PANews reported on December 14 that asset management giant VanEck released its top 10 cryptocurrency predictions for 2025:

1. The crypto bull market will peak in the first quarter and reach new highs in the fourth quarter. Bitcoin is expected to be valued at around $180,000, Ethereum's trading price will exceed $6,000, Solana will exceed $500, and Sui will exceed $10.

2. The U.S. will embrace Bitcoin through strategic reserves and increased cryptocurrency adoption. Under the new SEC leadership, multiple new spot cryptocurrency ETPs will be approved. Ethereum ETPs will include staking, and both Ethereum and Bitcoin ETPs will allow physical trading and redemption.

3. The value of tokenized securities will exceed $50 billion. Tokenized securities will grow by 61% in 2024, reaching $12 billion, but most of that value will be on permissioned chains. As entities like DTCC explore connecting public and private blockchains, 2025 will be a breakthrough year for tokenized securities to launch on open-source blockchains.

4. Stablecoins are expected to revolutionize payment methods, with daily settlement volumes projected to reach $300 billion by the end of 2025, tripling from the current approximately $100 billion per day. At this level, stablecoins will handle transactions equivalent to 5% of DTCC's daily trading volume. Following a 180% year-on-year growth in 2024, this surge will be driven by global commerce, remittances, and integration with major technology and payment networks.

5. One million new AI agents will emerge. Consider AI agents as digital workers—autonomous software programs that perform tasks or make decisions on your behalf, such as managing investments, hosting online communities, or even playing video games. These agents generated substantial revenue in the last month of 2024, and as they expand from DeFi to social media, gaming, and consumer applications in 2025, their on-chain activity is expected to surge.

6. The TVL of Bitcoin Layer 2 will reach 100,000 BTC, and based on this, an explosive growth of 600% will be achieved in 2024, bringing the TVL to 30,000 BTC.

7. Ethereum blob space will generate $1 billion in fee revenue, benefiting from explosive L2 adoption, rollup optimization, and high-fee use cases such as tokenized assets and enterprise applications.

8. DeFi will reach an all-time high, with DEX trading volume reaching $4 trillion and TVL reaching $200 billion, thanks to AI-related tokens, consumer-facing dApps, and tokenized assets that drive liquidity and adoption.

9. It is expected that the NFT trading volume will rebound to $30 billion in 2025. Despite being sluggish in recent years, projects like Pudgy Penguins, which transformed into consumer brands through collectible toys, as well as outstanding projects like Miladys, which gained cultural status in ironic internet culture, are going against the trend due to strong community ties.

10. DApp tokens will narrow the performance gap with L1 tokens. In 2024, L1 blockchain tokens will outperform dApp tokens by a factor of 2, but the launch of innovative dApps in AI and DePIN is expected to drive a performance shift.