My observed trends in web3 for rest of 2026 - More consolidation across projects via mergers, acquisitions or acquihires - Security teams selling AI driven vulnerability mining solutions - L2s are getting recycled — a lot of projects dying but new bets are taking form - Hardware wallets optimizing for card like devices - Security teams offering SOC2 equivalent for Web3 to capture vendor maturity - All consumer wallets are after perps - RWAs taking the center stage. The “big bet” for crypto to bring in new money - Stablecoins finding early maturity. Payroll and remittances next - Big exchanges using their wallet and L2 subsidiary companies as loss-leading units to funnel growth into primary business - All web3 incumbents focusing on institutional and enterprise - Privacy solutions ramping up but slow. Regulation uncertainty. This is not a dig.