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17 things we're excited about for crypto in 2026 - a16z crypto

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Editor’s note: a16z released its annual “big ideas” from our partners across the Apps, American Dynamism, Bio, Crypto, Growth, Infra, and Speedrun teams this week. So below are 17 things that various a16z crypto partners (plus a few guest contributors) observe about what’s ahead — on topics ranging from agents and AI; stablecoins, tokenization, and finance; privacy and security; to prediction markets, SNARKs, and other applications… to how we’ll build. Be sure to also subscribe to our weekly newsletter for more trend updates, industry reports, builder guides, news analysis, and other resources. Stablecoins accounted for an estimated 46 trillion dollars in transaction volume last year, constantly hitting new all time highs. To put that into perspective, that’s more than 20x the volume of PayPal; close to 3x the volume of Visa (one of the largest payment networks in the world); and is rapidly approaching the volume of ACH, the electronic network for financial transactions like direct dep

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