I don't see any solution to survive in crypto in 2026.

[vs2014]

Airdrop dead
Meme coin dead
NFT dead
ICO dead
IDO dead
IEO dead
Web3 dead
Testnet dead
Gamefi dead

So I don't see any solution to survive in 2026. Because the economic damage caused by the war is huge and may take a long time to recover. So there is no much speculation left in the crypto market in 2026. Let's hold on to Bitcoin for now and stay calm and look to the future.

[OmegaStarScream]

Testnet dead? 

But for the rest, I'd argue that none of it has anything to do with the war, and more to do with the memecoins and pump fun that sucked the liquidity out of markets. This has been the state of the crypto market for a few months now.

[Charles-Tim]

But for the rest, I'd argue that none of it has anything to do with the war, and more to do with the memecoins and pump fun that sucked the liquidity out of markets. This has been the state of the crypto market for a few months now.

There are some people that do not do research but some will do research and make conclusions with wrong information. A good example is the COVID 19 that people thought that caused bear market in early 2020. This is another one but I think this is more about not doing a good research and I will not be surprised if AI also say something like this but I do not think it should.

[vs2014]

Testnet dead? 

But for the rest, I'd argue that none of it has anything to do with the war, and more to do with the memecoins and pump fun that sucked the liquidity out of markets. This has been the state of the crypto market for a few months now.

From 2024 to 2025, this year's meme coin community sucked up most of the liquidity in the market. The result was a lot of scam projects and investors were constantly losing money. Then after the arrival of ton ecosystem and telegram gaming bot there was a lot of excitement about meme coins which resulted in only scams and scams all around. These two years we were only in losses because we were addicted to the addiction of getting rich overnight.

But crypto does not promise to get rich overnight.

[noorman0]

Testnet dead? 

Maybe he mean they no longer provide the same incentives as they did when they were part of the hype.

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The result was a lot of scam projects and investors were constantly losing money.

"Investors" is just a fancy term in their marketing, but they're not really them. They might be more accurately called junk collectors to fill their wallets. lol

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But crypto does not promise to get rich overnight.

For honest people, no. For scammers, crypto is a paradise.

[ultrloa]

Airdrop dead
Meme coin dead
NFT dead
ICO dead
IDO dead
IEO dead
Web3 dead
Testnet dead
Gamefi dead

So I don't see any solution to survive in 2026. Because the economic damage caused by the war is huge and may take a long time to recover. So there is no much speculation left in the crypto market in 2026. Let's hold on to Bitcoin for now and stay calm and look to the future.

Those what you mentioned are scam and instead of wasting your time, getting worried about the situation happened with those  scams better divert your attention on top alts. You will not easily got choked by scams if you just try to deal or trade those known or top coins in the market.

But if you feel to hold for long term no other best coin to choose here than Bitcoin, since that coin is proven to be good and other alts even we say tops are so risky to pick up when we talk about holding it for many years.

[sergiorus]

I feel the same way.

There were periods of similar despair in early 2019 and in spring of 2020 but they were nowhere as long as the current one.

One of the main lessons the crypto has taught us is that patience is usually rewarded in the end. Not all of what you've listed will have a comeback as some of those probably were just a short lived mania but I do believe fun times will come again eventually.

For now you can DCA a bit into high conviction plays or farm airdrops that almost no one else farms anymore and if the good days come back you'll be rewarded.

[$crypto$]

Due to the bearish market, many projects cannot stand upright when the market is shaking hard, I see that there are several projects that have been running for a long time finally closing their operations due to market instability, so this is when the bull comes again, many projects will grow and may even be testnet providing good incentives? Don't expect too much because expecting a portion of the airdrop is almost all uncertain even though you have spent a lot of capital.

[HyperCodexV]

Gone are those days when all these things were turning people into millionaires overnight. Now it feels like most of them have become ways to scam people out of their hard earned money without remorse. The space is not really dead, it’s just more risky and saturated now. The easy money phase is gone and only the more careful and patient people will survive. So holding strong assets and staying calm makes more sense now than chasing every new trend.

[MAAManda]

You shot it well, mate. Price performance of altcoins is heavily influenced by Bitcoin (BTC), the main catalyst in the crypto market. If Bitcoin (BTC) doesn't perform well, altcoins will follow suit. Given the current conditions, the best way to maintain portfolio value is to simply hold Bitcoin (BTC). If market conditions improve, I think we'll see other categories perform well as well.