1 Top Cryptocurrencies to Buy Before They Soar 187% in 2026, Says Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson

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1 Top Cryptocurrencies to Buy Before They Soar 187% in 2026, Says Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is bullish on crypto.
Hoskinson believes the sector will benefit from institutional adoption, among other enablers.
However, he believes there is one coin that will rise in 2026.
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It’s hard to believe that despite all the positive crypto news this year, Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) is in the red for 2025 (as of December 29). President Donald Trump has campaigned on pro-crypto policies and has so far implemented key crypto legislation that should better clarify regulatory gray areas, opening a U.S. strategic reserve of Bitcoin and appointing much friendlier crypto regulators.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency is trading at over $87,000 per coin, and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says it’s a top cryptocurrency to buy before it soars 187%.

Hoskinson founded Cardano in 2015 and the blockchain network was launched in 2017. Cardano is considered one of the most technically sound networks. It operates on a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, in which coin holders stake their Cardano coins for the opportunity to validate transactions and earn rewards.

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Cardano’s PoS, known as Ouroboros, differs from other PoS systems in that it has two layers, one for settlements and one for payments. This is part of what allows the network to process many transactions per second. Needless to say, Hoskinson is one of the most informed players in the crypto world. In the recent Altcoin Daily podcast, Hoskinson predicted that Bitcoin would reach $250,000 by 2026, representing an increase of approximately 187% in just one year.

Hoskinson sees the same dynamics that pushed Bitcoin higher continuing to play out, such as institutional adoption and favorable supply and demand dynamics. Bitcoin will only have 21 million coins, and most of them have already been mined and are in circulation. Hoskinson said that as more institutional investors buy Bitcoin, demand will naturally drive the price higher:

Morgan Stanley has just announced to its private wealth advisors – there are 17,000 of them – that they can start advising people to take crypto positions. You have all these structured financial products that are designed in a way that allows retail investors to come in through traditional investment vehicles. So they won’t say, “Go buy FuCoin, BobCoin, or JimCoin.” They’re going to say, “Buy Bitcoin.”

According to Hoskinson, other large institutions could follow Morgan Stanley’s argument, increasing demand from Bitcoin treasury companies and even sovereign governments, giving him confidence in his $250,000 price prediction.

Another factor that could increase institutional adoption is the digital gold narrative, in which investors view Bitcoin as a similar hedge against currency depreciation. The United States’ growing debt and growing budget deficit have led many investors to believe that the U.S. dollar will lose value over time, as they bet that the Federal Reserve will continue to print money and the government will have to essentially inflate its way out of the debt situation.

This would make gold, and therefore Bitcoin, unique diversification elements to have in your portfolio. This narrative is still much debated, but if it becomes more apparent or the debasement becomes more evident, it could also significantly increase institutional adoption.

As I will always say about Bitcoin price targets, approach them with skepticism. There are still a lot of things investors probably don’t understand about cryptocurrencies, and cryptocurrencies are even more difficult to value than traditional stocks. Crypto is also inherently riskier than most stocks, and the digital gold narrative hasn’t been fully proven — many still believe Bitcoin trades as a high-beta tech stock.

However, this does not mean that one cannot allocate at least some capital to Bitcoin and generate good returns in the long term. After all, there are favorable supply and demand dynamics, more institutions and retail investors are buying Bitcoin, and this could prove to be a unique form of diversification that few assets can offer.

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