Macro and crypto investor Dan Tapiero is predicting that an altcoin rally is in the cards.
Tapiero tells his 133,900 followers on the social media platform X that the altcoin market now has bullish fundamentals that didn’t exist seven years previously.
“Seven years previously, there were no stables, no [decentralized finance] DeFi, no yield, no Solana, no [non-fungible tokens] NFTs, no decentralized exchanges, no staunch-world resources, no [artificial intelligence] AI, no prediction market, etc. DAE (digital asset ecosystem) development no longer priced in.”
A chart of the total altcoin market cap on the weekly timeframe also suggests the crypto sector is forming an ascending triangle, a pattern usually regarded as a bullish designate in technical diagnosis.
Turning to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), Tapiero says the bull marketplace for the two perfect crypto resources by market cap has a “lot additional to trot” in accordance to the lending market size of both centralized and decentralized finance platforms.
“No chance lending doesn’t scoot multiples over the save it used to be in 2021.
Americanization of Crypto is a driver.
Lending is tranquil in its infancy.
BTC and ETH are first price collateral.”
The macro investor also says the percentage of other folks that preserve crypto resources is more seemingly to scoot increased before the bull market can discontinuance. In step with a recent take a look at by Wall Avenue firm Morgan Stanley, 82% of of us did now not beget cryptocurrencies in 2025.
“This bull market does no longer discontinuance with 82% of these surveyed by Morgan Stanley announcing they attain no longer beget cryptocurrency.
Dinky long publicity in BTC and ETH vs 2022.
All of these metrics will label contemporary highs in designate and ownership all by technique of this cycle.
2026 will be a train yr.”
