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 PlayLighter 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, p ...