A signal more scarce than gold has appeared! Looking back at 2015 and 2018, what’s different this time?

In the torrent of the crypto world, there is an extremely rare technical pattern. It’s like a sleeping giant beneath the sea, only stirring at the most desperate and coldest moments in the market, quietly moving its body to stir up a towering wave of the future. For 95% of investors, perhaps they can only catch a glimpse of it in the replay of candlestick charts over a lifetime.

We’ll tentatively call this signal the “Despair Cross.” It appears only once in each complete bull-bear cycle in history. Like the winter solstice in the cycle of four seasons, it marks the peak of extreme cold and also signals that daylight will gradually lengthen day by day.

Rewind to 2015. That year, after the shadow of Mt. Gox’s collapse, the market was in chaos, everyone was on edge, and Bitcoin’s price struggled in the low hundreds of dollars. It was in this atmosphere of silence and despair that the “Despair Cross” quietly triggered. What happened next? About a month later, the market stopped making new lows, an invisible hand supported the falling knives, and a slow bull market that lasted for years began.

History is astonishingly similar, but not a simple repetition. In 2018, during the darkest moment known as the “Crypto Winter,” Bitcoin plummeted from a high of $20,000 to around $3,000, countless projects went to zero, and faith trembled in the cold wind. When the market could no longer hear any bullish voices, and “blockchain revolution” became a joke after dinner, that familiar signal lit up again. Miracles played out once more. About a month later, the market found that “diamond bottom” that made many people regret and pound their chests, and a new round of violent bull market was set in motion.

Twice, in despair, ignored by many. Twice, within just a month of the signal appearing, a historic bottom was reached.

And now, we stand at the crossroads of 2026. Outside the window, the wind howls, and bad news seems endless. Fear spreads like a virus through the community, and the sound of cutting losses and exiting is endless. Yet, amid this chaos, that deep and steady roar seems to come once again from the abyss of the market. That mysterious signal, which only belongs to the cycle bottom, its familiar outline gradually emerges from the fog.

History does not simply repeat, but it always follows the same rhythm. If the previous two “Despair Crosses” yielded a hundredfold or even thousandfold increase, then this time, when it reappears, it points to something more than just a bull market.

Perhaps, we are standing before a door to a completely new dimension. This rally will no longer be just a emotional rebound or halving anticipation, but will be accompanied by a genuine shift in global liquidity, the full realization of mainstream crypto applications, and the resonance after traditional finance’s giant wheel officially enters this blue ocean.

The upcoming market may unfold in a way far beyond our linear thinking. It’s not just about doubling or tripling; it’s a re-pricing of the entire financial landscape. It will make everyone who endures realize that all the suffering, waiting, and loneliness of the past few years will ultimately be exchanged for an unimaginable reward.

It will be a magnificent picture, so grand that our current barren imagination cannot even sketch one percent of its splendor.

Buckle up. Because when the storm truly hits, most people won’t have time to react.

(Note: This article is only a technical review of the pattern’s history and personal opinions, and does not constitute any investment advice. Cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile with significant risks; please exercise caution when entering.)