Raoul Pal: "The 2026 altcoin supercycle is coming... Now is the time to accumulate"

Source: BlockMedia Original Title: Raoul Pal: “Altcoin Supercycle Coming in 2026… Now Is the Time to Accumulate” Original Link: https://www.blockmedia.co.kr/archives/1019171 Famous macro investor and CEO of Real Vision(Real Vision), Raoul Pal(Raoul Pal), predicts that the upcoming 2026 will be the peak of the ‘altcoin supercycle.’ He diagnoses the current market as being in a stage where energy is consolidating ahead of explosive growth.

According to information shared by crypto analyst Merlijn The Trader(Merlijn The Trader), Raoul Pal forecasts that within the next 12-18 months, the market will enter a full-fledged vertical phase(Vertical Phase). This is included in his keynote speech at the Solana Breakpoint(Solana Breakpoint) 2025 conference held in Abu Dhabi.

“Next after Bitcoin is Ethereum, then explosive growth in altcoins”

Raoul Pal emphasizes the liquidity flow typical of a bullish cycle. According to his explanation, the market progresses in the following sequence:

Bitcoin(BTC) leads the market. Ethereum(ETH) follows. Then, liquidity flows into all assets, causing altcoins to rise in a parabolic manner.

He states that this process will unfold over the next 1 to 1.5 years, and especially in 2026, it will not be just another year, but a period where the market surges vertically.

A perfectly matured macroeconomic environment

Raoul Pal analyzes that the current market environment has the perfect conditions for a bull run. Key reasons include confirmed interest rate cuts, a surge in global liquidity, and quiet accumulation activities by institutional investors.

Meanwhile, individual investors remain paralyzed by fear, watching from the sidelines. Raoul Pal explains, “The first half of a bull market is driven by asset revaluation by institutions, while the second half is filled with retail FOMO(FOMO), even for small-cap coins.”

“Don’t buy the dip out of fear and chase madness”

He emphasizes that it’s not too late for the market. He describes the current state as being like a spring fully compressed, and that the altcoin season is not dead, just sleeping.

Raoul Pal advises, “2026 is when the alarm clock will ring,” and “If you don’t want to just watch after the rocket launches, you should get in early when the public feels fear.” He advocates preparing for asset rotation.