2026 will be the breakthrough year for intelligent applications in crypto.



For years, most protocols have been locked in a defensive game—pouring resources into building moats, trying to lock users in, fighting tooth and nail to keep liquidity from scattered across platforms. But that game is changing.

Fragmentation is real. Users are fragmented. Liquidity is fragmented. And competition keeps intensifying. These market forces are pushing teams to fundamentally reconsider their strategy. You can't just build walls anymore. The winners in 2026 won't be the ones with the biggest moats—they'll be the ones smart enough to adapt, integrate, and build seamlessly across the ecosystem.
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BearHuggervip
· 59m ago
There's nothing wrong with that, but what I really want to see are projects that are truly capable of integration, rather than just talking about it.
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ApeWithAPlanvip
· 4h ago
NGL, interoperability is the future. Projects that only think about their own little territory should wake up already.
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GasGasGasBrovip
· 4h ago
Haha, this way of saying sounds comfortable, but projects that can truly achieve seamless cross-chain integration are still few and far between.
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BrokenDAOvip
· 4h ago
Everyone was dreaming before Moore's Law was broken. Now they finally want to open up? The problem is that once the incentive mechanism is adjusted, everything falls apart immediately. Who will bear the trust cost?
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ETH_Maxi_Taxivip
· 4h ago
Well said, the era of moats is truly over. Stacking up isolation measures is pointless; ecosystem interoperability is the future way to play.
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GasFeeTearsvip
· 4h ago
That's true, but it's still 2025. Why not see who can make it to 2026 before bragging?
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