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American venture capitalist and entrepreneur Fred Wilson said on Monday that he believes crypto will become more user-friendly in 2026. He argued that the market’s breakthrough this year will only come from making blockchains invincible to their end users. Wilson’s forecast for the crypto market is part of a larger set of predictions for 2026. His prediction also aligns with his long-held view: blockchain’s promise depends on ease of use, not technical horsepower. Wilson calls for a user-friendly blockchain interface Wilson argued that more user-friendly interfaces can help mask the complexities of blockchain. He believes that those interfaces ease the way users use, spend, trade, and send tokens across blockchains. The American businessman is the founding partner of Union Square Ventures (USV), the U.S. company that took early bets on Twitter, Tumblr, and Etsy. He was also an early investor in Ethereum and Filecoin, and remains a renowned voice in long-term discussions about how blockchain can achieve mainstream acceptance. Wilson has previously mentioned that blockchain is the next big thing after social and mobile, and has been more vocal about the crypto industry’s short-sighted tendencies. The entrepreneur has also pushed back against the hype culture and token speculation in the space.  He warned that short-term greed threatens the long-term credibility of the industry. The venture capitalist highlighted features such as decentralized identity, peer-to-peer finance, and open protocols that enable users to build upon. Wilson mentioned in a 2018 blog post that one of the disadvantages of technology is that there are no monetary incentives to create and sustain open protocols. He also argued that open protocols cannot be easily monetized by traditional means. Vitalik Buterin solves Ethereum’s long-standing trilemma  Now that ZKEVMs are at alpha stage (production-quality performance, remaining work is safety) and PeerDAS is live on mainnet, it’s time…

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