Original source: Ring Finger Research Institute, Foresight News
Reprinted: Koala, Mars Finance
As the cryptocurrency market continues to evolve, we are excited about what the future holds in 2025. Here are 20 predictions for the cryptocurrency world in 2025, according to a detailed analysis by author @DeFiMinty on Twitter:
01 More tokens backed by physical assets will emerge
It is expected that more tokens backed by real-world assets (RWA) will be listed, and real-time asset trading on the chain will become an important driving force for mainstream market acceptance. For example, Visa plans to launch Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) on the Ethereum network in 2025 to help banks issue tokens backed by fiat currencies, covering RWAs such as commodities and bonds, and achieve near real-time settlement through smart contracts. Spanish bank BBVA has selected the platform for a pilot and is expected to officially promote it in 2025.
02 Consumer-oriented blockchain will rise
Consumer-oriented blockchain projects will expand rapidly, and we are already seeing projects like @Abstract_Eco break through through major integrations and partnerships. Abstract Chain is committed to bringing culture, community, and creativity to the chain, and will use ZK technology and EigenDA to provide a secure, fast, low-cost, and developer-friendly building environment. Abstract's development will promote a new generation of consumer cryptocurrency applications while opening up a new economic model for developers.
03 Bitcoin will break through $100,000
While the exact timing is uncertain, with looser monetary policies and Bitcoin’s status as a neutral store of value, Bitcoin is expected to top $100,000 within the next few years. This breakthrough will further solidify Bitcoin’s importance in the global financial system.
04 Uniswap v4 will open up new DeFi opportunities
The launch of Uniswap v4 will open up new avenues for decentralized finance (DeFi) profit, and we have already seen many innovative experiments underway. This will promote the participation of more liquidity providers and traders, driving the continued development of the DeFi ecosystem.
05 Stablecoin will become the largest application scenario of blockchain
Stablecoins will become one of the core applications of blockchain technology due to their stable value and wide range of application scenarios. Enterprises have seen the value proposition and potential benefits of stablecoins, and the total amount of collateralized stablecoins in the market has exceeded $170 billion, which is higher than the data in 2022 and earlier this year.
06 OpenTensor will continue to lead AI-focused projects
OpenTensor will continue to lead the AI-focused blockchain projects. The AI token market is growing at a rate of return three times the average, and in addition to the major $TAO, $FET, and $NEAR, smaller projects such as $DEAI, $ENQAI, $NMT, $OLAS, and $AIT are also performing well.
07 Blockchain will become a new battlefield for authorization agreements
As AI continues to dominate the market, intellectual property will become increasingly important. Projects like StoryProtocol are demonstrating the potential of blockchain in intellectual property management, with new modules and updates that allow users to set the terms of multiple intellectual property assets simultaneously, unlock the authorization of AI data sets, set franchise terms, and more .
08 Pudgy Penguins will become one of the top NFT series
Led by LucaNetz, Pudgy Penguins' ecosystem is expanding rapidly and is expected to become one of the top NFT projects. The team and community behind it are pushing the project forward at an astonishing speed, making it a bright spot in the market.
09 Ethereum will become the preferred blockchain for institutions
Despite the controversy surrounding Ethereum and Layer 2 solutions, ETH still dominates the DeFi space. With its stability and broad ecosystem support, many institutions still choose Ethereum as their preferred blockchain.
10 Interactivity and chain abstraction technology lead the future of blockchain
As the number of blockchains increases, the problem of fragmentation between chains becomes increasingly prominent. Projects with interoperability will become a key trend, which can effectively solve the interoperability issues between different blockchains and promote the development of the ecosystem. At the same time, chain abstraction technology simplifies developers’ interactions with multiple blockchains, improving application scalability and user experience. In the future, combined with interoperability and chain abstraction, blockchain applications will be more unified and easier to use.
11 GameFi will focus on a few key applications
The blockchain game (GameFi) field will be concentrated on a few key applications that can quickly attract users. There are a large number of games on the market, but there will be very few games that can really detonate the market. Success stories like Axie Infinity will become benchmarks in the future.
12 More companies will launch their own Layer 2 blockchains
As Layer 2 solutions gain popularity, more enterprises will launch their own Layer 2 blockchains to accelerate the tokenization of physical assets. For example, Soneium has launched the Soneium Minato Testnet and Soneium Spark Incubation programs to support developers and creators and promote the widespread adoption of Web3.
13 Memecoins will still remain an opportunity, but the market is becoming saturated
While there are still opportunities in the Memecoins market, as more Meme tokens flood the market, the chance of price fluctuations will gradually decrease. The market may move towards viewing Memecoins as mini-games or projects with lottery properties rather than as pure investment vehicles.
14 Asia will lead the next wave of cryptocurrency adoption
The Asian region will be the leader in the next wave of cryptocurrency applications, with market demand and technological innovation developing rapidly in this region. As more Asian businesses and users enter the crypto market, the region’s influence will grow significantly.
15 HyperliquidX will be the last large airdrop project
As the value of airdrops gradually decreases, future projects may move to other incentive structures. However, HyperliquidX will be the last airdrop project to have a large-scale impact, having reached new highs in the open interest market, exceeding $1 billion.
16 Sanko Game Corp will become a top game project
SankoGameCorp's ecosystem is developing rapidly, similar to the early days of NEO. Community developers and the core team work together to create original DeFi products, games, and memes, creating an interesting and vibrant online culture, and are expected to become a top gaming project that attracts much attention in the future.
17 DAO concept will be restructured or fall out of favor
The current DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) is not truly decentralized and has a lot of redundancy and inefficiency problems. In the future, the DAO concept may be restructured to improve its degree of decentralization and operational efficiency, otherwise it may gradually lose market appeal.
18 ZK Rollups will regain attention
As blockchain performance improves and transaction processing capabilities increase, ZK Rollups technology will gain attention again. This technology can not only solve the problem of user experience fragmentation, but also solve the fragmentation of trust and liquidity through native protocol changes, and will become one of the important technologies for future blockchain expansion.
19 Regulation will be clearer
Regardless of the election outcome, the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies will become clearer. With the increase in market funds and the participation of large enterprises, it will become possible to promote more friendly regulatory policies, which will provide guarantee for the stable development of the encryption market.
20 Infrastructure development slows down, and applications become the focus
Although the current blockchain infrastructure is relatively mature, it still lacks influential "killer" applications. It is expected that by 2025, the development of infrastructure will take a back seat, and more projects will focus on developing user demand-driven applications, improving user experience and promoting the widespread application of encryption technology and the expansion of the user base.
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When summarizing the predictions for the cryptocurrency market in 2025, we can see that the next few years will be a period of opportunities and challenges. As technology continues to evolve and market demands change, trends such as tokens backed by physical assets, consumer-oriented blockchains, and the popularity of stablecoins will profoundly affect our financial ecosystem.
Whether it is Bitcoin breaking new highs or the innovation of decentralized finance, we will witness a more diversified crypto world. The changes in AI technology, intellectual property management and DAO concepts will bring new vitality and direction to the industry. The rise of the Asian market and the gradual clarification of supervision will also become important factors in promoting global crypto applications.
