The 2025 crypto market has come to an end. Looking back on this year's investment opportunities and challenges, many investors are beginning to consider their next strategic moves. Recently, several industry KOLs organized an in-depth discussion, bringing together well-known thought leaders such as Grace Bird, Michill, Hippo, and others to comprehensively review the actual performance of crypto investments over the year.



This dialogue focused on several core topics: how mainstream cryptocurrencies performed in 2025, which sectors outperformed the market, and the strategic differences between institutional and retail investors. More importantly, the guests analyzed potential opportunities for 2026 from different perspectives—whether to continue optimistic about innovation in the DeFi ecosystem, new breakthroughs in NFT applications, or the integration opportunities of AI+Web3.

For those planning to adjust their investment portfolios, insights from industry experts often provide new perspectives. Whether you experienced gains or regrets in 2025, clarifying market logic and identifying the key bets for 2026 are the most practical needs at this moment.
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RugDocScientistvip
· 01-10 06:02
It's the same review article again, every year it's pretty much the same haha

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What do Grace Bird and others say? Still the same old DeFi, NFT, AI trio?

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Are retail and institutional strategies very different? Basically, it's still an information gap.

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What are the bets for 2026? Feels like everyone is gambling on the next hot trend.

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Sometimes these discussions are more reliable than just guessing on your own.

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Mainstream coins are performing so poorly, how come some people still dare to go all-in?

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How did Hippo blow their trumpet this time?

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Whether it's gains or regrets, we still have to do it next year.

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Will AI+Web3 really become a hot trend? Feels like the concept is being hyped a bit too much.

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Clarifying market logic, that statement sounds a bit vague.

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Before adjusting your portfolio, listen to what they have to say. Anyway, you can't lose much.
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Web3ExplorerLinvip
· 01-10 05:59
hypothesis: these roundtable recaps always sound revolutionary until u actually check the portfolio allocation... bridging the gap between what kols preach and what they're actually holding? that's the real oracle problem ngl
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ChainSauceMastervip
· 01-10 05:30
Here we go again with the review, did last year's KOL predictions really hit or miss?

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Differences in retail investors' strategies? Honestly, it seems like the institutions knew the information all along.

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AI+Web3 combo punch, it feels like it's mentioned every year, and every year it crashes and burns.

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Are those few from Grace Bird really that knowledgeable? I just followed the trend and bought the full package last year.

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Ugh, 26 years and still waiting so long, what should I do with this current market?

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New breakthrough in NFT? I just want to ask, who is still playing with this stuff?

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DeFi innovation sounds good, but I'm afraid it's just new wine in old bottles.

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These roundtable discussions, they say it's a review, but really, it's just armchair strategizing after the fact.

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Finding the right direction to bet on is so difficult, it feels like gambling.

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The group that outperforms the market in this track, are they still holding positions now?
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AirdropF5Brovip
· 01-08 12:29
It's the same old rhetoric... The things Grace Bird and others said, I heard them last year, and this year it's the same old story. Can they really bottom out at 26 years?

DeFi innovation is a joke; it's all been drained by vampires. Let's see if there's any new concept.

To be honest, the difference between retail investors and institutions is one has bullets, and the other is just fortune-telling.

AI+Web3? Wake up, this is just a new narrative packaging. The trend is still far away.

Year after year, no one has ever truly become rich—just copying and cutting each other.
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ShibaSunglassesvip
· 01-07 14:08
It's that kind of "Let's do a review" situation again, sounds good but the real money makers are probably just a few people.

Sounds good, but why am I still losing?

DeFi, NFT, AI+Web3... all hype cycles, just like last year’s trend that didn’t pan out this year.

No matter how well those KOLs speak, retail investors still have to bear the risks themselves.

What’s the point of betting on 2026? Better to fill the 2025 gaps first.

Instead of listening to reviews, why not check who’s really making huge profits?

Here we go again, reviewing every year and losing every year.

Feels like these discussions are just tools for information asymmetry to cut the leeks.

The difference between institutions and retail investors? One is the cutter, the other is the one being cut.

Is DeFi really that powerful? My friend has been in for two years and is still stuck.

Why are we always discussing the next trend? What about the last one?
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MiningDisasterSurvivorvip
· 01-07 14:04
Another "In-Depth Discussion," I've been through this cycle before. No matter how eloquently the KOLs speak, isn't it just a dump in the end?

New breakthroughs in NFT applications? Laughable, it's just a revamped ICO scam from 2018.

AI+Web3 integration... what about contract risks? No one dares to talk about it?
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GrayscaleArbitrageurvip
· 01-07 14:04
Is this the same old story? Did Grace Bird and the others say anything new, or is it just the same old tune?

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DeFi innovation? I’ve already gone all in by 2025. I’m already losing money, and I still have to listen to this.

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The difference in strategies between institutions and retail investors. Basically, they have earlier information and more funds, and we can only follow the trend.

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New breakthroughs in NFT applications. I’ve heard this for over a year. When will it actually happen?

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Instead of listening to these, it’s better to look at on-chain data. Who’s beating the market, don’t they have a sense of it?

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AI+Web3 is back again. Every time there’s a new trend, it’s hyped up like this. I’m numb to it.

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Next step? Let’s first recover the losses from 2025, then talk. Haha.

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Going to arbitrage, don’t bother with these recaps. Stable returns are more attractive.

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Relying on watching KOL live streams to learn investing. How many times do I have to be fooled before I wake up?
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WalletWhisperervip
· 01-07 14:00
whale clustering patterns in '25 were *chef's kiss*... institutional accumulation phases don't lie, but retail bag holders sure do lol
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