Forget BTC, ETH, XRP—These 4 Coins Could Explode 300%+ In 2026
While traders fixate on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC),Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), industry experts and Polymarket odds indicate other cryptocurrencies could provide outsized returns in 2026.
Lighter: The Institutional DEX Play
Lighter Protocol is anticipated to launch its LIT token before the end of the year, following a $68 million raise from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and Ribbit Capital.
The decentralized exchange runs on a custom Ethereum Layer-2 zero-knowledge rollup, processing tens of thousands of orders per second with 5-millisecond latency.
The performance rivals Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) while maintaining complete transparency through cryptographic proofs.
According to DeFiLlama data, Lighter maintains $1.4 billion in total value locked (TVL) and has generated $2.94 billion in 30-day trading volume.
On Dec. 20, Lighter transferred exactly 250 million LIT tokens from …
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