How AI Broke the Four-Year Crypto Cycle — and Why 2026 Still Matters

Key Insights AI changed the usual mechanics of the four-year crypto cycle, and that shift helps explain why the expected rate-cut-driven crypto boom did not arrive in 2025, even as institutions flowed capital into digital assets. The observation, first set out in a widely circulated thread by X user Gammichan on Nov. source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2025/11/21/how-ai-broke-the-four-year-crypto-cycle-and-why-2026-still-matters/