BlackRock’s 2026 AI Report Is Bullish on Digital Assets, Bearish on U.S. Economy
Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, laid out its vision for 2026 and — reading past its bearish outlook for U.S. bonds and the world’s largest economy — it’s a bullish blueprint for institutional crypto adoption.
U.S. federal debt will swell past $38 trillion, setting the tone for a market outlook defined by fragility and the failure of traditional hedges, according to the report. For crypto that’s good news, because this economic environment will lead to accelerated digital asset adoption among the Wall Street behemoths.
More government borrowing “… creates vulnerabilities to shocks such as bond yield spikes tied to fiscal concerns or policy tensions between managing inflation and debt servicing costs,” the report…


