Coinbase Institutional’s latest assessment indicates that the crypto market is shifting away from traditional boom-bust cycles toward a model driven by structural forces, with activity increasingly concentrated in a few core areas. The shift is expected to shape the market’s trajectory through 2026 and beyond. The report identifies perpetual futures, prediction markets, and stablecoins with payments as the three dominant areas.
Perpetual futures are expected to anchor liquidity and price signaling for on-chain markets, while prediction markets could broaden use cases for forecast-based contracts and hedging. The stablecoins and payments segment is positioned to underpin everyday on-chain value transfer and commerce.
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