Crypto to reach 50% of Fortune 500 in 2026: Ripple president

Ripple president Monica Long says blockchain is becoming the “operating layer of modern finance” and global balance sheets will hold $1 trillion in digital assets. 

Roughly 250 of the US’s largest corporations will either hold crypto or use blockchain-powered financial instruments by the end of 2026, says Ripple president Monica Long. 

In a blog post on Monday, Long argued that the crypto and blockchain industry has fought over the past few years to lay the “technical and regulatory groundwork” to spur mass adoption and take the sector mainstream. 

As part of her predictions, which also covered topics such as stablecoins, crypto custody, and artificial intelligence, Long said that blockchain is becoming the “operating layer of modern finance” and that 2026 will see a huge uptick in institutional adoption.    

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