2 cryptocurrencies to reach $100 billion market cap by 2026

With market dynamics shifting, several major cryptocurrencies are now within a realistic range of hitting the $100 billion market-cap milestone over the next year.

Strengthening fundamentals, rising adoption, and major protocol upgrades are positioning some digital assets for significant valuation growth as the broader ecosystem evolves

To this end, Finbold has identified two assets with the potential to reach the $100 billion mark.

Solana (SOL)

Solana (SOL), currently valued at roughly $72.6 billion, would need to grow by about 38% to hit the $100 billion threshold. That trajectory appears increasingly plausible given the chain’s improving fundamentals.

Notably, Solana is preparing for the Alpenglow upgrade, the most significant consensus overhaul in its history. The new architecture promises near-instant finality of around 150 milliseconds and far greater resilience through components such as Votor and Rotor, reforms that have already received overwhelming validator approval.

Combined with the upcoming Firedancer validator client, which has demonstrated massive throughput capacity in testing, Solana is building the infrastructure required to support institutional-scale usage and high-frequency decentralized applications.

Its expanding footprint in real-world asset tokenization, growing DApp revenues, and deepening staking activity further reinforce the bullish outlook.

Meanwhile, following the recent market downturn, SOL is seeing short-term price relief, having rallied over 3% in the past 24 hours to trade at $129 as of press time. Over the past week, however, the asset has plunged more than 9%.

SOL seven-day price chart. Source: Finbold**SOL seven-day price chart. Source: Finbold## Tron (TRX)

Tron (TRX), meanwhile, sits at a market capitalization of approximately $26 billion, meaning it would need to nearly quadruple, rising by about 284%, to reach the $100 billion mark. While the growth requirement is significantly larger than Solana’s, Tron’s fundamentals continue to strengthen, especially in stablecoin settlement.

The network has evolved into the dominant global infrastructure for USDT transactions, handling the majority of retail-sized stablecoin transfers thanks to its extremely low fees and high reliability.

Reports indicate that Tron averages more than 2.6 million daily active users, with most on-chain activity tied to wallet-to-wallet payments

Recent governance-driven fee reductions, upgraded virtual-machine efficiency, and expanding cross-chain integrations, including native MetaMask support, are positioning Tron as the backbone for fast, inexpensive digital payments across emerging markets.

As of press time, TRX was trading at $0.27, having gained about 0.3% in the past 24 hours, while on the weekly timeline, the asset is down more than 5%.

TRX seven-day price chart. Source: FinboldTRX seven-day price chart. Source: Finboldseven-day price chart. Source: FinboldIt is worth noting that despite strong fundamentals, both assets will ultimately depend on broader cryptocurrency market momentum to propel them toward the $100 billion milestone.

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