HashKey, in collaboration with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Digital Finance Lab, released its Top Ten Trends Observations for the Digital Asset Industry in 2026.

On December 29, HashKey Holdings Limited (3887.HK) and the Digital Finance Lab of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology jointly released the "Top Ten Trends in the Digital Asset Industry in 2026". The top ten trends that industry participants are highly focused on in 2026 include: 1. AI Agents are expected to evolve into on-chain executors with autonomous decision-making capabilities; 2. Asset tokenization will accelerate across the board, and the large-scale on-chaining of securities will become a significant milestone for the industry; 3. Stablecoin acceptance infrastructure will be fully upgraded, and stablecoins will accelerate their integration into the real-world financial system; 4. Hong Kong stablecoin licensing, the normalization of asset tokenization issuance, and secondary market circulation are expected to be implemented; 5. Competition between offshore and onshore trading platforms will intensify further, with compliance and transparency becoming competitive barriers; 6. Global liquidity will recover, digital assets will experience partial prosperity, and capital attention will be concentrated on core high-quality assets such as BTC/ETH; 7.Staking Entering the "Institutional Era," DAT and ETFs will become mainstream, and Liquidity Staking (LSD) will face regulatory pressure; 8. Industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity will accelerate significantly, with infrastructure and compliant assets becoming the focus of acquisitions; 9. High-performance scaling and compliance/privacy are becoming mainstream in public blockchains, with next-generation privacy solutions like ZK and FHE becoming standard features in institutional infrastructure. 10. Global regulatory competition will intensify, forming a global competitive landscape around stablecoin clearing, tokenized assets, and institutional access. Survey results show high support for AI and blockchain integration, asset tokenization, and stablecoin infrastructure, reflecting the industry's continued focus on the deep integration of blockchain technology and finance. Meanwhile, over 70% of respondents supported improvements in the regulatory system and changes in market structure, indicating a shift in industry focus towards institutional development, compliance frameworks, and long-term sustainable development paths. HashKey will continue to monitor long-term structural trends in the digital asset industry and conduct related business research within a compliant framework.