Here's your hopium: q4 is usually bullish for crypto. The summer rally was an anomaly. The last time it happened was defi summer 2020.
Look at the price action of q3 2020: its almost exactly like what's been going on the last few months, only the prices were 10% what they are now. Not only is q4 likely to be bullish if history repeats, but 2026 might be an unprecedented bull year.
This year felt way more like 2020 than 2021. There hasn't been enough hype around crypto this whole cycle as a way to make life changing money. It's mainly just been BTC making boomer gains while every moonboy from 2021 commits sudoku because the trash they bought 4 years ago hasn't made them rich yet. Again, similar to 2020.
The whole point of crypto is to build hype. If the bear starts now, no one is buying back in except BTC boomers. If the crypto industry is to survive it's going to need to put on a nice fireworks display to keep people interested. Maybe the prices need to go lower so they can accumulate more, but as long as the industry isn't completely dead (it isn't), it's just to gather more fireworks
Also the same thing happened last year: fear in markets until the fed actually cut interest rates, not just paid lip service to them. The pump that got sold off was just to make you feel even more hopeless. The dip buyers are on vacation. If you're overexposed, take profits or at least break even while you still can. The game is rigged so the least amount of people make it as possible. But they do have to allow some people to make it.