Crypto Crashed Again : What to Do (And What Not to Do) When the Market Goes Red
Hello, I'm Jenie! If you've been in crypto for more than one cycle, you know the feeling. You check your portfolio and the number is significantly smaller than it was last week. Maybe you're watching Bitcoin sit 50 percent below where it was a few months ago, wondering whether this is the dip you buy or the beginning of something much worse. The 2026 crypto crash has been genuinely severe. Bitcoin peaked at $126,000 in October 2025 and dropped below $60,000 by February 2026, a decline of more than 50 percent in just four months. - Over 335,000 traders saw their positions forcibly closed in a single day, with long positions accounting for approximately 93 percent of the total wipeout. - If you're sitting in that discomfort right now, this post is for you. Not to tell you what Bitcoin will do next, because nobody actually knows that. But to give you a framework for thinking clearly when everything around you is red and the noise is deafening. Table of Contents ...