2025-12-30 10:23:37

A senior executive from a leading exchange recently shared his insights on the crypto market in 2026, revealing some interesting data.

Currently, the platform has reached 300 million users. More notably, the structure is quietly changing — the proportion of institutional trading has surged from less than 1% to nearly 20%, and the trading volume of institutional and corporate clients has doubled. What does this indicate? Traditional financial forces are accelerating their entry, and the market is shifting from retail-driven to institution-driven.

What are their more ambitious goals? They plan to expand the user base to 1 billion. 1 billion! This means that crypto assets are one step closer to mainstream adoption.

The executive then listed three core predictions, which are also the upcoming focus areas for the platform. These predictions, to some extent, reflect the development direction of the entire industry — institutionalization, compliance, and scaling. If these predictions come true, the landscape of the crypto market in 2026 could undergo significant changes.

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DegenDreamer

· 13h ago

The smell of institutions taking over is getting stronger, retail investors are still sleepwalking From 1% to 20%? That growth rate is outrageous, traditional finance is really taking us seriously 1 billion users? Just imagine how much money needs to flow in... It's nice to call it mainstream adoption, but frankly, it's being regulated to death and losing its freedom The compliance process seems to be stripping away the wild nature of crypto, but the money is definitely coming in

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screenshot_gains

· 13h ago

The institutional share has increased from 1% to 20%, and the speed of this change is a bit shocking... Retail investors' good days are truly over. Wait, 1 billion users? Where did this number come from? Feels a bit exaggerated, doesn't it? Institutionalization and compliance, in simple terms, mean Wall Street is coming to harvest the leeks. This time is really different; the amount of capital is on a completely different level... Those who entered early should feel fortunate. What does mainstream adoption mean? It's still the big players who call the shots. Doubling in size sounds appealing, but I'm worried it might just be a data game. What exactly are the three predictions? That's the real point of interest. From retail market to institutional market, this wave of benefits is basically no longer relevant to us.

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GasWaster

· 13h ago

nah but real talk... 20% institutional volume hitting while retail still losing money on failed txs? that's wild asymmetry lol. also 10 billion users sounds like copium until i see the actual adoption metrics fr

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bridgeOops

· 13h ago

Institutional entry, to put it simply, is big players coming to seize our territory. Can retail investors still get a piece of the pie? 1 billion users? I doubt it. How many small exchanges will be shut down under compliance? From 1% to 20%, the numbers look good, but can they really be sustained? History always repeats itself. Mainstream adoption? Haha, first solve your own security issues before talking. Institutionalization is just centralization. Is this still the Web3 we originally had?

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