Bear Market
A bear market is a prolonged downturn — typically 70–90% drawdowns lasting a year or more — when leverage unwinds, tourists leave, and most altcoins never
A bear market is a prolonged downturn — typically 70–90% drawdowns lasting a year or more — when leverage unwinds, tourists leave, and most altcoins never recover. Crypto has survived several; each one ended with the obituaries proven wrong and the builders still building.
Why it matters
Bears are when the real work happens (cheap to build, quiet to learn) and when the best long-term entries form — but only in assets that survive. Survival correlates with decentralization, real usage, and honest tokenomics, which is why bear markets are the final exam for every claim this site scores. Study in the bear; the bull pays the tuition back.
Related terms
bull market ·
all-time high · volatility