Crypto wallets are rapidly evolving from simple asset storage tools into sophisticated financial operating systems, increasingly serving as the primary interface for everyday financial activity on-chain.

That’s the central thesis of a new research report from Bitget Wallet. In it, the firm argues that as blockchain adoption matures, user behavior is shifting away from episodic, market-driven trading toward repeatable financial activities such as payments, savings and asset management, positioning the wallet at the center of a new financial era in 2026.

This structural shift sees wallets consolidating functions once spread across traditional exchanges, banks and standalone decentralized applications. Payments, trading, yield and privacy…