- Sharplink Gaming holds 797,704 ETH (about $2.33 billion), and its co-CEO projects large growth in Ethereum activity.
- Joseph Chalom predicts the stablecoin market will reach $500 billion and tokenized RWAs will hit $300 billion in 2026.
- More than half of stablecoin activity occurs on Ethereum, which could lift the network’s total value locked (TVL).
- Current indicators show Ethereum TVL near $68.2 billion and Ether trading at about $2,924.
Joseph Chalom, co-CEO of Sharplink, said on Friday that the stablecoin market could reach $500 billion by the end of next year, and that Ethereum’s TVL may increase up to ten-fold in 2026. See Chalom’s post for his remarks. Sharplink Gaming holds 797,704 ETH, worth about $2.33 billion, according to Ethereum Treasuries.
The total stablecoin market currently sits at about $308.46 billion, per data on DeFiLlama. With roughly 54% of stablecoin activity occurring on Ethereum, Chalom suggested a larger stablecoin base could increase network TVL.
Chalom forecasted that tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) will reach $300 billion in 2026 and said, “Tokenized assets will 10X in AUM in 2026, going from tokenizing individual funds, stocks, and bonds to full fund complexes.” He pointed to interest from firms such as JPMorgan, Franklin Templeton, and BlackRock.
Ethereum’s TVL is about $68.20 billion, per DeFiLlama. TVL (total value locked) is the sum of assets held in a blockchain’s smart contracts. Tokenized RWAs are real assets represented as digital tokens. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a stable value, typically pegged to fiat currency.
Analyst Benjamin Cowen said Ether is unlikely to reach new highs in the coming year given current Bitcoin conditions. Ether was trading at about $2,924 and was down roughly 3.12% over the past 30 days and 12.36% over the past 12 months, per CoinMarketCap.
Chalom also expects sovereign wealth funds’ Ethereum holdings and tokenization activity to grow five- to tenfold over the next year and wrote, “In 2026 this will amplify meaningfully as competitive dynamics take hold. When no one was willing to touch crypto from this pool of allocators, it was safe to stay sidelined.” He added that onchain AI agents and prediction markets will “go mainstream.”
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