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2025 in Review & The New Frontier: What Will Redefine Crypto in 2026?
Recorded: Dec. 18, 2025 Duration: 1:10:33Space Recording
Short Summary
In a dynamic discussion, crypto enthusiasts explored the transformative trends shaping the industry as we approach 2026, emphasizing the rise of real-world assets, the integration of AI agents, and the critical importance of privacy in blockchain technology. Key project launches, including the Vara Network and Vara.eth, signal a robust future for decentralized finance and user-centric applications.
Full Transcription
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Thank you so much for joining us and welcome to the last AMA of the year.
I can't believe that we are reaching the end of the year.
We're just like two weeks and 2026 will be here.
Incredible.
Well, today we'll talk with ambassadors around the world
about what happened in 2022, 2025, sorry,
and what's coming in 2026 in the crypto space.
What will you believe that will redefine crypto in the next year?
This is the conversation.
My name is Luis Ramirez, CEO at Gear Foundation.
Gear Foundation is the organization behind the technology of Vara Network.
I'm really excited to guide this conversation as your host today.
For those who are new here, maybe it's the first time that you've heard about Vara Network.
Vara is a high performance blockchain built on Rust
and Wason. Vara was designed to bring real scalability, parallel execution,
and the important feature, gasless UX to Web3 builders. It's basically for the end user.
They interact with Web2 application, no wallet, no paying gas fees, pretty, pretty easy to use the applications built on top of Vara.
And we're also preparing the next evolution of the centralized compute network.
It's called now Vara.eth, previously called Gear.exe.
This is a solution that is connecting Ethereum's liquidity with Vara's performance.
We'll prepare some AMAs to talk about Vara.eth in the next year for sure, but now we're still
focusing on growing Vara network. Well, before diving into the discussion, I want to welcome
all our ambassadors who are joining us from all around the world. I can see here to Sharania, CryptoBall, Geeky, Yadid, Mitch.
only five speakers, but maybe if also you, for example, at Cryptomania, I see you as listener,
maybe you're a speaker, but the application, as usual, has some bugs, and then you can turn
the microphone on. But let's start with the presentation of our ambassadors. Please, guys,
let's start with the ladies first, for sure. Let's start with Sharanya.
Can you please introduce yourself with the audience?
GM, everyone.
I'm Sharanya, currently a VARA network ambassador.
I enjoy exploring Web3 and emerging tech.
And I also create content with CoinDCX where I make crypto easy and fun for the Indian community.
And I'm really excited for the discussion ahead.
Thank you, Sharanya. Sharanya, ambassador from India.
It's important that we keep in mind that we will have the feedback of people in different parts of the world
because the crypto adoption is for sure globally,
but we can see the growing in some specific areas in a different way.
So thank you so much, Sharanyan.
Let's continue with Giki.
Giki, welcome.
Hi. Hi. Thanks, Luis. Hi, everyone. I'm Giki, welcome. Hi, thanks Luis. Hi everyone, I'm Giki. So thanks Vera. So glad to be invited here
today as a senior ambassador. I'm the co-founder of AWEB3, which is committed to AWEB3 education
in the Chinese market. And I host online and offline activities.
I have cooperated with seven universities in China,
so we can set up meetups in the campus.
But since China announced a stricter regulation on crypto
on November 28th this year,
so we stopped the offline meetups at the moment.
Thank you so much, Giki.
It's interesting, this information about China.
But for sure, Hong Kong is always hoping to receive events
and different other projects.
Interesting because we already have
this kind of conversations, the difference
between China and Hong Kong.
Thank you so much, Giki. Let's continue with you Judith welcome how are you and can you
present yourself with the audience thanks Luis and hi I am Judith Romero from Mexico I'm ambassador
senior for Vara Network I'm also the co-founder of Guardian DeFi, Baranetwork, the app.
And I am so happy to be here with you all at this last space of the year.
Thank you for the invitation.
Thank you so much, Jedid.
Yesterday we had a party here in Mexico.
We were part of this event and Jedid was there and also here today.
So you don't stop, Yedid.
Thank you so much for joining us today.
And let's talk about crypto.
What happened in 2025 and what will happen in 2026.
Let's continue with...
Well, I'm not sure if Cryptomania, blessely, are you here as a listener or a speaker?
I don't want to skip your place, but I'm not sure.
Can you just show an emoji just to see if you are here as a speaker or listener?
Okay, I think that you are a listener this time.
Let's continue then with um cryptable
let's uh hear from nigeria uh what what is happening can you introduce yourself please
my friend cryptable yeah thank you so much louis jim everyone uh once again nice to be here and I'm so happy to be part of this discussion being the last AMA for the year.
I'm Crypto Bull by name or you know I'm from Africa and Nigeria to be very very specific.
One of the you know Nigeria is the giant of Africa so I'm from Nigeria.
I'm happy to be here. Nice to meet you. Thank you so much.
Thank you for joining us today, CryptoBall.
And let's continue.
I guess this is the last, but not least, for sure.
Mitch, also, he was with us yesterday.
And now he's today with us.
Thank you so much for your time, Mitch.
Can you please talk about you
yeah we don't stop it hello everyone i'm michael from mexico um i'm focused on gaming in web3 space
i'm happy to be here just talking about the last trends to start the new year with high energy
the last trends to start the new year with high energy.
Yeah, that's it.
Thank you so much, Michael, for your time.
Okay, well, let's start by framing today's conversation.
2025 is almost ending.
It was a remarkable year for crypto.
Good things and bad things happening i'm not sure
if we have another one let's uh see uh who's here um yeah i haven't got to introduce myself
benny benji okay benny ah sorry i i see you as a listener. That's why I started the conversation. But yeah, always we are dealing with this kind of problems. Benny, can you please introduce yourself with the audience?
And I'm a part of the Vara Ambassador Community representing Africa.
So basically, I focus on builder education, ecosystem storytelling,
and helping translate complex systems into things people can actually use.
I'm really happy to be here.
This is my first ambassador space since joining the Vara ecosystem.
And I'm really happy to be here. Thanks for having me.
Thank you. Thank you, Benji. And okay, I see ambassadors from India, Nigeria,
Mexico and China. Full house.
Thanks a lot guys. Okay, let's continue with the
conversation. As I said, we are gonna talk about what's happening in this
2035 good things and bad things uh let's talk about just like the about the first uh the good
things because you know a lot of uh adoption and growing in this year year for example basically the deep end was growing really really strong
real world asset adoption also reaching institutions and ai agents everywhere everybody's
building an agent to automate and whatever related into the blockchain ecosystem but But for example, we can talk about adoption into the traditional finance,
like for example, Visa, BlackRock, or Fidelity. These big players and also companies,
payment companies like PayPal, Stripe, Robinhood, all of this are offering or launching crypto products. And this was a really incredible event in 2025
because we are seeing the massive adoption.
It's not at the top point now.
It's not like the adoption that we are waiting for,
but I'm pretty sure that this was really good in 2025 for crypto.
And also, I can say that the blockchain now process over 3,400 transactions per second.
That's a lot.
It's really insane.
Basically, it's like 100x growth in the last five years.
We have never seen this growing in the transactions per second uh in the blockchains and it's a good a good
point for the crypto adoption um stable coins i i think that the stable coins for sure are the
winners in this year the stable comes power for the six trillion in annual transactions. Basically, a little bit more if we compare with Visa or PayPal.
And it's insane.
Stablecoins are everywhere.
And well, we have a lot of things also come to my mind,
like the new legislations in the US.
Every time that Trump is talking about crypto related or economy related stuff, everything changed.
But the US made a significant progress after years of stale legislation like Genius.
Genius Act passed it in July, creating the first federal stable coin framework and banking regulations reverse
policies that had blocked banks from offering crypto service.
Now, the crypto is in a lot of banks in the U.S.
And this is something really good also for the adoption in other regions like Europe
and Union, the MECA.
It was also live across all the 27 members of the state and this year and Hong Kong
launched at the stable framework also in August well a lot a lot of good things but the bad things
for example I it comes to my mind the president coins you know it was the year where the president centered into the crypto space,
but not in a good way, like Trump supporting his own meme coin.
Or, for example, Javier Millet supported Libra,
but suddenly he stopped supporting because he said that he didn't know about this project.
Insane.
But everything, it's okay for the adoption, good and bad.
We are growing, this is something that it's pretty clear.
And let's see what is happening around the world.
How do you see, guys, this adoption?
Or if you don't see a massive adoption yet let's talk about why and let's start
with the first question if we look back at the end of this cycle certain narratives stand out
some fade out for sure it's something pretty clear right we started years ago with ICOs, NFT, marketplaces. Now is the place for
the stable coins, AI agents, and let's see what is coming for the next year. But looking back at
2025, which trend you, do you feel truly definite the year? What is the category in the crypto space that you guys believe that will redefine this year?
Deppin, real world assets, Asian or maybe another one.
Let's start with you, Sharanya.
Yes.
From an Indian standpoint, I think the most defining trend of 2025 was the real world assets.
In India, people don't adopt technology just because it's new.
But I think they adopt it when it feels useful and familiar.
RWAs worked because they brought blockchain closer to assets Indians already trust.
worked because they brought blockchain closer to assets Indians already trust like you can
say gold, real estate and fixed income style products.
In 2025 we saw serious interest from Indian users and builders in tokenized gold, fractional
ownership and yield products backed by real assets not just speculative tokens and that shift marked to clear move from trading narratives
to value-backed use cases so i think for india 2025 wasn't about experimentation
but it was all about credibility thank you
uh thank you so much real world assets for sure. Important category in the crypto space.
And yeah, you mentioned some assets that are tokenized and traded into the next year,
and it's a good number for the ecosystem.
Thank you so much, Sharania.
Let's continue with you, Giki.
Hi, thanks. For the question, in my opinion, I think real world assets was the most defying chance of 2025.
While DIPing made strides in decentralizing physical infrastructure like computer and storage. And AI agent began automating on-chain action
like yield optimization and predictive trading.
But RWA's truly bridge the gap between traditional finance
and web3, injecting trillions in liquidity
and the driven mainstream institutional adoption.
So tokenization of assets like real estate,
like bond, art, enable fractional ownership
and the 24 hour, seven days global training,
unlocking over 10 trillion in potential market value by this year and
so this wasn't just hype especially the materialized through regulation
regulatory clarity in regions like the European and United States.
So with platforms like OnDo and the BlackRock tokenized funds setting billions on-chain,
but why RWA over the others? I think because the powering AI data collection, but like, I mean, AI agent was transformative for debt, but they amplified existing narratives rather than creating new ones. rewrote the rules for value transfer, making crypto earn its name and Web3 infrastructure for real economies.
So evidenced by stablecoin volume hitting like 5 trillion QTB and RWA's perps
emerging as a killer app. So it was the quiet bull run that position Web3
indepensable or not speculative. Yeah, that's my opinion.
Thank you, Giki. It comes to my mind now that we are talking
about real world assets. Sharanya and you shared that in India and China, this is growing really fast.
And if we remember the CEO of Lightrock, Larry Fink, he said that every asset will be tokenized.
Basically, every financial asset will be tokenized into the blockchain.
assets will be tokenized into the blockchain and they are mainly focused on ETF for sure but not
only the financial assets are being tokenized as we speak so it's pretty clear that real world assets
are dominating and they are gonna do it in the next year also thank you so much, Kiki. And what do you think you did in Latin? How it was the adoption?
Oh, see James,
I had to summarize this year in Guyanidia.
I'd say it was the year Crypto started
the meaningful connect with the real world.
From that perspective,
real world assets and the pin
were the most defining narratives for the different reasons.
Real-world assets marked a real inflection point, not because it was rendered, but because it made the system more efficient, liquid, and programmable.
At the Sun team, the pins shivered the conversation
from crypto as speculation to crypto as coordination.
While we saw the centralized networks for energy connectivity
sensors and compute proof that on-chain incentives
can compete with and the Sun cases outperform traditional centralized models
as for ai agents they exploded in visibility but i'd are this year was still an early experimental
phase for them important yes but more as a signal of what's coming that the core theme of this year.
Overall, this year was the year utility began to matter more than narrative.
Okay, so it's pretty clear that real world assets are the winners. yeah if we talk about this category we need to mention
Gaia EcoTrack that is a project building on top of VARA they are tokenizing the energy and bringing
new business model to the community so yeah for sure real world assets is the king now.
Let's see what is happening in Nigeria.
What do you think, CryptoBull?
Oh, thank you.
That's a wonderful question.
You know, one thing cannot be over-inversized,
especially when it comes to real world assets.
When it was booming in 2025 you
know it was almost globally everywhere uh so in nigeria and africa it was uh it was a different
case actually we also see that the real world asset as a as as as one for the 2025 uh uh trending um
because they actually move blockchain beyond a speculation
you know into real economic utility and as a other speakers i've mentioned about the tokenized asset
like treasuries a credit and invoice uh brought in channel uh capital on chain uh this actually
improved trust you know through uh transparency and
this also proved that crypto can solve real world financial problems uh unlike uh unlike how i have
driven a cycles uh real world assets actually delivered an immeasurable impact uh i mean by
real deals backed by real asset uh institutional uh participation and clear product
a market fit uh you know so because of this a shift uh it actually proved that blockchain
strongest uh use case is is actually bridging traditional finance and on-chain infrastructure
and this particular aspect make a real world asset the most defining trend of the 2025.
Yeah.
Okay.
And the award goes to real world assets.
Interesting.
Nobody of you mentioned, guys, the adoption in the prediction market.
For example, Polymarket or Kalshi.
I don't know why.
Maybe you don't like this new name, Prediction Market,
that is basically a different name for bets that we used to have in the past,
but now with regulation.
Okay, let's see.
I like a little bit this trending, not too much, but we're having a lot of new projects in this category.
So let's see what is happening in the next year.
All right, let's continue with you, Benji.
What do you think about the adoption 2025?
All right, thank you very much for that question. Just like everyone said, from an African perspective, the most defining trend of this year was the shift from experimentation to integration.
very big on experimentation and this year it was a major shift into integration so for a long time
there have been ideas like as releasing and relating to um real world assets um depain and
ai agents so all these existed in the past as concepts but this year we began to see them like
entire workflows which actually mattered to people. So across Africa builders stopped, some builders I know,
stopped chasing narratives and started solving concrete
problems like payments.
Like now in Nigeria, there are a lot of like payments,
like infrastructure, like as a result,
just real world assets, energy access and coordination.
So real-world assets moves closer to real utility compared to in previous years.
Then AI agents became tools that actually reduce manual work for different people.
So the big change was that builders actually builders like actually began asking me what can
last not like what sounds exciting so this year was actually a good year for uh for crypto and
thank you that's all for me yeah i guess that uh thank you thank you so much benji i guess that
if we talk about uh adoption for sure was a really good year and we talk about adoption, for sure, it was a really good year.
We talk about other stuff like the market.
Not the best, not the result that we wished, but a good one.
Okay, let's continue with Michael.
What do you think, what is happening in LATAM?
Or how do you see this adoption in 2025
yeah if i had to pick one defining trend i will choose the pin and ai agents they've been
showing us that the fusion between hardware and decentralized software isn't just a concept
it becoming infrastructure.
We saw real networks being built, for example, in LATAM.
A project create great connectivity in regions that are
forgetted by major actors. So if real devices coming online and
the momentum is definitely getting into the next year, but what really explored this year
was AI in the form of agents that the technology became way
more accessible and developer friendly.
And here's what excited me most.
AI and blockchain are the perfect match.
Blockchain gives agents the ability to own assets, transact
autonomously and operate with verifiable trust, things that
traditional system simply can provide.
So we are at the beginning of what we call the agent together,
where agents collaborate not just with humans but with each other so this is
fundamentally changing how we work how we automate tasks and how value flows through networks so yeah
uh thank you so much michael yeah uh helium i like these projects. I saw a couple of guys in Latin with these devices sharing internet hotspots and connectivity. I guess that this technology, Helium, was one of the biggest one in the crypto space. if we talk about Deppin and after more arrive. Also different conversations about like the first Deppin platform,
for example, Bitcoin.
Some say that the Bitcoin was the first Deppin
because the energy was basically the initial part of the big infrastructure.
Others are not talking about the same direction
like Bitcoin as a step in infrastructure.
But for sure, I guess that we see this technology in adoption and it's a really nice way to show to the world how big infrastructure can be isolated between different people and together with that new business model.
between different people and together with that new business model.
Something that never happened before.
If you think about Amazon Web Services,
you will never be part of the network and get reworked.
But with Deppin, this is absolutely possible.
I guess that you are the first one to mention Deppin and AI agents
as a 2025 trending, Michael,
but I do agree with you.
Deppin and AI agents are a good and big categories in the crypto space.
Okay, thank you so much, Michael.
And I think that we have also Cryptable.
Cryptable, what do you think about this
please sorry i didn't get the question yeah yeah yeah um what's your perspective about the the the trending in 2025, what category was like the best?
Real were assets, AI agents, Debian, stable coins, etc.
Okay.
I know as we move into 2026,
I believe AI Power on training agents integrated with
real wallet system will have the biggest real world impact because the signals are already
clear.
Being that AI agents are already executing threats, managing defy strategies, automating customer support
and coordinating tax across protocol.
While blockchain only provides trust, transparency
and value settlement.
We are also seeing rapid growth in agent frameworks,
autonomous wallet and integration
with the real world asset and deep in
which shows that this isn't just a experimentation again but it's moving toward real adoption and also economic utility
all right thank you autonomous wallets for sure. I guess that also the adoption of AI agents
combined with payments is something really big
that was trending in 2035.
For example, the protocol X402
that enabled AI agents to make payments without interaction.
It's something that it's going gonna grow in the next year,
my guess, but we have a couple of projects in the space
working into this direction.
Thank you so much, Cryptoball.
And well, okay, it's pretty clear the winner
was real world assets, but also stablecoins AI agents
real world assets but also stablecoins, AI agents, Deppin are part of the ecosystem that are growing.
Really nice. This is a good wrestle for the crypto space, something that is happening already and
this won't stop. So as we turn the pace toward 2026, the big question becomes which of these emerging
categories will actually break into the mainstream? Because trends are one thing and real world
adoption is something else entirely. So what do you think guys, moving into 2026, which emerging
sector do you believe is positioned to make the biggest real world impact let's start with you jaded
um looking ahead to next year i think the biggest impact will come from the convergence
from ai autonomous agents and blockchain rather than any single standalone category.
On-chain AI agents have the potential to fund the mentality chains,
how we interact with protocols, DIOs, markets, and even real-world service.
protocols, DIOs, markets, and even real-world service.
What's different now compared to previous SQLs is the infrastructure is finally catching
For example, the decentralized compute improved wallets and account abstraction are more mature AI models are become more accessible and specialized and
there's growing need for automatization at scale. The next year will be the GeoCrypto
stops feeling like in application and starts acting like in invisible coordination layer for capital, labor and decision making, I think.
Yeah, a combination of different technologies.
Yeah, I do agree.
If we put into a single application, for example,
Depping plus real world asset plus AI agent plus identity on chain I guess that we are talking about a new economy
where basically agents will trade out automatically and without human
intervention I do I do believe that this also will happen in the next year
hopefully more applications will bring and solve different problems thank you
so much you did what do you think, Iki?
Actually, I have this agree with her. I think the autonomous AI agent handling machine-to-machine economies, from micropayments to predictive decision-making,
will have the biggest real-world impact in 2026.
This goes beyond 2025's AI Web3 fusion.
It's about agent as economy actors, executing trade verifying data,
and even managing robotic fleets without human intervention,
potentially capturing 20 and 30 percent of on-chain activity.
But for the signal, I think the standards like X402 and 8004 are gaining traction with Ethereum foundation and Coinbase piloting them for billions of potential interactions.
Stablecoin grows to 500 billion market cap, fewer of these. does the shift to M2M, machine to machine, micropayment, that agency, real like visa can't handle.
But as you mentioned before, prediction market, I think will be a very good opportunity because
next year the World Cup will organize organized in North America.
I think the prediction market will have a good chance.
And the prediction market and privacy tech will amplify it.
But a genetic system could redefine labor and value creation, onboarding the next billion
users via...
So I think the prediction market and AI agent and privacy tag will be the next biggest real world impact. That's my opinion.
Right, thank you. Absolutely interesting this combination. I guess that
we talk about AI agents growing. Also, we need to mention on-chain identity. I remember
in DevConnect, just the past even in Argentina, Fabian Bogosteller, the co-author of ERC20, which is basically the standard of the tokens that we use in all the ecosystems, like, for example, the crypto assets in Ethereum.
Also VARA, we have VARA Fungible Token Standard.
This is based on the ERC20 standard.
And the creator of this standard also shared about a new one called ERC725,
which is basically focused on on-chain identity.
And I guess that this is important now
that AI agents are growing in the ecosystem
and automating different tasks
because we need to understand who is the
owner of this agent because it could be autonomous but also it could be a little bit dangerous so
having ownership and prove the identity on chain of these agents are really important
and ERC 725 it's an interesting standard that we need to keep in mind i guess that this is gonna grow in the next year
let's see how it goes the adoption but uh for sure ai and ai agents is a a really good category in
the crypto space that will grow in the next year thank you so much um geeky uh sharania Sharanya, what's your ideas about this topic?
Yes, as we move into 2026, I believe the biggest real world impact will come from the real world assets
combined with payments, stable coins and automation rather than from a single standalone category.
and automation rather than from a single standalone category.
I think India is already one of the most advanced digital payment markets in the world because
of UPI and the next evolution is not replacing these systems, but I think it's extending
them globally, enabling faster cross-border settlements, better treasury management and
easy access to global capital
markets.
We are seeing strong signals from Indian builders focusing on stablecoin-based settlement,
on-tail compliance and programmable finance for business.
And I think these solutions directly address real problems faced by exporters, freelancers or startups such as delays,
high fees and lack of transparency in traditional financial system. So when
blockchain quietly improves speed, cost and access without changing user
behavior too much that's when I think the adoption accelerates so that's the direction india is
heading into in 2026 all right yes combination of the different technologies into one single
applications i guess that it makes sense um also talking about payments stablecoins and automations. We need to talk about X402 protocol, which is not something new in terms of technology because it's part of the HTTP protocol.
But it's part of a new way to solve the problem that we need to pay.
And crypto solved this problem, creating this automation into this part of the protocol.
And now, AI agents will grow faster into the automation of the payments,
because having this protocol will bring new solutions without human intervention.
So really, really nice that it's growing also in the next year.
Thank you so much, Sharanya.
So let's continue with you cryptable
all right thank you uh okay as i said before uh and as every other speaker have spoken about ai about AI. I would also like to inline in that that what I'm seeing coming in 2026, I believe
AI powered on-chain agents will have the biggest world impact. The reason is that AI agents are
moving from demos to real usage, you know, executing trades and also managing portfolios optimizing a defy
strategies handling so many things and also coordinating a tax autonomously so this particular
key signal is convergence you know uh ai for decision making uh combined with blockchain for trust and settlement
and also a real world asset slash deep in for real world exhibition uh we are seeing this uh
uh this this particular area growing very rapidly you know uh uh and this shows the shift from experimentation to utility making AI agents a fund a foundational
layer for for how people and businesses are interact with web3 in 2026 and beyond so I
believe this particular aspect will be the biggest one in 2026. thank you, Cryptable.
By the way, AI agent frameworks are important.
And if you are willing to build an application using AI agents on top of Vara,
we can use the plugins that we have for ELISA and GOLD.
And you can see this in the website.
And start your journey with ai agents really easy thank you so much uh crypto ball and let's continue with benji
i'm not sure if benji yeah... Yeah, thank you very much.
Because I see you as listener.
Yes, it's a book of the application.
Well, yeah, Benji, go ahead.
Yeah, thank you very much for your question.
So in 2006, I believe the biggest impact, the biggest world impact will come from applications that don't just focus on one trend but combined trends such as
mixing combining real world assets automation and everyday user behavior so i'm just speaking
from the african context and in africa the most successful tools are often simple systems that
are often simple systems that quietly support daily life.
So we're seeing strong signals already, that's in Africa.
And builders are prioritizing gas efficiency and predictable execution.
And that is because users cannot afford friction.
So communities care less about speculation and move more.
Communities care less about speculation and move more and they care less about speculation,
but they move more about reliability.
So regulators of this project are engaging more with infrastructure that support transparency
and real value.
So this tells us that the future belongs to um blockchains that can
support frequent small actions at scale not just large financial events so i can see 2026 being a
year where there will be a combination of um real world assets automation and everyday user behavior
and this could cut across saving systems because I think I made
a post recently I think about five days ago suggesting a project idea on Vara where students
could save through an app which also like reminds them like on when to study and stuff
like that so I believe this could be an emerging category that could have a reward impact
in 2026. thank you okay thank you so much uh yeah so the winner in 2026 won't be just a single
category but uh different categories in one uh yeah, it makes sense to combine Debian,
real-world assets, AI agents to automate solutions.
Okay, let's finish this question with you, Michael.
Yeah, I like to amplify what's been said about the X42 protocol.
Even though it's more closely tied to Web2 technology, it's going to fundamentally
change how we think about and design business models for our products and services.
We can no longer design just for humans users.
We know how to design for agents as well.
That's a paradigm shift in how we approach monetization, access, and user experience.
And for 2026, I'm betting on privacy as a category with the biggest real world impact.
It's funny because privacy is like an old friend that's been with us since the beginning of this space.
We all enter Web3 looking for solutions that have privacy as default, but that's what
was a part of the original premise for years. The tech just wasn't there to make it practical at
scale. What's changing now is that privacy is finally becoming a real thing we are seeing serious advancement in ck technology fears maturing and protocols are
shipping actual privacy preserving features that work not just theoretical concepts so the signals
are clear uh regular regulatory pressure is increasing globally users are more aware of data exploration than ever, and enterprises need compliant ways
to operate on-chain without exposing everything. Privacy can't change the rule of the game entirely.
It unlocks use cases that are impossible today, confidential, DeFi, private identity system,
private identity system, enterprise adoption at scale.
So, yeah.
I guess that this is the first time
to hear about CK again.
The past year, everything was about CK
because the privacy was one really important focus.
And also the business who are searching projects
focused on the CK revolution.
To be honest, this year, important focus and also the business who are searching projects focus on the ck revolution
to be honest this year uh in different crypto events around the world ck was not the trending but uh you have a good point michael privacy is really important and it should be not only like
for example trending uh movements like uh prediction markets that we see pretty clear
with Polymarket or Calshi but so real solutions that solve real problems I guess this is
what we need and CK is part of this solution thank you for sharing this and to remind us that CK is still here. And by the way,
Michael is preparing a workshop. Well, it's a couple of workshops for the gamers because
he has enough experience as a gamer developer and also integrating with Vara. Just stay tuned
developer and also integrating with Vara. Just stay tuned because we're gonna have soon
a couple of workshops if you want to build a game. Also, you can use Vara and the framework that Vara has for the developers and Michael will explain
step by step how to
bring a new game into the ecosystem. Thank you so much Michael. Okay
We have the last question, but if you want to participate, please just
share your question in the comments or
Send a request so we can turn your microphone on
alright
guys, okay, we talked about
what happened in this 2025 and what do we believe that is going to happen in the next year.
But what should developers, founders and communities prioritize in 2026 to stay ahead of this wave
of innovation in Web3?
Let's continue again, ladies first first let's start with you geeky
oh yeah um to write the ai agent and privacy wave uh i think the builders and priority side like I think will be the privacy first infrastructure why because I think like
agentic comments demands are very verifiable but private interactions transparency along with exploit and regulatory blackfish.
And also the prediction market and RWA will thrive on ZK layers.
Because I think when AI is widely adopted, the privacy should be the top priority matters.
Yeah, that's my answer.
And by the way, I think this is our last AMA in the year.
Then we're gonna have a Christmas holiday.
So I wish everyone has a happy Christmas holiday.
Yeah, so let's looking forward to 2026.
Wish we have our bull market.
Yeah, yeah.
Thank you so much for your wishes, Ginky.
I do agree with you about the privacy issue.
Privacy first, nice narrative.
Let's see what the ecosystem brings in the next year.
But 100%. This is really important we need it that was the roots of this technology with bitcoin uh unfortunately when the big players
start entering into the into this game everything changed and we need the privacy back into our lives, into the applications.
Thank you, Geeky, for the answer and thank you for the wishes. Okay, let's continue with Sharanya.
Yeah, I think in 2026 the biggest shift builders need to make, especially in India,
the biggest shift builders need to make, especially in India,
is moving from protocol-first thinking to user-first execution.
First, user experience is critical.
India is a mobile-first market with users from diverse backgrounds.
If a product requires deep crypto knowledge or complex onboarding,
it will struggle to scale beyond a niche audience.
Second, I think sustainable business models will matter far more than token narratives. Indian users value longevity and
reliability. So I think projects that demonstrate real usage, revenue and long-term intent will
earn trust faster than those driven by short-term incentives.
And third, I think communities need to prioritize education over hype. Local language content
or clear explanations and real world examples will play a huge role in onboarding the next wave of users and builders across the country. So I think
India's strength lies in the grassroots adoption and the projects that respect
that will lead the next phase of Web3 growth.
Mobile first. I guess that is the first time that I heard this one. Years ago, it was a really nice narrative in the Web2 ecosystem because usually we develop only the web application, but we never think about the smartphones. Everybody has smartphones nowadays and designing a solution for smartphones is a high priority for sure.
And talking about UX, you need to keep in mind that Vara provides a gasless and signless functionality.
So it's the best combination, the best combo for creating new applications with less friction for the users.
Thank you so much, Sharania.
And let's finish with the latest with you, Jadit.
In my opinion, I see three clear priorities.
First, solve real problems, not just real for the other builders.
The market is no longer rewarding unnecessary complexity.
The projects that last will be the ones that can explain their value, simple, and prove in true real use.
Second, user experience and abstraction.
Second, user experience and abstraction.
If users still need to understand gas fees, breaches, and cryptography signing flows, we are limiting adoption.
In next year, UX won't be nice to have if it's a survival requirement.
Third, and maybe most importantly, purpose-driving communities,
not just token-driving ones. Stranger communities aren't built by incentives alone.
They are built around shared vision, culture, and belief. In a culture, in a future, full autonomous agents, the human layer, trust, narrative, and alignment
will be the true differentiator.
The builders who win in the next year
will be the ones thinking beyond the next bull market
and focusing on what still makes sense when they had faced and thanks for
this space it was incredible and full ideas and we'll take again the next year thank you guys
thank you jade it yeah it's so important to keep in mind that if you want to solve a problem, don't focus only into the narratives.
Because I guess that it's pretty clear that crypto space is bringing a lot of solutions.
But not a lot solving real problems, to be honest.
And if we focus on solving a real problem, we are building for the long term.
And also we are making a real problem. We are building for the long term and also we are making a
better world. So please think about
this people in the audience,
friends, community.
Building a product
it goes beyond that only
be part of the narratives
and bring money into the pockets.
Solving real problems
help the people to be better
and helps the world to be better.
Thank you for this reflection, Jedid.
And let's finish with the guys.
Starting with you, Michael.
You used to be the last,
but now you are the first one.
Thank you, Luis.
My advice for builders
heading into 2026 is simple master ai as your most
powerful tool ai is going to keep evolving quickly and what we have now is essentially
the most flexible toolbox in human history it can help you write code design systems
analyze data create content basically amplify everything you do as builder.
So the key to staying ahead isn't just using AI occasionally,
it's integrating deeply into your workflow,
dominate the tools, understand their strengths and limitations,
make them an extension of how you think and build.
The builders who adapt fastest will ship faster, iterate faster,
and ultimately capture the next wave of innovation.
For community, encourage experimentation.
Create spaces where people share how they are using these tools.
Yeah, thank you, Mitch. I don't know why we are listening to this music. It's not something
on our side because we have more time but maybe X has a new feature and it's saying
say goodbye guys. It's enough time for you today. I don't know what's happening. Let's continue without pressure and let's see if X finish
suddenly. Well, at least some of you guys send your best wishes. And, well, Michael,
about what you said, I guess that is important to learn and apply the AI knowledge really really important to accelerate everything
but also don't trust in the AI results you know those memes that are in the
internet talking about that you trust in the AI you die and after somebody else
asks today and what happened with this oh yeah you are right this
is like this and yes you need to say today I what is the right answer to your questions so we need
to be aware that the output of the air is not always the best. Alright, let's continue with you Cryptable.
Alright, thank you so much. I know this is going to be very wonderful. In the areas of builders and community, here I believe that builders and communities are
from real utility, stainless UX and sustainable communities.
The next wave of the three will be driven by products that solve real problems.
High blockchain complexity through gutless and intuitive ways.
I'm super excited that China has already been torn with Vara.
Yeah, yeah, that's very good.
And few long-term cost-releaders.
Projects that actually combine with the intracultural with the playing case, active
community ownership and real integration. Fred and I will be the most and one that
scale and endure the end of the game. That's my take on this. Thank you.
Thank you CryptoVault. I don't know what is happening with this application.
I guess that even we can create a new song about Web3 2026.
It's really strange this, but it sounds weird, right?
It's like I am singing.
Let's try to do this thing in the same way. Okay, let's continue with Benji
Benji, what do you think about what's coming in the 2026s?
Thank you very much.
To go back, I think that we should be using
with other different things and stuff. So, I know you all know that, um, you know, you know, like, you know, like, you know,
like, number of people over here.
So, for me, you guys, you can push through the people to develop people. So the next piece of the project is about adding a new feature for making the system
easier to use, easier to trust, and easier to maintain.
So that means designing applications for users, they may not understand blockchain at all.
So, and it also helps those who interact with these applications with the and the ability to
support your ability. The system needs to handle names so I can efficiently without
understanding the process of what you need. So I believe for communities also, communities
should focus on long term alignment, a little short term, to education.
I am in the program from the next year.
The proper education will help
the community as well.
And to help you talk to me and
I also have another point about
operational I also have another point about operational offers and I don't think it's good.
I think no longer learning people for running in my life.
I think that you are making a lot of fun on the beginning of the day, which makes you think that you are so good to be alive. which means that your uh and um
you guys can talk about one kind of
At Anguilla, when I was in the first time, I was in the first time,
I had a big communication from the other students that I really had.
I was curious to be the other students who were the students,
to teach the students, the person that was really about the students,
and to teach the students. Okay, okay
Yeah, you won it. It's time to finish this a many. Thank you so much for your feedback
Thank you everybody everybody but the
music sounds good to finish like a music a song so we are heading into a
year where performance reward utility no no I'm not really bad singer thank you so
much everybody for joining this session the best wishes for this Christmas holidays. Happy New Year. I hope that we have
a best 2026 for the crypto space. And thank you so much for your time for joining us to
the last session with Ambassador. But we will have more in the upcoming year. Thank you
so much. See you later, Varagators. Thank you.
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