Asset manager 21Shares trimmed some bullish forecasts for the crypto industry, saying market weakness and slower retail participation make parts of its 2026 targets harder to reach. It said industry infrastructure such as ETFs, stablecoin regulation, tokenisation and prediction markets has matured faster than price performance. The firm said bitcoin’s four-year cycle remains intact, while institutional ownership may have softened drawdowns without changing the cycle.

The cumulative number of contributing developers in the Ethereum ecosystem has exceeded 1 million, reaching 1,012,824, with about 232,000 active over the past 12 months. Joseph Chalom, CEO of Nasdaq-listed SharpLink Gaming, said no other blockchain ecosystem has reached that scale. He cited Electric Capital data and highlighted upcoming priorities including the 2026 hard fork “Glamsterdam”, cross-rollup synchronous composability and post-quantum security efforts targeting a transition around 2029.