Ripple’s Monica Long has dropped a bombshell prediction that’s sure to make your crypto wallet do the cha-cha. “Bullish forecast”? More like a full-on crypto love letter to the future.
In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), Monica Long, who clearly has a PhD in Crypto-Optimism, declared that the industry is now entering a “production era”-because nothing says “serious business” like a bunch of digital tokens.
The “hard-wiring” of stablecoins
Long is convinced that stablecoins will be the unsung heroes of the global economy, finally getting the recognition they deserve… or at least the institutional backing they’ve been begging for. “Fiat-pegged tokens?” Please. They’re the financial equivalent of a trust fund kid-useful, but never really the main event.
“Stablecoins will be the foundation for global settlement, not an alternative rail,” Long wrote, which sounds like a very serious version of “I’m gonna make you a believer.”
She pointed to major fintech integrations as the catalyst for this major change. Because nothing says “revolution” like a bank giving a high-five to a blockchain.
Fortune 500 adoption
Long has also forecasted a massive surge in corporate balance sheet adoption, because nothing says “business is booming” like holding a bunch of digital assets. “Crypto is transitioning into the operating layer of modern finance,” she said, which is just corporate jargon for “we’re all going to be rich, or at least confused.”
“By 2026, ~50% of Fortune 500 companies will have crypto exposure or formalized DAT strategies, actively holding tokenized assets, onchain T-bills, stablecoins, and programmable financial instruments,” she stated. Translation: “We’re all going to be so rich, we’ll need a new word for ‘rich.’”
The ETF ‘inflection point’
Finally, Long addressed the capital markets, forecasting that they are just the beginning of a crypto gold rush. “Institutional access is also expanding through capital markets,” she wrote. “Crypto ETFs are accelerating exposure, yet only represent a small share of the broader market, underscoring room for major growth.”
Crypto ETFs are accelerating exposure, yet only represent a small share of the broader market, which is like saying “there’s still room for growth” when you’re already standing on a mountain of gold.
Long believes that “collateral mobility” will emerge as a top use case, which sounds like a new fitness trend for your assets. The predictions come as Ripple itself continues to expand its footprint in the institutional sector, because apparently, even banks need to keep up with the times.
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2026-01-21 09:07