or more than 50, are specifically invested in Bitcoin. We'll look at the exact number later, but for now, just know that more than half of [00:56] all the money in the crypto world is invested in Bitcoin alone. Beyond quite a lot, because for example in the world of stocks, in the stock market, there is no stock that has half the money of all the [01:09] stocks, that is, it doesn't exist, that would be too much, but in cryptocurrencies it does, which, again, I repeat, is noteworthy. But in addition to that, the second relevant fact is that in total all the money invested in cryptocurrencies, whether [01:22] in Bitcoin plus all the others, adds up to a little over 3 trillion dollars, which in Spanish would be something like 3 billion dollars. And look, I'm not getting confused here; I said trillions, it should be trillions. No, no, no. Trillions is [01:38] billions, I'm clarifying just in case. Of course, it goes without saying that 3 lot of money. Obviously it goes without saying, but it is worth saying, but it is worth noting that it is a small amount of money in relation to [01:52] the shares, for example. In fact, a single share can be worth more, and there are several that are, worth more than all cryptocurrencies combined. For example, Microsoft alone is already worth more, that is, it already has more money invested than [02:07] all cryptocurrencies, that is, more than those 3 trillion and change that we saw from the crypto world. And just as there is Microsoft, there is Google, there is Nvidia, there is Apple, so in this way we understand that the crypto world seems very [02:21] big for an individual investor, because 3 trillion dollars is a lot of money, even though it is still small in relation to other markets such as the stock market. with what we just saw. Likewise, later on we will [02:33] compare this data in detail so you can see the enormous difference there is. However, before that, let's look a little more deeply at what I was saying about how much of the money in the crypto world today, of all that exists, is [02:46] precise as possible, at the time of preparing this video, 58.43% of all the money invested in the crypto world was in Bitcoin alone, largest cryptocurrency in the world, which is Ethereum, which again at the time of [03:02] is Ethereum, which again at the time of preparing the video is around 12.37% of market share or crypto market dominance, which is what I was saying invested in Ethereum in this case? A little over 12%. With that data, we [03:16] now move on to what I was saying before about how small the crypto world is, about how small the crypto world is, because the total is roughly 3.2 only Bitcoin, as I told you before, it's a little more than half. In [03:30] this case it is 1.85 trillion. But if we compare it to trillion. But if we compare it to gold, it's between 14 and 15 trillion. Notice that the number skyrockets; it's approximately four or five [03:43] times more than the total crypto market. And that's not even mentioning it when we compare it to stocks or bonds. Global stocks total around 115 trillion, an even bigger amount, and bonds are [03:57] even larger; that is, the amount of money invested in bonds is much more than what exists between all cryptocurrencies combined, multiplied by 10 or by 50, if you like. Well, not really 50, but it's close. It's [04:09] not really 50, but it's close. It's between 130 and 140 trillion. Nevertheless, the value of the crypto market. While it rises considerably in the long term, in the short term, it obviously has very marked declines. In fact, we're now going to [04:21] look at it in the long term, it is tending to rise, that is, it occupies more and more space. For example, in 2021 the total market value was a little over 2 trillion, which was not that far from the current value. [04:36] However, the following year, in 2022, it was only 800,000 million dollars, or 800 billion. We went from trillions to billions, we fell very sharply. From there it began a recovery, it reached its peak in [04:50] recovery, it reached its peak in 2024, 2025 was more or less around there and now in the first days of 2026 it is rising a little bit, but at the moment it is nothing significant. Here's a brief aside because what I told you about [05:02] roughly 3 trillion refers to the end of 2025. However, in the middle of the year, when Bitcoin reached its all-time high, it hit 4 trillion, and again, today we're above. Now, up to this point we have a [05:15] lot of scattered data on how much the crypto market has grown, which is small in relation to others, meaning that it has a lot of room to grow and so on, but how did we get to that situation among many other factors, one of the most important is [05:28] what I told you was the name of this block, which is institutional adoption and investment. What does that mean? that there are a lot of strong hands, as they say, or whales. It's basically people who have a lot of [05:41] money, who started investing in crypto. And why did that happen? Because of this issue of regulation. For example, in January 2024, the SEC, which is the regulatory body for everything related to investments in the [05:56] United States, approved a Bitcoin ETF. This means that from that moment on, investors with a lot of money will be able to invest in Bitcoin through the regulated market . That resulted in a lot of billions of [06:10] dollars flowing into investments in the global market . And that again increases market capitalization. Following that, major managers, some of the world's largest companies such as Fidelity or BlackRock, launched their [06:22] own Bitcoin ETFs. And beyond that, a lot of regulations began to be created at a global level . Some of the best known are the Mica law, which applies to Europe, and CARF, which applies to the vast majority of [06:35] OECD countries. Subsequently, adoption continued to grow, and when we talk about adoption, remember that it is the use and ease of not only investing, but also using cryptocurrencies in general on a daily basis, not only [06:48] Bitcoin, for example, sending money internationally, not only individuals, but also companies. But also the creation of other ETFs, that is, other ways to invest in a regulated manner, if you will, in the [07:01] Bitcoin, but also to be able to invest in Ethereum in a regulated manner and so on. And that's where we investors reach the end of this first "Hey, why is Ariel mentioning all this data to me? I mean, what good is [07:13] knowing all this to me?" What you just learned, if you didn't already know, is that thanks to institutional adoption, that is, thanks to more investors, big, wealthy people, entering the crypto world, they [07:25] obviously pour that money into it. Pouring money into the economy increases demand, which means prices go up. Therefore, the ultimate goal of this first part was to understand why the price was rising and what might happen in the [07:38] future. What's happening is that there's increasingly more regulation in the breeding world. And while the most die-hard crypto fans may not like this, it still brings in at least from an investment perspective, it's positive that [07:54] regulations are increasing, and the more regulated the crypto world is, the more taxes will have to be logically, because before nothing was paid, now something is paid, and in the future it will surely be a lot that will be paid. Ultimately, this makes it interesting for [08:08] different countries and regulatory bodies to regulate cryptocurrencies. So, what would the conclusion be ? As crypto increased, and as investment in crypto increased, [08:21] the price of cryptocurrencies obviously rose. Therefore, if we expect regulations to increase even further because that's in the governments' interest, then we could expect the overall crypto market price to rise even more. [08:34] However, a small clarification is needed here, and that is to understand the following. this whole plan, this whole strategy, or this whole analysis is based on something I didn't say why, and what that is is that as [08:52] large funds, decide to put their money into the crypto world. The question is, decides that it should be that way? Or, "Well, why does it happen?" The answer is quite simple and is as follows. Obviously, imagine that [09:06] crypto world, we obviously know that it has other risks, that it is not regulated, and that maybe tomorrow we'll get hacked, or the exchange will go bankrupt, or the exchange will turn out to be occasions. Then we could lose all the money we put there. But while it [09:21] may mean a lot to you and me , how much can it be? Let's assume a very good case, $100,000, which is a person who has a lot of money, or a million dollars, a person who has a lot, but obviously it's not all the [09:33] However, imagine now that you are a person who has 100 million dollars. You would put 100 million where it is not the same to lose $100 or $1,000 as to someone who has 100,000,000 wasn't going to put it in an [09:49] unregulated market. Now, when it's regulated, he can put up those 100,000 knowing go up or down. That risk will always be there, but it's also present in the won't happen that tomorrow they tell you, "Oh, you know what, the crypto you [10:02] had has already been stolen." That's not going to happen because now they're doing this through the regulated market. The fact that the market is regulated gives more security to those people who had so much money, and that it gives them security [10:14] turn it over, as has happened. How can we see this? And because, for example, from see this? And because, for example, from 2024 to today the invested in cryptocurrencies, has doubled and even a little more. And [10:29] that was as a result of this ETF that the SEC launched or that the SEC approved for Bitcoin, and well, the various events that were happening. It goes without saying that it's not just halving, which if you don't know what it is, we'll see it later, so don't [10:42] worry, but I mean, there was a lot of news, but a large part of it was due to adoption. In conclusion, then, from the first block, it is expected, or at least we could conclude, that cryptocurrencies should [10:55] regulations continue to increase as they have been doing and as is expected to happen. Therefore, the first sign is positive for the crypto market. Let's move on to the second piece of information. So far we have a conclusion and very [11:08] positive news because they indicate that the price should rise, but you know, investors, this financial advice, I clarify this for regulatory reasons. You can request my free advice on the cards, in the QR code, and in the description . If I [11:20] tell you what to invest in and I don't charge you a penny, you don't have to pay me anything. But I always clarify, these videos are informative and educational. However, be aware, because this is only the first part of the analysis. Let's continue. This time we're moving away [11:32] from the regulatory aspects of investment and into cyclicality and events, which you'll obviously already understand. First of all, let's clarify what the very superficial way because you don't need to really understand it in [11:44] depth. First of all, in general terms , just understanding that it's an event that happens every 4 years is more than enough. If you want to understand it a little better, I'll explain it as simply as possible. Imagine that there are people who [11:57] mine gold, that is, they go to a gold mine, they get up with a pickaxe and start extracting pickaxes anymore, but with machinery, but you understand. There are people who go and extract gold. Well, imagine that every 4 years for some reason the world decided that the [12:14] amount of gold we're going to be mining with that pickaxe is going to be cut in half. In other words, we're going to extract half the amount of new gold each time. Currently to extract half the amount of new gold each time. Currently , for example, there are 0 g of [12:27] mined gold. No gold was mined. We start mining. How much are we going to mine? For example, 10 gold bars per year, in 4 years that number will be reduced by half. That means we're going to start mining 5 kg of gold per year. Four [12:42] years later it is reduced by half, we start mining 2.5 kg or ingots or whatever of gold and so it is reduced by half each time. This prevents the supply from decreasing, meaning it does n't reduce the amount of gold [12:56] available. Because going back to the same example, the first year I mine 10 ingots, the second year I mine 10 ingots, 10 ingots the third year, 10 ingots the fourth year. And that's where it's halved, but it does n't halve the number of [13:08] halves the number of ingots I'm going to mine new ones. So, I had 40 ingots up until that point, and I still have 40. The thing is, it's not going to increase to 50 next year, it's going to increase to 45. It keeps increasing, [13:22] but less and less. That's exactly what happens in the crypto world with the halving. Every 4 years the creation of new bitcoins is reduced by half. That's all. The last one we had was in 2024. At that time, [13:38] 6.25 bitcoins were being mined, and that was cut in half to three bitcoins and change. The next one, as I said, is every 4 years, so the next one will be in 2028 and it will be reduced to about one and a half Bitcoins, a little bit more. [13:52] Just so you know, the maximum number of bitcoins that will exist is not unlimited, you probably already know this, there will be up to 21,000,000. As of today, approximately 95% [14:07] of the 21 million coins that will exist have been mined or created. And also, as a fact, it is estimated that roughly 20% of what has already been mined, remember that roughly 20 million were mined. Well, 20% of those 20,000,000,000, which is 4,000,000, is [14:22] estimated to be lost, meaning that it's money that will never be recovered. Therefore, of the total number of bitcoins, which will be 21,000,000, at least 4,000,000 will be lost, or at least those are the estimates. In [14:36] short, the total number of bitcoins circulating won't be 21 because four are lost; it will be 17. Why am I telling you this? It's a matter of supply and demand that works all over the world, not only with [14:49] crypto, but with anything. The more of a product there is, whatever it may be, the lower the price, due to supply and demand. In this case, since there are fewer bitcoins, the price [15:03] will tend to rise, which is positive. So the fact that 4 million bitcoins were lost is positive for the price of Bitcoin. We'll continue for now. Now that you know what the halving is, how new [15:15] bitcoins are reduced by half, how many bitcoins there are today, and so on, let's move on to the next section, which is actually the important part of this segment: what happens to the price of Bitcoin after a halving. It's worth noting [15:28] that all other cryptocurrencies tend to follow Bitcoin rises, all the others tend to rise afterward, at least the vast majority. So, Bitcoin was created in 2008, which means the first halving [15:42] was 4 years later, in 2012. At that time, the price went from $ to 11,150. We're talking about a 10,000% increase. The next halving, 4 years later, in [15:54] 2016, caused Bitcoin to go from $650 to $19,920, or a 2,900% increase. The next one, much more recent, was in 2020, in which Bitcoin went from $700 to $69,000, [16:10] that is, a 690% increase. And the last one, which was in 2024, caused Bitcoin to rise by 110%. going from 60,000 to approximately $125,000 . As you will see, after each halving there is a very strong rise, [16:25] images, afterwards the price tends to fall very sharply. In 2011, in just 5 months, the price fell by 94%, which is one of the biggest drops in investment history. Then, between the end of 2013, December [16:40] between the end of 2013, December 2013 until 2015, those 13 months, Bitcoin fell by about 85%. Between 2017 and 2018 the same, approximately 84% , and between 2021 and 2022 almost 80%, 77%. [16:57] Therefore, as you will see, the price, although it tends to have a very strong rise after each halving, once that peak in which the price skyrockets ends, it then falls very sharply as well. In fact, on [17:11] different prices of Bitcoin over time and its halvings. With all this information, here are three more facts that we found and think are useful for you to know. After each halving, the price of Bitcoin has reached a new [17:25] higher price than it had ever been before . That all-time high was reached between 12 and 18 months after the Hallving, as a fun fact. And second, each new bullish cycle, that is, each time Bitcoin [17:40] rises sharply and reaches a new maximum price, lasts for longer and longer percentage increase is getting smaller and smaller. In other words, the first time it went up 10,000% and the last time 100%, which is still a lot, but it's much less than the [17:55] previous time, logically, 100 times less if we're talking percentage-wise. However, the time during which the price keeps rising is getting longer and longer. It's not necessarily a good thing because often people like [18:08] things to rise very quickly in a short time because it means a lot of short-term profit, but what it does is give you more time to invest at some the profit, which has its positive side. Beyond that, let's now get to [18:21] the conclusion of this second section. First of all, after very sharply. That's what we saw with the data. Now, we are in the middle of it, that is, 2 years ago, in 2024, there was a halving and the [18:36] next one is in 2 years, in 2028, when there will be another halving. So the upward period that lasts between 12 and 18 months has already ended. Today we are no longer in that period where the price should rise, so according to the [18:51] data, according to the statistics, the price of Bitcoin should not rise during 2026, maybe stay the same, maybe fall, but in principle it is no longer positive news because we are not in that moment of euphoria just coming out [19:04] tends to skyrocket. With that in mind, what we started thinking about was, well, if there is a drop, how big could that drop be, how much could the price of Bitcoin fall? Today, it fell in the worst- [19:17] case scenario after the all-time high, to approximately 125,000. From there it fell to 36%. Right now we're a little bit above that, that is, we 're not at a 36% drop today, but more or less around 30 and change. [19:31] However, remember that in previous drops, none had been 36%. In fact, the least it fell, which was the last time, was 77%. Therefore, the current drop of 32 could double, that is, it could [19:46] fall again by that same number and still remain less than the previous drop. Therefore, that situation could very well occur. In other words, there's still a long way to go, or it could fall much further, at least if we base our decisions on the data. [20:00] To think that the drops in the last halvings were 77, 84, 85, which I put all in the same bag because it's almost the same, and 94%. If any of those three drops from the high of 125,000 were to [20:15] occur, we would be talking about Bitcoin at 29,000, 20,000 or $7,000 respectively depending on the percentage of the drop. In other words, now that we are close to $90,000, the price could fall a lot. Obviously, I'm not telling you all this so [20:30] sell your Bitcoin immediately because the price is going to fall. No, no, that 's not the intention. It's simply a matter of seeing what might happen based on the data. In personally, I don't think any of those falls will happen. In fact, it might not even [20:44] reach $45,000. My own analysis indicates that it wouldn't crypto world, nor do I have a crystal ball, so it's simply one aspect, one point of view, one opinion and nothing more than that. Likewise, [20:59] the final conclusion of what we believe may happen, but therefore we have in block one positive aspects plus regulations that investment, that is, basically for the price of cryptocurrencies would be positive. [21:13] That's block one, point in its favor. Block two is negative because during 2026 seen before. That drop could be bigger; we saw how big the drop could be and we also saw why, because we are no longer in that [21:27] 12-18 month period of increase, blah blah blah. With that clear, let's move on to the third section, which is about the Bitcoin Rainbow Chart. While you may not know what it in cryptocurrencies wouldn't, it's quite good because it's a [21:42] you can put it into practice whenever you want. And I'll show you what it's like . To begin, you go to Google or wherever you use to search for things on the wherever you use to search for things on the internet and you are going to put Bitcoin space, [21:55] rainbow, which is a rainbow chart that means graph. It doesn't matter if you put it all spaced out together, it's all the same. You type Bitcoin Rainbow Chart exactly as it appears on the screen and search. Once you do the search, you're going to choose [22:07] appear, because it's all the same, simply any of the graphics. All you click on the one that says blockchaincenter.net, but it's just any old one . And I'm going to slide down . What is this graph? As you can see, [22:22] its name, because remember that Rainbow was rainbow. But basically what this tells you is, what point in the cycle are we at? What do I mean by I told you that after the halving the price goes up and after the rise [22:37] comes a fall? Well, that was repeated because there was a halvin up and down, another halvin up and down, and so on. So, it is said that the market moves in cycles, up cycles, down cycles, up-down cycles, up- down cycles. This chart [22:49] down cycles. This chart attempts to predict how far the price could fall during the bearish phase of the cycle, how far it could rise during the bullish phase, and so on. As you can see, it has [23:02] the halvings marked, and after the first halving in 2012, we had a strong rise. Reaching the part that is in red and even exceeding it, which says maximum bubble territory, which in Spanish would be like we are at [23:17] maximum bubble risk, that the bubble could burst and the price would fall. After that, the price fell to the medium blue-violet color zone, the cooler colors, which as you can see at the very bottom says [23:31] best time to buy, apparently according to the chart, because from then on the price could only go up, I repeat, according to the chart. Well, the price of Bitcoin was down there at around 200, 250, blah blah blah, the [23:47] price could go up or rather it went up to 17,000, then it Why am I showing you this? Because you yourself can come in here, see at what moment, whenever you are watching this video, whether it was just published or [24:01] you are. As you can see, at the time of recording this video, the price is basically at a fair sale, meaning it's super cheap and a great time to buy because it's practically free , blah, blah, and it's going to go [24:15] Then we'll have to see what happens. For example, we can see what happened before. If we look at the period before the last halving, the price was in this Bitcoin is death phase, meaning that it was a must-buy and all that [24:27] price did eventually rise, notice that it didn't go into the red zone and skyrocket, but rather it went up, it went to some slightly warmer colors, reaching a green, but it didn't reach yellow, orange, or anything like that, [24:40] which was what was expected. Having said that, what you can do with said that, what you can do with this graph is more or less orient yourself. If you see it at the top, it might be best to wait a bit [24:52] because you could be in a bubble. If you're feeling pretty good at the bottom, in one of the last two colors, then maybe it makes sense to buy a little because the price is quite cheap in relation to at least this [25:04] chart. This isn't an investment recommendation, but it's something to keep in mind . The conclusion of this third cycle, which as I told you was shorter, a good time to buy because Bitcoin is cheap. Again, the [25:18] Next, we'll look at the overall conclusion. Let's move on to the fourth point, clarifying helping us a lot if you shared it with other people who are starting from scratch and might be interested in getting into the crypto world, but want to do so on the right foot without [25:32] taking unnecessary risks. Now, let's move on to the fourth section. Here we'll discuss the risks we can expect for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies during 2026, clarifying that for me the biggest one is the second one I'm going to [25:45] mention. The first one is something mediocre, so it should be taken with a grain of salt if we think about it in the long term. Now, if we think about it in the short term, it's good to keep it in mind. And it's all those news stories that might come out that have a [25:58] recently between the United States and Venezuela. (By the way, if you don't know what we , we made a complete free video on the cards about it, analyzing more concrete examples . Last year, 2025, when Trump [26:15] announced the tariffs he was going to impose on China and all that mess started, $19 billion was lost from the crypto world. Because? Basically because the price fell very sharply, it exploded again in just a few days, and [26:28] that, well, caused a lot of people to lose money. Something similar happened towards the end of 2025. On September 21, the first day of spring, almost 3.5 trillion was lost, a little more than 3 billion actually, [26:41] mainly due to this issue of liquidations. In other words, someone, whale, someone with a lot of money, sold Bitcoin on purpose, causing the price to drop sharply. After that, there were many people who were [26:56] that were reached by that drop. There was a lot of sales, more supply was generated, sharp drop. It recovered a large part of it during the day, but it still means that 3 trillion were lost all at once. Three and a half billion [27:11] dollars were lost. Now we move on to the second one, which as I was saying, for me is the most relevant one, and it is the following. There are increasingly more regulations in the section, which in principle from an investment point of view is [27:23] apparently positive, but there is a small catch, if you will, that I don't see , so I think it's good to mention it and it is the following. When you start to be regulated more and more, and you don't want to be regulated because [27:36] cryptocurrencies don't want regulatory entities to know they have that money, then what they start doing is withdrawing the money. This is similar to what we in Argentina would have been like during the corralito crisis . What's happening? They wouldn't let you [27:49] People were desperate; they wanted to go and withdraw dollars from the banks. When you tried, they blocked you, and each time there was more fear, more people wanting to go, those dollars. So, in short, a negative snowball effect is generated, [28:03] worse corralito (bank freeze). In other words, that nothing could be done with the dollars anymore, that nobody could withdraw them. Well, the same thing could happen at least on certain crypto platforms. Platforms that, instead of having the [28:17] money that their clients, that we users, have available, are using our money as an investment, for example, by lending it to some other company, platform, or person. This way, if [28:32] have my money available because it's invested, but they give me Pepito's money, and then Pepito will get Juanito's money, and so on. That's fine, or it could happen, as long as we don't [28:45] want to withdraw them all at the same time. If a platform is suddenly regulated and everyone wants to withdraw their money from it, then what could happen is that the platform won't be able to handle the withdrawals because the money is [28:58] committed, and that would cause it to go bankrupt. I'm not saying this because of one platform in most platforms face as [29:10] the utmost caution. Likewise, later on we will provide a solution of a platform, which anyone involved in the crypto world already knows, us to the third risk, which is actually [29:23] less the same thing, and that is the possible bankruptcy of platforms, regardless of whether it is because want to withdraw their money due to a regulatory issue. There have already been crypto platforms. And when I talk about big ones, you'll say, well, how big? [29:39] We are talking about the second or first crypto platform globally. At the time, the second one was FTX and it went bankrupt. At one time, Cuadriga CX was the largest in Canada, one of the largest in the world, and it went bankrupt too. And [29:54] many of them, for example, those from Cuadriga 6X, were scams. So, you have to crypto because beyond what might happen due to bad luck, such as people withdrawing their money, not having enough and going bankrupt, beyond that there are also a lot [30:09] of scams. So, there's a lot of risk out there. Let's now try to find a possible solution. In the crypto world there is a phrase that says, "Not your keys, not your coins". What does that mean? If you don't have the [30:22] private keys to your cryptocurrencies, those cryptocurrencies don't really belong to you, which means they could disappear tomorrow. Why is this the case? Or rather, when is it like that? This happens when you have your cryptocurrencies [30:35] platforms that allow you to buy and sell cryptos. To illustrate this, I'll give you an ambiguous example, so to speak , and that is Hototler. Hotler is a platform that has a lot of crypto services, like most, but [30:48] one of the things they offer is a web 3 wallet, that is, a decentralized wallet or a non-custodial wallet, as it is called a bit more technically. And what does this mean? That way, you are the [31:01] owner of your cryptocurrencies. When you have a non-custodial wallet, you are not dependent on what happens with the platform. In this case, You breaks its speaker. You don't lose your cryptocurrencies, meaning they will always be yours. [31:18] Even if you didn't want to create your own YouTodler wallet, because maybe because it's still from a company, blah, blah, blah." In that case, what you can do is create any of the other non-custodial wallets that there are a [31:31] lot of and connect it to the platform, with Hotler, so you can operate you have a lot of alternatives; it's not that one thing rules out the other or time. That's why I'm mentioning this platform to you, because it's the one that allows you to [31:45] general, people who invest in crypto tend to recommend this. Here at recommendations as such, but those who use CRI tend to recommend it mainly for the reason I'm telling you, that is, because if you have money invested in a [31:59] bankrupt, it can be hacked, it can be a scam, a lot of things can happen . If you have it in one of these wallets called non-custodial, you wallets called non-custodial, you have 100% responsibility, but at the [32:11] same time autonomy with that money. So , you're the only one who actually has it. You have it on a platform, you do n't really have it yourself. You have it in a non-custodial wallet, that's where you really have it . To draw a parallel and make it [32:24] platform, on an exchange, would be similar to having the money in a bank. And we already know in Argentina that with the corralito that's not having the money, or at least it's not 100% yours. And the other one would be the Non-custodial Wallet, which would be [32:37] like having it in cash stored at your house. That's your money. In any case, if you want to try the Hotlet platform and have the wallet, non-custodial features, and so on, you can do so. It's 100% free, you have the link in the cards and in [32:49] the description of this video. Now that you know how to protect yourself in any case against a possible eventual bankruptcy of X platform, let's go to the conclusion of this video, which is ultimately what we're here for. What will happen to [33:02] cryptocurrencies in 2026? First, let me sum it up in three words: I don't know. Inverark, we're going to give you the answer you came looking for. It goes without saying, but we'll include a link in the description to a [33:18] strategy we'll explain in a few minutes. Beyond that, you'd be subscribed and turned on notifications while you're here. This helps you keep learning 100% free and receive freebies like the Excel file, and it also [33:33] So thank you in advance. Likewise, you can see if what I'm about to so, subscribe, and if not, don't. The choice is yours. I'll tell you what my point of view is. I am completely sure that [33:46] view is. I am completely sure that at some point before 2028, that is, before the next Bitcoin halving, the price of Bitcoin will be below today. And I mean considerably lower. In fact, I estimate that it [34:01] lower. In fact, I estimate that it could fall to at least $70,000. So I sure that the price of Bitcoin will fall to at least $90,000 sometime between 2026 and 2028, somewhere in that range. Remember that just because I'm absolutely [34:17] mean it's going to happen, I mean, I have no idea. This is a personal analysis. So, we'll leave that aside. I think the price of Bitcoin is going to fall to $0.00 at some point within the next 2 years or to $70,000 or [34:30] below. And secondly, I am equally certain that, just as I am very sure that the price will fall, I am also very sure that after 2028, that is, after the next halving, between the end of 2028 and the beginning of 2029, the [34:42] price will surpass the previous high of $130,000. So, if I were to buy today for around 90,000 and the price were to rise to $15,000, we would be talking about a 40% increase. [34:58] think the price of Bitcoin can rise 40% in dollars? I say yes and much more. But be warned, before that, as I just told you, I think the price is [35:10] So, we need to be careful. With this personal analysis, this personal opinion in mind, what do I decide to do? Since I believe the price of Bitcoin can go lower and will go lower, that's what [35:23] I think, then I see it as making sense not to put all your money into investing in Bitcoin today. Because? And because I believe, and I'm very sure, that the price is going to come a crystal ball and I have no idea if the price will go down or not, I don't [35:38] see anything illogical about buying today, because maybe tomorrow it won't go down, it will opportunity to have bought today when it was cheap because tomorrow the price will go up. That's all in this context again. What is the conclusion? [35:52] I personally going to do that isn't a recommendation? Since I believe the price will be lower, I'm not going to invest everything today, but since I also believe it will eventually start investing today. So, what 's the conclusion? I'm going to buy it little by [36:07] little, as if I were saving up. As I'm able, I buy small amounts of Bitcoin or whatever cryptocurrency each person considers appropriate; in my case, Bitcoin, another. So I'm going to buy Bitcoin little by little, successively, week by [36:20] week, day by day, month by month, as much as I can. I'm doing this only point the price will exceed $130,000 by a long shot, because remember that after each halving the price doesn't reach the previous peak and already far surpasses it [36:35] . It could reach $150, $ 170, $200,000 and the profit would be much sure that at some point that's going to happen, and it doesn't mean it will happen, but since I'm sure, I'm buying little by little . If the price keeps going up, I'm [36:49] winning. If the price keeps going down, I average my purchase price lower and benefits me because the day it goes up, if it ever does , I earn more. So, I know that whether the price goes up or down, it's all in my best interest as long as [37:06] up in the long term. This strategy is called DCA. I didn't create it, not by a long shot. It known strategy, but the important thing is that anyone who is going to buy anything buys Coca-Cola shares on different days or buys, in this case, [37:22] needs to know what the average price was at which they bought it. And for that, to bought it for is, all you have to do is enter how much you bought, that is, how much money you invested, at what time and how many bitcoins or how many shares [37:37] that money you put in at that time represents. With that done in an Excel spreadsheet, you can find out the average price, and that Excel file, so you can calculate it yourself, is the one I left in the description. So if this analysis and that [37:50] course, investors, as always, thank you very much for your support. And here's a free cryptocurrency course for beginners. If you want to learn how to invest in cryptocurrencies, and you're starting from scratch, you can do it for free there. [38:03] from scratch, you can do it for free there. I hope it's helpful. Yeah.