Having observed the cryptocurrency industry for many years, I have always felt that instead of obsessing over where the next hot trend will be, it's better to focus on those irreversible trends—these are not vague predictions but realities that are gaining momentum and about to break through critical thresholds. Stablecoins replacing traditional fund flows, DeFi continuously consuming TradFi, privacy becoming a necessity, automation becoming widespread, and gaming fueling digital ownership—these five directions are already set in stone. The real key is: who can build a platform that accommodates all of these without compromise? The answer is becoming clear: it is Sui, fully evolved by 2026.

What makes Sui most impressive is that it did not follow the traditional blockchain path of “single ledger + smart contracts.” The old model of forcing different protocols together has long fallen behind industry development—high integration costs, security risks, poor developer experience, and an inability to support complex applications. Sui, with its four-year effort to build a full-stack ecosystem, is fundamentally changing this. The Sui Stack (S2), launching in 2026, takes this advantage to the extreme. It’s like a standardized developer toolkit—a SDK that covers storage, encryption, computation, authentication, and execution of all core functions. From its inception, it was designed with collaboration in mind, so developers no longer need to waste time piecing together components, allowing them to focus entirely on product innovation. This efficiency boost is invaluable for driving ecosystem explosion.
Native implementation of privacy transactions is definitely one of the most anticipated breakthroughs for Sui in 2026. Currently