Ripple Predicts Half of Fortune 500 Will Adopt Crypto Strategies by 2026
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 1d ago
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Source: Benzinga
- Stablecoins as Payment Foundation: Monica Long, president of Ripple, predicts that by the end of 2026, stablecoins will replace traditional payment systems, driving B2B payments to an annualized $76 billion in 2025, indicating strong growth potential for crypto payments.
- Fortune 500 Goes Crypto: Long expects that by 2026, Fortune 500 companies will hold over $1 trillion in digital assets, with roughly half implementing active crypto strategies, reflecting a growing corporate focus on blockchain technology.
- Regulatory-Driven Custody Consolidation: In 2025, crypto M&A reached $8.6 billion, and Long predicts that more than half of the world's top 50 banks will formalize at least one new custody relationship by 2026, highlighting the trend of commoditization in custody services.
- AI and Blockchain Convergence: Long envisions that AI and blockchain will converge in 2026 to automate financial operations that currently require manual work, with stablecoins and smart contracts enhancing efficiency and driving digital asset adoption in regulated markets.
Analyst Views on COIN
Wall Street analysts forecast COIN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for COIN is 361.63 USD with a low forecast of 230.00 USD and a high forecast of 440.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
25 Analyst Rating
17 Buy
7 Hold
1 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 226.930
Low
230.00
Averages
361.63
High
440.00
Current: 226.930
Low
230.00
Averages
361.63
High
440.00
About COIN
Coinbase Global, Inc. is a holding company of Coinbase, Inc. and other subsidiaries. The Company provides a platform that serves as a compliant on-ramp to the onchain economy and enables users to engage in a variety of activities with their crypto assets in both proprietary and third-party product experiences enabled by access to decentralized applications. It offers consumers their primary financial account for the cryptoeconomy; institutions a full-service prime brokerage platform with access to deep pools of liquidity across the crypto marketplace, and developers a suite of products granting access to build onchain. Its platform helps people and institutions to engage with crypto assets, including trading, staking, safekeeping, spending, and global transfers. It offers products and services to various customer groups: individuals, businesses, institutions, and developers. Its transaction products consist of consumer trading, prime Trading, markets, base protocol and Coinbase wallet.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
