#95%山寨币跌破长期均线 Will there still be hope for altcoins in 2026?

According to research data from CoinGecko, the “Great Cleanup” of 2025 was unprecedented — over 11.56 million crypto projects declared dead throughout the year, accounting for 86.3% of failures in the past five years. In the fourth quarter alone, 7.7 million tokens went to zero.
On October 11, a “liquidation chain reaction” wiped out $19 billion in leveraged positions in a single day. The altcoin season index has been hovering at 25/100 for a long time, with the number of tokens skyrocketing and funds severely diluted. Institutional capital has flooded into BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP through ETFs, with little interest in other altcoins.
But after the big waves, sectors with real revenue are rising against the trend.
The total on-chain value of RWA assets is about $25 billion, with BlackRock’s BUIDL and Franklin Templeton’s Benji accelerating their deployment.

DePIN has become the antidote to the AI computing power shortage, with Render and net costs only 20-30% of traditional cloud services.

AI agent tokens are opening up a new valuation dimension called “aGDP,” and the integration of AI and Crypto is expected to soon trigger a major explosion.

Renowned analyst Michaël van de Poppe predicts that 2026 will selectively reward patient investors, but also warns that most altcoins may not survive;
Moonrock Capital founder Simon Dedic also predicts “2026 will see the return of the altcoin season,” referring only to the leading mainstream altcoins.

The consensus is clear: it’s not a broad rally, but the top 1% of projects capturing the majority of gains.
After the big waves, which sector do you think has the most potential to emerge? Feel free to leave a comment. 👇