Store of Value Demand, Regulation to Drive 2026 Crypto Bull Market

Grayscale's head of research, Zach Pandl, stated that macroeconomic pressures, specifically government debt, fiscal deficits, and fiat currency debasement, are the primary drivers pushing investors toward alternative stores of value like crypto, suggesting this trend will continue into 2026. The second major catalyst is expected regulatory clarity in the US, with Grayscale anticipating bipartisan progress on a crypto market structure bill early in 2026. This clarity could enable companies to issue tokens as a standard financing option. Furthermore, Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi anticipates major Big Tech firms like Google, Meta, or Apple integrating crypto wallets, potentially onboarding billions of users, and expects more Fortune 100 companies in banking and fintech to build private blockchains connected to public chains.

(Source：Cointelegraph)