Pantera Capital has released a report forecasting significant trends in the cryptocurrency industry for 2026. Key highlights include the emergence of AI-powered autonomous agents facilitating economic transactions and the growth of tokenized gold as a digital asset. The report, authored by research analyst Jay Yu, also anticipates the division of prediction markets into financial and cultural sectors, alongside the development of stablecoins as a global payment infrastructure. Additionally, the report addresses potential risks to Bitcoin from quantum computing and predicts increased corporate consolidation of Bitcoin holdings. These insights provide a roadmap for the future evolution of blockchain technology and decentralized finance (DeFi).