21Shares: Bitcoin will end the traditional four-year cycle, predicting that the annual trading volume in the market will exceed 100 billion USD.

21Shares released the 2026 Cryptocurrency Status Report, which presents several important predictions. The core predictions of the report include: Bitcoin will end the traditional four-year cycle and shift towards a mature macro asset driven by structural capital inflows, macro adjustments, and regulatory clarity;

The global cryptocurrency ETP assets under management will increase from the current over 250 billion USD to 400 billion USD, outperforming the Nasdaq 100 ETF; The supply of stablecoins will grow 3.3 times from 300 billion USD in 2025 to 1 trillion USD; It is predicted that the annual trading volume in the market will exceed 100 billion USD; The total locked value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) will increase from 35 billion USD to over 500 billion USD.