Gaze into Fortune's Crystal Ball and see what we predict will be the biggest trends for 2019. Key ones that came out of the readers survey are:

  1. RECESSION: Term Sheet readers predict an economic downturn in 2019. 
  2. CRYPTO: Readers are betting on the growth of blockchain technology. 
  3. M&A: Readers predict some major acquisitions in the coming year. 
  4. IPOS: Readers expect 2019 to be a strong year for tech IPOs. 
  5. STARTUPS: Readers predict more money to chase even fewer deals in 2019. 
  6. GLOBAL: Readers predict it’ll be a challenging year for global markets.