I'm pretty convinced crypto is heading for a breakout year. The thing is, nobody seems to see it coming.

Look at the pattern. Early 2025? Pure bullish euphoria. Then things fell apart. Now here we are in early 2026 and the mood has completely flipped—everyone's deep in bearish territory. But that's usually when things don't play out the way people expect.

It's the classic contrarian setup. When sentiment swings this hard from one extreme to the other, that's often when the market does something different. The herd mentality tends to be wrong at the extremes. So while most traders are bracing for more pain, I think we're actually setting up for something much stronger ahead.