People didn't believe in bitcoin, so they sold it in 2011, 2014, 2017, and so on.
I think people have learned a lesson from this bull season that made bitcoin price to hit $100k which is an evidence that will make people not to be worry when they are hodling bitcoin than to have hope in their hodling, The price will definitely rise higher in 2026 because people are still expecting another price that will make people to be more confident on bitcoin.
The future is not a guarantee so it's all in our decision whether you want to take the risk or sell and back to the old centralized banking system for your payments.
Yes the future is not guarantee that you must make a reasonable income from crypto, you can use your skills towards crypto to know when to sell to take income from your hodling and still have hope your crypto because nothing last forever in this world.