The 4-year model was always a proxy for halving-driven liquidity. With institutional buyers, spot ETFs, and a real Lightning economy, the cycle is just... gone. Less reason to time, more reason to build. If you're going to build, here's how to run your own AI automation stack without handing over the whole thing:
https://thethriftydev.com/blog/n8n-ai-agents-self-hosted-automation-guide-2026/