Payments following the x402 standard will reach 30% of Base daily transactions and 5% of Solana non-vote transactions in 2026, signaling greater use of onchain rails for agentic interactions
might be a bit early
Payments following the x402 standard will reach 30% of Base daily transactions and 5% of Solana non-vote transactions in 2026, signaling greater use of onchain rails for agentic interactions
might be a bit early
U.S. spot crypto ETF net inflows will exceed $50 billion
seems reasonable, a dark horse that could prevent extreme drawdowns <65k
The combined market cap of privacy tokens will exceed $100b by end of 2026.
currently $20B
Stablecoin interest rate volatility will remain tame and borrow costs will not exceed 10% through DeFi applications.
bullish basis yield coins?
Card networks will plug into public blockchain rails
continuation of the trend - see Hashdex
The SEC will grant some form of exemptive relief for expanding the use of tokenized securities in DeFi under its “innovation exemption” program. The Securities and Exchange Commission will offer some kind of exemptive reliefallowing for the growth of the onchain tokenized securities market.
even if we don’t get CLARITY in federal law, crypto is likely to get them through guidance and rulemaking. That could provide the crypto industry with a degree of regulatory comfort over the next several years, no matter what Congress is able to accomplish
Solana inflation
Solana’s current annual inflation rate (as of late 2025) is generally reported at roughly ~4.1 %–4.2 % per year based on its built-in emission schedule. This is down from its initial ~8 % and continues to decline year-over-year toward a long-term target of ~1.5 %.
This shift is reinforced by
Note Ethereum's zk integration expected by 2027 further integrating liquidity via EIL and moving towards 10,000 TPS
BTC will hit $250k by year-end 2027. 2026 is too chaotic to predict, though Bitcoin making new all-time highs in 2026 is still possible. Options markets are currently pricing about equal odds of $70k or $130k for month-end June 2026, and equal odds of $50k or $250k by year-end 2026.
likely due to missing last year