Ripple president Monica Long said around half of Fortune 500 companies will hold crypto or use blockchain-based financial tools by the end of 2026.
Long said the industry has spent recent years building the technical and regulatory foundations needed for mass adoption.
“By the end of 2026, balance sheets will hold over $1 trillion in digital assets, and roughly half of Fortune 500 companies will have formalised digital asset strategies,”
Monica Long said.
She said adoption will extend beyond passive exposure to include tokenised assets, digital treasuries, stablecoins and programmable financial instruments.
Long cited survey data showing most Fortune 500 executives are already working on blockchain initiatives.
She pointed to growing corporate Bitcoin holdings as evidence of accelerating institutional acceptance.
Long said the number of digital asset treasury companies has expanded rapidly over the past five years.
She predicted stablecoins will become a core settlement layer for global payments as regulation and institutional support advance.
“Within the next five years, stablecoins will become fully integrated into global payment systems—not as an alternative rail, but as the foundational one,”
Monica Long said.
Long added that banks and crypto firms will increasingly custody digital assets directly to support blockchain strategies.
At the time of reporting, Bitcoin price was $89,484.92.