Looking back at 2026 in crypto? One image really does capture the whole vibe. The market had its typical rollercoaster moments—explosive rallies followed by sharp corrections, emerging layer-2 solutions gaining traction, institutional players making bigger moves, and retail FOMO cycles hitting on schedule. DeFi protocols kept evolving, NFT hype came and went in waves, Bitcoin and major altcoins showed classic volatile patterns. If you had to compress the entire year into a single frame, it'd basically show this: chaos, opportunity, and the constant loop of greed and fear that keeps the crypto market ticking.