VanEck CEO Jan van Eck forecasts that Bitcoin, stablecoins, and blockchain technology will endure, while many other cryptocurrency projects may become obsolete within the next five to ten years. Speaking on The Master Investor Podcast, van Eck highlighted 2026 as the "year of corporate control chains," where financial institutions will integrate blockchain benefits while maintaining ecosystem control. Van Eck, whose firm manages approximately $225 billion in assets, emphasized the importance of AI computing infrastructure, India's economic rise, and fiscal overleveraging by developed economies as key themes for the next decade. He also noted that while Nvidia has become a central player in AI infrastructure, the surge in memory chip stocks resembles a bubble driven by temporary supply-demand imbalances.