Coinbase Ventures releases "The Most Anticipated Sectors of 2026"

Coinbase Ventures released its "Most Anticipated Sectors in 2026" report, highlighting four key areas of focus: RWA perpetual contracts, specialized exchanges and prediction market terminals, next-generation DeFi, and AI+bots. Regarding RWA, Coinbase is optimistic about "everything becoming perpetual," including on-chain synthetic exposure to private companies, market data, and macroeconomic assets such as oil and inflation. In trading infrastructure, it favors Prop-AMM on Solana and "prediction market aggregation terminals." In DeFi, the focus includes "composable perpetual markets," unsecured credit lending, and institutional-grade on-chain privacy. In AI, it is optimistic about DePIN-incentivized bot interaction data collection, on-chain identity (Proof of Humanity), and the "copilot moment" of smart contracts. Coinbase stated that it is actively seeking to invest in startups in these areas.