Best Cryptocurrencies for 2026: 5 Long-Term Picks

[00:03] better way to end 2025 than with a look at the best cryptocurrencies for 2026? Therefore, in this installment, we'll examine the five coins that, in the long run, could be true gold mines. And I emphasize the long-term aspect. The

[00:19] cryptocurrency market is characterized by its volatility. Rises and falls of more than 10% are things we have to learn to react to. without emotions, without panic, but in a rational way.

[00:33] crypto market and the stock market is precisely what creates opportunities. The idea is always to buy low and sell high, invest when there is fear and sell when there is euphoria. And right now, when we

[00:48] seem to be on the verge of a bear market, there are many opportunities to invest. But before starting the video, I want to emphasize two things. The first is that you have to choose your

[01:00] entry points very carefully. There are coins that are excellent, but if we choose a bad time to enter, well, at least in the short and medium term, we could see ourselves in losses. Therefore, in addition to having a

[01:15] long-term investment perspective, it is important to wait for occasional drops in price to acquire a particular cryptocurrency, and of course, in certain cases, investing using a savings plan can also be a great option.

[01:29] For example, since I published my first video about Bitcoin back in 2020, I have always tried to invest at least $ per week, the same as the cost of two coffees, and it's money that if I lose it wouldn't affect me at

[01:44] all. I asked Chat GPT what the return on such an investment plan would have been, and as you can see, the total invested would have been about $1,500. But yes, there would be about $4,500 in appreciation. In total we would have

[02:01] about $6,000, which is not bad at all. But if we also make larger purchases when there are occasional drops, the return occasional drops, the return would certainly be higher. This is just as an

[02:14] example. The second point is, as always, to clarify that this video does not represent a purchase recommendation. I'm not a financial advisor or anything like that, I'm simply showing you what, in

[02:26] cryptocurrencies for a relatively conservative portfolio. And now, without further ado, let's begin. Idea number one, Bitcoin. For me,

[02:38] Bitcoin is the most important cryptocurrency and one that cannot be missing from It is true that its market capitalization is already relatively high and that it is very difficult for it to increase tenfold in a few years, but in the long term it is one of

[02:54] fundamentals. It's basically digital gold. And I'm not the only one saying this, just some random YouTuber, but the chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States himself.

[03:21] companies, banks, insurance companies, but also states increasingly interested in Bitcoin. The most recent example is in the United States, where Donald Trump decided to create a strategic reserve as if it were gold or

[03:35] an important currency, a strategic reserve of Bitcoin. However, there are other leaders who do not say so publicly, but it is speculated that they also invest in this asset. Or for example, let's listen to Vladimir

[03:49] Putin, who, like Trump in the past, declared himself an enemy of Bitcoin, but today, well, he has realized that nobody can stop this train. How can Bitcoin be used? Nikto. The ispolzovanie of

[04:06] electronic devices is dismantled кто может запретить? Nikto. Here is this new technology. I didn't care, I didn't care about the dollar, that's it развиваться, потому что все будут stremit к тому, чтобы

[04:23] stremit к тому, чтобы снижать издержки and наджность. For all these reasons, Bitcoin is one of the assets that we absolutely must have in our portfolio. However, as I mentioned, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are

[04:36] highly speculative assets, and financial markets move in cycles. There's a saying that goes, "When the stock market is turbulent, Bitcoin catches a cold," meaning that if traditional financial markets fall, the crypto market

[04:51] collapses. The good thing is that this also applies in reverse. With strong markets, cryptocurrencies often see real bullish rallies. This is how we saw Bitcoin rise from $16,000 in 2022 to over

[05:06] $16,000 in 2022 to over $100,000 in 2024. With Trump, things are much more unpredictable, so we have to keep an eye on global liquidity, interest rates, and potential tariffs, but in the

[05:20] long run, Bitcoin will surely see another bull run. And how high could it go? Well, there are several estimates up to 2030 from large

[05:32] investment funds and financial institutions. Let's look at two examples. Standard Charter, for its part, believes that Bitcoin could reach $00,000. optimistic, believes it could exceed one million

[05:47] dollars. I personally estimate it at around $ 250,000 or $300,000. And here my personal strategy is investing using DCA, that is,

[05:59] regular purchases every week or every month, but also larger purchases when I see significant drops. In this specific case I am talking about the land of 80,000 or even 70,000.

[06:11] This is definitely where I would start buying in larger quantities. Idea number two, Etherium. Sei fiom is one of the least sexy coins among individual investors, but no one can deny that

[06:27] despite all the hate it receives in recent months, it has made significant improvements that have allowed it to increase its speed and greatly reduce transaction costs. And sure, it's still a relatively

[06:40] expensive chain compared to Sui or Solana, but its level of decentralization, security, and stability as a network are unmatched . It's something that institutional money knows. Paying 10 times more than, for

[06:54] example, in Solana for a transaction is something they don't care about when it comes to large sums of money. Safety is priceless, and this is reflected in several figures. Today, Ethereum is the most

[07:09] tokenized stocks. Ethereum is the number one choice when it comes to real-world assets . It is the chain with the largest locked value in the entire crypto ecosystem, and stablecoins

[07:23] Ethereum, which has a dominance of over 50%. Today, Ethereum generates a volume of over 6 trillion dollars, already surpassing

[07:35] Visa and Mastercard as a transaction execution layer in dollars. This is complete madness. Ethereum is the quintessential infrastructure for decentralized finance, and as this sector grows, more

[07:51] real-world assets become tokenized, and adoption increases, Ethereum and its second-layer chains will undoubtedly be among its biggest beneficiaries. There are also some fairly optimistic predictions here.

[08:04] fairly optimistic predictions here. Chartera Standard that by 2028 the price of Eer could be around $25,000. And Vanec is aiming for $22,000 by 2030.

[08:17] I, being somewhat more pessimistic, so to speak, would expect a value between 10,000 and 15,000. However, as always, there are challenges. If Eferría had a P/E ratio of 120, a

[08:34] time had quite speculative stocks such as Tesla, Palantir or AMD. In Eer's case, I also make regular purchases, but with less

[08:46] capital. And if I see drops to around $2,000, I will definitely make some larger purchases. Idea number three, Hype.

[08:59] Hyper Liquid Hype has been one of the most punished coins recently, and in the case of Alcoins, a similar saying applies to the one I mentioned a few minutes ago. If Bitcoin sneezes, altcoins catch a cold. In

[09:16] this video I will not explain in detail what Hyper Liquid is and how it works. I've already done this in another video that I'll link in the description. But in summary, we have two main products. A decentralized exchange

[09:28] where we can trade futures with leverage, but where we also have a spot market and some tokenized assets such as stocks and commodities.

[09:40] And on the other hand we have an EVM network called Hyper EVM that and chains like But to be honest, the truth is, their most important product and the heart of

[09:54] their entire ecosystem is their decentralized exchange. Hyperliquid is a money printing machine. It generates a huge amount of profit per month. A large portion of those profits will go towards buying back the

[10:07] of those profits will go towards buying back the ecosystem token. The Hype token. However, Hype has seen a significant drop from its all- time highs, and this is due not only to the overall decline of the crypto market

[10:20] , but also to the brutal competition in this sector, with many projects promising a future airdrop taking a significant amount of volume away from Hyper Liquid. In some cases, it's a rather fleeting competition, as in

[10:36] the case of Aster, since many people who were only there because of the airdrop have already abandoned it. In other cases, that competition is more organic, as in the case of Lighter, which has an excellent product

[10:49] and more organic growth. However, despite all the negative aspects, Hyperliquid continues to innovate. Their product, at least in my opinion, is far superior to that of their competitors. And, for example, during

[11:04] periods of congestion where many of its competitors, well, tend to crash, Hyper Liquid remains functional. At this point, it works better than a centralized exchange. And speaking of centralized exchanges, this is where

[11:18] we have enormous potential. And we have to keep in mind that centralized exchanges, such as Binance, still handle most of the volume. This volume, which Hyperliquid, but also other

[11:31] decentralized exchanges, are beginning to claim, represents enormous growth potential. I believe that in the medium term, and especially when Hyper Liquid

[11:45] announces a second airdrop, a huge volume will return to this platform. More volume means more commissions, and more commissions mean more money for hype buybacks. I believe that sooner or later its token will recover as it

[12:00] has in the past. Personally, if I were to see it at $25 or below, I would start making some strategic purchases for my long-term portfolio. This is regarding Hyperliquid.

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[14:18] Idea number four, BNB. BNB needs no introduction, it is the native currency of the entire Binance SmartChain ecosystem, but it also plays a very important role

[14:31] within Binance, a platform that to this day remains the largest and most lucrative exchange in the world. And BNB's thesis is quite similar to we are betting on a centralized exchange.

[14:45] It's basically like owning Binance shares. BNB has one of the best tokenomics in the crypto world and is one of the most deflationary assets available. Initially, BNB had a total of 200 million tokens, but the

[15:00] goal is to reduce it to 100 million, and this is done through token burnings. Each quarter there is an automatic burn that removes BNB using a calculation that combines the average token price and

[15:13] Binance's revenue. reducing supply and increasing scarcity. For example, in July of this year, 1.6 million BNBs were burned, which is

[15:25] equivalent to about 1 billion dollars. And in October of this year, And in October of this year, another 1.44 million BNB were removed, [music] which is equivalent to about a million dollars, leaving the total supply at

[15:40] about 138 million. As if all that weren't enough, there is also As if all that weren't enough, there is also another mechanism known as BEP 95, which consists of real-time burning. Basically,

[15:53] about 10% of all gas commissions from each block are destroyed here, and this accelerates deflation as the network grows. The more economic activity there is, the higher

[16:05] the rate of deflation. But that's not all. We recently had the Lawrence and Maxwell upgrades that improve the speed, security, and efficiency of the chain, enabling

[16:18] faster transactions, lower costs, and greater capacity for DIFI and BNB is one of my long-term bets. Here, I personally don't make regular purchases, as I believe I've already

[16:32] accumulated enough BNB, but during specific drops I do make strategic purchases, and if I see it around 600 or $00, I will definitely make larger purchases . And now, let's finally move on to idea

[16:47] And now, let's finally move on to idea number five. Solarium. Solana is the currency of retail, of the average investor. Its ecosystem is extremely easy to use, so easy that there are literally children throwing meme

[17:00] that there are literally children throwing meme coins and scamming their followers. This certainly has a positive side, but also a negative side. The positive side is adoption. Solana is one of the chains with the highest volume and largest

[17:13] That's great, but its locked value is much lower than that of Ethereum. And among those millions of users there are also many bots, multiple accounts, and people with very, very small wallets.

[17:26] How awful. But we're not here to judge, we're here to make money. Solana is a very successful network that generates a lot of network commissions given the attention, so in bullish periods it is usually one of the biggest

[17:41] Excellent. However, we cannot overlook the fact that it is a network with rather regular tokenomics, since compared to rather regular tokenomics, since compared to Eer or BNB it is an inflationary chain.

[17:55] Currently, inflation is around 4.5%, and while the long-term goal is to reduce it to at least [a certain percentage], for now it is quite high, and this is a disadvantage.

[18:09] Despite all the negative points, however, I believe that Solana is here to stay. Even in her worst moments, when everyone thought she was dead, her team never gave up. It continued to develop, continued to invest

[18:24] in infrastructure, new projects, advertising, and that is admirable. That said, everyone has their own tastes, my conviction in Solana is rather moderate and I don't make any kind of regular investment here either. If I see

[18:40] very sharp drops and occasional buying opportunities , I might consider acquiring more, but for now I don't have any target price in mind. That said, I remain quite active in its ecosystem, which often provides

[18:54] very pleasant surprises, especially in terms of airdrops [music] and very good returns on liquidity pulses. Although I consider it a much riskier investment than the previous ones, I still think it's

[19:06] previous ones, I still think it's worth having some Solana in your portfolio, especially in anticipation of a possible bull market that I don't know when it will arrive, but I know it will. And as I mentioned before, Solana could

[19:19] be one of the coins with the most explosive rises. And so, friends, we have reached the end of this installment. In my opinion, this portfolio is quite conservative for the

[19:33] long term and could appreciate considerably in a bull market. However, as always, in the short term we can expect a lot of volatility and sharp drops, so be responsible and choose good entry points. Don't rush out and

[19:49] buy those coins like crazy after watching the video. Study them and choose target entry prices. I've mentioned mine, but you choose yours. I hope this video is helpful to you, and

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