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Story: Bitcoin Faces a 10-Year Wait to Crack the World’s Top 5 Assets by Market Cap

By Dan Saada

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Bear Market Still Has Room to Run. The bear market isn't over. Analysts estimate it's around 70% complete, which sounds like progress…

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Why 2036 Feels Both Far and Realistic. A decade sounds extreme. But it's not really surprising when you map out what Bitcoin would need…

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What Investors Are Watching Now. Right now, the focus is on stabilization. Not recovery — stabilization.

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Bitcoin won't be cracking the world's top five assets by market cap anytime soon. Experts put that milestone somewhere around 2036 — a full decade away — even as analysts say the…

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That gap matters. It's not just about rankings. It's about how seriously institutional money, sovereign funds, and long-term allocators treat Bitcoin as a store of value versus…

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Since mid-2025, Bitcoin has dropped ten places in global market cap rankings. Ten. That's not a small slide — that's a freefall through assets that include everything from…

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The bear market isn't over. Analysts estimate it's around 70% complete, which sounds like progress — and it is — but that remaining 30% can still do serious damage.

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And Bitcoin's bear cycles have historically been brutal. The asset swings harder than almost anything else in global markets, which is part of what makes the ten-place ranking…

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The 70% figure offers a kind of cold comfort. Yeah, it's mostly done. But "mostly done" doesn't mean prices are about to rip higher.

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Related: XRP Breaks Below $1.20 as FOMC Wipes $25 Billion From Crypto Market Cap

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That's a hard ask. Not impossible. But hard.

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Regulatory factors are probably the biggest wildcard. Market conditions shift, cycles turn, and sentiment can flip fast in crypto.

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Investor confidence has taken hits too. The prolonged downturn hasn't just hurt prices. It's stirred genuine debate about whether Bitcoin can hold its competitive edge against…

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Right now, the focus is on stabilization. Not recovery — stabilization. Investors want to see Bitcoin stop losing ground before they start talking about it gaining ground.

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The 30% of the bear cycle still ahead is the near-term concern. Nobody knows exactly how long that plays out. Could be months. Could stretch further.

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