[DigitalToday reporter Hyunwoo Choo] Dan Gambardello (댄 감바델로), a nicely-recognized cryptocurrency analyst and influencer, has pushed again in opposition to renewed claims that cryptocurrency is lifeless after a latest plunge, stressing the resilience of bitcoin and main altcoins.
On June 13 native time, blockchain media outlet Decrypt reported he argued the market has not collapsed and that main cryptocurrencies and the rising blockchain sector are nonetheless holding up. After final week’s slide, bitcoin fell to round $60,000, ethereum to $1,506 and XRP to $1.05. Cardano additionally dropped at one level to under $0.15. Because the market later tried to get well, claims that cryptocurrency was lifeless unfold once more on-line, however Gambardello disagreed.
Gambardello mentioned bitcoin is sustaining an extended-time period trajectory towards $1 million. He assessed that regardless of latest volatility it has been forming greater lows, which may very well be a constructive sign for the broader market. He additionally mentioned ethereum bears must be cautious, including that if market circumstances enhance it may overturn scepticism.
He additionally pointed to Sui as a community the place stablecoin exercise is rising quickly. He cited Sui’s stablecoin buying and selling quantity of $227 billion as proof of rising utility and broader adoption. He mentioned Cardano confirmed resilience regardless of latest value weak point and stays an vital challenge.
He described Chainlink because the dominant oracle community and named Midnight as a promising challenge in the privateness section. He mentioned Solana is prone to regain momentum. XRP may benefit from higher regulatory readability and rising adoption, he mentioned, and in DeFi he assessed Hyperliquid is rising as a number one participant.
He known as Bittensor a number one participant in decentralised AI and mentioned Ondo Finance is a key beneficiary of the development towards actual-world asset tokenisation. Gambardello confused that blockchain networks ought to not be seen solely as opponents and that every challenge is increasing digital asset adoption collectively whereas advancing the business’s broader targets.
Declarations that bitcoin is lifeless have been repeated many instances in the previous. Since 2010, bitcoin has been judged to have “died” 472 instances amid tighter Chinese language regulation, the Mt. Gox collapse, the Terra and FTX incidents, main market selloffs and geopolitical conflicts. When the primary such case appeared on Oct. 15, 2010, the worth was about $0.11, however by October 2025 it had risen as excessive as $126,198.
As bitcoin just lately slipped again to the $60,000 degree, such claims unfold once more, however the article additionally offered an estimate that purchasing $100 every time these declarations appeared would now imply holding bitcoin value $65.82 million.
The truth that Gambardello talked about not solely bitcoin and ethereum but additionally stablecoins, DeFi, decentralised AI and actual-world asset tokenisation reveals that the cryptocurrency market’s areas of focus stay extensively dispersed.
