#机构看市 Coinbase calls out new signals for the crypto market in 2026! Beyond cautious optimism, these big moves are coming.

Coinbase's latest report on the 2026 crypto market outlook highlights key points for the industry: a cautiously optimistic attitude towards the first half of the market, and it teases that the 'DAT 2.0' model is about to launch, indicating that the way of playing in the crypto space is about to change!

In this report, Coinbase likens the current market to 1996 rather than the bubble of 1999, betting that the resilience of the US economy will support the crypto market. More importantly, with 'DAT 2.0', institutions are no longer just simply buying crypto assets for allocation; instead, they are diving into professional trading, custody, and acquiring blockchain space, significantly deepening their engagement with crypto.

On the technical side, there are also many explosive points: the demand for privacy will accelerate zero-knowledge proofs and fully homomorphic encryption technology, and the combination of AI and crypto will give rise to autonomous trading agent systems; application-specific chains will reshuffle crypto infrastructure, and tokenized stocks will also see an explosion thanks to atomic composability.

In terms of market opportunities, the composability of crypto derivatives, prediction markets, and stablecoin payments have become highly sought after, even predicting that by the end of 2028, the total market value of stablecoins could reach 1.2 trillion dollars.

After reading Coinbase's predictions, do you think the crypto market will follow this script in 2026? Share your thoughts in the comments!