Web3 in 2026: what founders need to prepare for
Last newsletter of the year 🚀
Before we close the year, we want to zoom out and share the signals we’re seeing as builders: the ones that will matter most as teams move from experimentation to real-world scale.
Web3 in 2026: what founders need to prepare for
2026 will expose weak decisions made today. Founders who plan for scale, durability, and real-world adoption will win.
Key trends to watch:
Real‑World Assets scale: Tokenized real estate, debt & private markets move beyond pilots. - 2026 trend forecast: RWA tokenization.
Stablecoins become core rails: Bank-backed, regulated digital money powers payments & settlements. - Banks launching stablecoins 2026.
AI drives on-chain automation: Autonomous agents shape workflows, governance, and token incentives. - AI + blockchain 2026 trend.
Modular stacks dominate: Execution, consensus & data layers separate for scalable systems. - Modular infrastructure trend.
Privacy & ZK tech scales: Zero-knowledge tools become foundational for compliance and performance. - ZK adoption forecast.
Institutional integration deepens: Capital and regulation increasingly align with crypto infrastructure. - Hashdex 2026 investment outlook.
Why it matters:
These are the constraints that separate projects that scale from those that stall.
At dOrg, we help founders anticipate challenges, design systems that scale safely, and turn 2026 trends into a competitive edge. If you’re building and scaling a project in 2026, let’s connect here
Tech Trends for Web3 Builders
What’s shaping the ecosystem right now and for this upcoming year:
• Modular & L2 stacks: rollups & appchains separate execution, data, and consensus for scalable systems. - The Web3 Developer Stack in 2025: Tools, Frameworks, and Trends.
• ZK & privacy tech: zero‑knowledge proofs expand for privacy, compliance, and performance. - The 10 Hottest Web3 Trends That Will Dominate the 2026.
• Multichain & interoperability: cross‑chain messaging and multi‑chain support are now standard. - The Web3 Developer Stack in 2025: Tools, Frameworks, and Trends.
• AI in dev workflows: AI tools assist testing, optimization, and simulation inside Web3 dev stacks. - The Web3 Developer Stack in 2025: Tools, Frameworks, and Trends.
• Account abstraction & UX: smart wallets and ERC‑4337 reduce friction for users. - Top Cryptocurrency Development Trends to Watch in 2026.
Client Spotlight
Usual Protocol
This is the kind of work that separates systems that scale from systems that break. Usual Protocol is building a next-generation stablecoin designed to give users real economic upside, not just price stability.
To make that viable at scale, they partnered with dOrg to ship USD0, a stablecoin backed by tokenized U.S. Treasury Bills.
Our work included:
Smart contract development
Refactoring & internal audits
Subgraph support
The results:
Up to ~$1.7B TVL
Zero critical exploits
$16M bug bounty (largest in the ecosystem)
This is what high-stakes financial infrastructure looks like when security and reliability aren’t optional.
If you’re building systems that must hold up under real value and real usage, this is the work we do: quietly, thoroughly, and in production.
dOrg Doings
🎙️ New dOrg Hot Seat Episodes
We dropped two new dOrg Hot Seat episodes with Public Nouns and Beast DAO. Less theory, more reality: how governance actually behaves once incentives, people, and constraints collide.
DAO Drops
Kevin Owocki from Gitcoin shared a snapshot of DAO Drops and dOrg inside Ethereum’s Public Goods Funding history (2018–2025).
Zoomed out, it shows how public goods funding is quietly compounding through repeated, real experiments, and we’re proud to be among the teams building Public Goods Funding in Ethereum.
dOrg Members Doings
🎨 Mosaic by Niraj
Niraj is building Mosaic, a Solana-based protocol for funding public goods, art, and content.
The interesting part isn’t the features, but the focus on removing friction where support usually fails, onboarding, coordination, and intent.
A reminder that many creator economy problems aren’t about incentives, but about complexity.
Watch the trailer:
See the demo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S8cy-Sc1Ea3D5IMK2w-zjHtaHu6t7lvL/view?usp=sharing
And that’s a wrap!
2026 will reward founders who anticipate friction early and build systems that scale, endure, and work in the real world.
At dOrg, we’ll keep sharing lessons from the trenches on architecture, coordination, and execution, for teams building what comes next.
Here’s to systems that last and a year of smart, founder-led execution in web3.
Happy Holidays. Bullish on 2026.