Coinbase Ventures just spotlighted the biggest growth trends for cryptocurrencies in the year ahead, but what are their 2026 crypto predictions? Find out what lies ahead and what serious money is targeting in 2026, from real-world assets on-chain to AI-powered crypto tools and new types of DeFi credit. While Bitcoin and majors trade mostly sideways, venture funding tells a different story, with crypto VC deals jumping to $4.65 billion in Q3 2025, the highest since early 2023. That cash now starts flowing i ...

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has identified stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization and privacy infrastructure as some of the most important forces set to shape the crypto industry in 2026, according to research published by its crypto team. Stablecoins Move Into the Mainstream The report argues that stablecoins have already reached mainstream scale citing an estimated $46 trillion in transaction volume last year — a level that rivals or exceeds major payment networks such as PayPal ...

总部位于美国的全球最大规模加密货币交易所之一Coinbase(COIN.US)旗下市场研究机构Coinbase Institutional，近日在一份最新公布的2026年展望报告中指出，加密货币市场正在进入一个新阶段：市场 活跃交易的集中度比单纯的宏大叙事动能更重要;该展望将2026年界定为一场重大检验，即在更为纪律 化的市场条件下，加密货币领域的核心市场能否实现规模化扩张。 由Coinbase全球研究部门主管David Duong与研究助理Colin Basco等加密货币资深研究员撰写的这份专 业研究报告认为，大众无比熟悉的加密货币周期模型——围绕散户投机、代币发行以及特定协议催化因 素所共同构建，正在变得不那么可靠，因为机构参与度与市场基础设施管道(market plumbing)在塑造定 价行为与价格发现方面发挥着更大的作用。 Coinbase将永续期货确定为加密市场活动的核心支柱，并指出加密货币衍生品如今在主要交易场所占据 了大部分交易量。该机构表示，这已将价格形成的机制转向仓位、具体的资金费率以及流动性状况，而 不再仅仅依赖长期以来由散户投资者们所驱动的增长动能。 报告称，在2025年末的清算事件之 ...

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The Hyperliquid Foundation is moving to permanently remove roughly $1 billion worth of its HYPE tokens from supply. This bold action comes as the token’s price slides to seven-month lows, struggling against a wave of doubt. The burn is a direct answer to fierce competition from newer platforms that are attracting traders with aggressive reward campaigns. What Does This Token Burn Actually Mean? First, let’s quickly define our terms. Hyperliquid is a major decentralized exchange (DEX) for navigating mark ...

“This can be seen as a new dawn for financial nihilists,” Dr. Amin Samman, senior academic in international political economy at City, University of London, and the author of “Currency of Nihilism,” told Decrypt . “What we're dealing with is a kind of rolling bubble, which is like a simulated carnival mounted from within the financial void—the emptiness, the groundlessness of finance itself, which cannot be avoided.”For its critics, Hyperliquid, whose representatives declined to comment for this story, is t ...

Coinbase is dramatically expanding the assets available to trade on its platform, including novel cryptocurrencies, perpetual futures, stocks and prediction markets, starting with Kalshi. How soon will Coinbase become a Swiss Army knife trading platform? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." ...

Coinbase announced at its Dec. 17 System Update event that it will expand the range of tradable assets on its platform by adding stock trading, prediction markets, and perpetual futures. The company also plans to launch stock perpetuals for users outside the U.S., begin integrating Kalshi for event-based trading, and incorporate the Solana DEX aggregator Jupiter into its main app to support onchain token swaps. https://t.co/yHf160QBhH ...

Coinbase signaled on Wednesday that its platform is expanding beyond digital assets, with U.S. customers gaining access to traditional stock trading as part of a sweeping update. In a livestreamed event, the exchange detailed changes to over a dozen new and existing products, ranging from prediction markets to decentralized finance on Solana, as well as an end-to-end platform for creating digital representations of real-world assets. As a commission-free brokerage, Coinbase said it will support thousands o ...

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