Galaxy Research's 26 Predictions for the Cryptocurrency Market in 2026

Since 26 predictions are too long and many of them are not worth caring about, I'll just summarize a few, guys

1. BTC will reach $250,000 by the end of 2027. 2026 is too chaotic to predict accurately, but Bitcoin is still likely to make new highs this year.

2. The total Internet Capital Markets market capitalization on Solana will skyrocket to $2 billion (currently around $750 million), thanks to the maturing onchain ecosystem and shift to

3. No Solana inflation reduction proposal will be adopted in 2026, and the current proposal SIMD-0411 will be withdrawn without a vote.

4. The ratio of application revenue to network revenue will double in 2026, marking a shift in value from the base layer to the application.

5. The SEC will grant an exemption to expand the use of tokenized securities in DeFi under the "innovation exemption" program.

6. Stablecoins will surpass ACH in terms of trading volume.

7. Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) will account for more than 25% of total spot trading volume by the end of 2026 (currently about 15-17%).

8. The total capitalization of privacy tokens will exceed $100 billion by the end of 2026 (up from ~$63 billion).

9. Net inflows into US spot crypto ETFs will exceed $50 billion.

10. At least 5 digital asset treasury companies (DATs) will be forced to sell assets, be acquired or close.

11. There will be a federal investigation into insider trading or manipulation related to the prediction market.

12. x402 payments will account for 30% of daily transactions on Base and 5% on Solana (non-vote), signaling an increase in the use of onchain rails for agentic interactions (such as AI agents).

As for the remaining 14 predictions, I don't think I'm very interested, you can read them in full at the original 👇 article