Lee said a more dovish stance from the US Federal Reserve and the end of quantitative tightening set the stage for gains later on.
He put a possible market correction in the mid-teens range, estimating a pullback of about 15% to 20% at one stage.
Reports say the White House’s selective support for certain industries could tilt which sectors lead the recovery.
2026 is shaping up to be similar to 2025:
– good fundamentals 
– tariff escalations and White House picking “winners and losers” – political divisiveness – tailwinds from AI and blockchain BUT: dovish Fed now and QT over
Lee argued that recent squeezes have left crypto markets fragile. Market makers have been weakened by repeated forced exits, and that has made price moves jumpier.
He also noted that a fresh Bitcoin all-time high would be an important signal that the market has worked through those stresses, though he didn’t repeat earlier extreme price targets in his latest remarks.
Reports stress the difference between a technical bounce and a move backed by wider adoption and deeper institutional flows.
Despite warnings that a painful decline may still unfold, some investors are not backing away entirely. Reports say parts of the market continue to view sharp pullbacks as buying chances rather than exit signals.
Even with uncertainty around tariffs and global politics, Lee and his camp believes disciplined dip buying — spread out over time — offers better odds than trying to time a perfect bottom while fear dominates headlines.
Reports indicate that more than $1.8 billion was liquidated over a 48-hour stretch as bitcoin lost ground.
The selloff erased gains made earlier in the year and pulled crypto capitalization sharply lower, in one of the biggest drops since mid-November.
Featured image from Allrecipes, chart from TradingView
