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After groundbreaking successes in 2025, further successes could continue into the new year of 2026. CoinPro explains why the characteristic crypto winter is suddenly considered unlikely and why Bitcoin could instead record new price gains. Some trends have already emerged over the last few months.
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Crypto in 2026: Which trends are coming to the market?
With 2025, the crypto market has completed an eventful year, which was predominantly characterized by regulatory relaxations, new laws and institutional entries.
What can investors expect in the new year of 2026? While one or two surprises await us, trends are already emerging that could decisively shape the crypto market over the coming months.
Government crypto adoption continues
Most likely, government crypto adoption will continue to advance. Although the Trump administration in the USA had already taken initial important steps to promote Bitcoin and Co., some essential measures have not yet been implemented.
For example, the US government has not yet presented a concrete plan to expand its Bitcoin reserve. Once this is established, numerous other states could follow this example internationally and collect BTC in the same or another way. The popularization of Bitcoin reserves would have a decisive impact on the price development of the largest cryptocurrency.
In addition, two important laws are in the works, which would still have to be fully passed by the US legislature. This is the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, which is intended to completely and sustainably prevent the emergence of digital central bank money in the USA.
The CLARITY Act – a law that is intended to create legal certainty for many areas of the crypto economy – is also still in the works. The United States of America are regarded as pioneers whose concepts could be copied by other states. What impact Trump’s crypto policy will have around the globe will become clear over the next few months.
The US American Stablecoin Act GENIUS is expected to come into force at the end of 2026. Experts expect a revolution in the financial sector through the everyday use of stablecoins.
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Bitcoin initiative in Switzerland ends
The Bitcoin initiative in Switzerland, which was launched at the end of 2024, will come to an end in the summer of 2026. By then, the initiative must be signed by 100,000 Swiss citizens. If the project succeeds, a referendum will take place in which the vote will be for or against Bitcoin as the reserve currency of the Swiss National Bank.
Swiss activists have been trying for years to convince the management of the SNB to firmly anchor Bitcoin alongside gold as a reserve currency. So far, the SNB has successfully resisted this demand.
Activist Luzius Meisser used a shareholders’ meeting in 2022 as a first attempt to convert the SNB. Today he is one of those responsible for the initiative.
Those responsible urge: If the SNB wastes more time, Switzerland will lose considerable profits, which will come about solely through Bitcoin’s price development. Even a success of the Bitcoin initiative could take years. The activists do not expect a final decision before 2030.
EU tightens crypto surveillance, prepares CBDC
The EU is tightening existing crypto surveillance. To complement the MiCA crypto law, the European Union is introducing the EU Directive DAC8 across countries, with which, according to its own statements, it wants to combat such financial crime, which relies on cryptocurrencies.
DAC8 obliges crypto service providers to collect customer data and transmit it to the authorities annually. In this way, the EU wants to gain a better overview of the blockchain networks and exchange the data of its member states.
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In addition, the EU is demanding that its members fully distribute the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet for short). This is a way for citizens to prove their identity digitally.
The EUDI Wallet is also considered a preparation for the establishment of a CBDC in the EU. Their financial authorities had accelerated the development of a digital euro over the last few months. A pilot project is scheduled to start in 2027, and the full version in 2029.
Encryption of the blockchain becomes a trend
The encryption of the previously predominantly transparent blockchains may become a trend over the next few months. In 2025, some events within the crypto scene showed that the marginal topic is likely to become much more important in the future.
For example, Ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin spoke positively about the encryption of the blockchain, as it creates a privacy that is necessary for users. With Ethereum, the largest smart contract platform is currently working on native encryption.
Cardano, a long-time competitor of Ethereum, is working on a similar solution with the sidechain. Here, too, transactions should become confidential if required. The developers would like to introduce the new sidechain in the coming year.
Crypto expert Ali Yahya even considers the advantage of encrypted blockchains to be so important that they should dominate the crypto market in the future.
Privacy will be the most important moat in crypto@alive_eth pic.twitter.com/GEZO5LVLXN
— a16z crypto (@a16zcrypto) December 15, 2025
Bitcoin price reaches a new all-time high
Several experts expect the Bitcoin price to shed the rhythm of its four-year cycle in the new year. Instead, the largest cryptocurrency should continue its triumphal march. If you believe experts like Matt Hougan or Arthur Hayes, the Bitcoin price will start a new bull market in 2026.
- Bitcoin
(BTC) - Price $88,611.00
- Market Cap
$1.77 T
According to the usual four-year cycle, the next crypto winter would start in 2026. For the crypto market, this would mean a long period of low prices and further losses.
Because the conditions of the crypto market have fundamentally changed, growing parts of the crypto scene are questioning the previously valid rhythm of the market. Because a Bitcoin halving takes place every four years, this time frame was considered groundbreaking.
Meanwhile, government support for crypto is increasing rapidly. Institutional investors are buying digital assets worth billions. They may be destroying the four-year Bitcoin cycle.
In order to reach a new all-time high, the Bitcoin price would have to rise above around 126,200 US dollars. It set its current record value in October 2025.
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