Sideways in the right way:
not enough decrease to be pessimistic,
not enough increase to be happy,
and especially... not enough drama to have content.
In sideways, volume is asleep, sentiment is asleep, and traders open the chart just to close it again. Analysts are 'temporarily observing', holders are 'temporarily silent', while KOLs turn to tell life stories.
The whole market becomes a 'temporary' conference.
The funniest thing is that everyone knows that sideways is to gather energy, but no one knows whether it's to go up or down. Because sideways promises nothing, just says 'wait for me'.
And when the market is too quiet, people start creating the narrative for version 2026:
“AI and Crypto are already the default meta”
“Modular and Restaking are now infrastructure”
“RWA is the new safe yield of crypto”
“Layer2 needs a new narrative to justify its valuation”
But what has been accumulated the most is still: the time and patience of retail.
It goes on until a big candle appears, the whole Twitter (oh, forgot, Square) shouts “I told you so!”.
No one says what they don't protect.
Conclusion:
Sideways poor in content, but rich in opportunities… for those who are willing to wait until the market's lunch break is over.
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