As we enter the final moments of 2025, many industry insiders have already begun to look ahead to next year's crypto market. According to predictions from multiple analysts, 2026 will be a year full of uncertainties—bringing both surprises and potential setbacks.

From a macro perspective and in terms of public chain development, Bitcoin's price is expected to break through the $150,000 mark by the end of 2026. However, it is worth noting that BTC's market dominance is likely to decline during this year. Although recent fintech blockchain projects have garnered attention, the performance of emerging players like Tempo, Arc, and Robinhood Chain may fall short of market expectations—they might see lower daily active addresses, stablecoin flows, and RWA metrics than anticipated. Conversely, Ethereum and Solana are expected to be dark horses, surpassing market forecasts on multiple indicators.

High-quality developers are continuously flowing into neutral infrastructure chains. Meanwhile, a major tech company (such as Google, Facebook, or Apple) is very likely to launch or acquire a crypto wallet product in 2026, signaling a significant institutional move. Among the Fortune 100 companies, an increasing number will announce their entry into the blockchain space, with banks and fintech firms participating the most. Projects like Avalanche, OP Stack, Orbit, and ZK Stack are expected to be the main beneficiaries.

Regarding the Monad project, the crypto community generally remains pessimistic, but analysts have long since forgotten about it. Its on-chain metrics suddenly surged in the second half of the year, possibly indicating a black swan event. Additionally, at least three other blockchains are expected to connect to the DoubleZero network to optimize their latency and throughput performance.