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Harry Dent, the founder of HS Dent investment firm, has issued a warning that the worst market crash in history is coming in 2026. In a discussion hosted by David Lin on Monday, December 22, the market expert predicted that the now nearly 17-year-old market bubble would burst, bringing stocks down 90% in what he described as the worst market conditions since the Great Depression. Most notably, the analysis rejects the idea that the speculative excess is limited to artificial intelligence (AI), which has now become one of the key talking points when it comes to market valuation. Instead, Dent claims that equities, real estate, and digital assets are all trapped in a debt-fueled super-bubble.  “But this bubble is different because it started in 2009 right out of the gates, didn’t let a recession finish all cleansing of debt and stuff and took right off, and just kept going,” Dent said. The U.S. economist traced the origins of the current cycle back to the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, arguing that policymakers prevented a natural economic reset with their monetary intervention. Specifically, the global economy should have experienced a prolonged downturn, as it did in the 1930s, but aggressive deficit spending sped up the expansion. Bitcoin as an indicator of a market crash The discussion touched on Bitcoin (BTC) as the clearest sign of a broader market downturn. Namely, “digital gold” has fallen roughly 30% from its recent peak, a move the analyst sees as consistent with previous cycle tops. “Bitcoin is the best leading indicator. Nvidia is the second we have,” he said. Historically, Dent noted, Bitcoin has never reached new highs following the peak year of its four-year cycle. In each instance, it has gone on to decline by at least 77% in the following year. Based…

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