Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise, predicts that 2025 could witness a boom of small businesses, niche companies supported by AI and Tokenization, an increase in Bitcoin acceptance among corporations, and a 'release' in merger and acquisition activities that could benefit cryptocurrency.
In a series of posts on X on January 5, Horsley said he sees the world 'on the brink of change' by 2025.
Tokenization supports small businesses
In one of his posts on X, Horsley also made some predictions about Tokenization, suggesting that most attention is focused on demand-side benefits such as democratizing access to money market funds, but the real revolutionary potential lies on the supply side, he said.
Accordingly, the transformative potential of Tokenization could come from allowing a large number of small businesses to access capital markets, he suggested.
The tokenization of real assets industry could become the next big story in the cryptocurrency space by 2025, according to Edwin Mata, founder and CEO of Brickken. 'Tokenizing real assets is transforming traditional markets by allowing assets like real estate, debt, and equity to become digitized and traded on the blockchain,' he told TinTucBitcoin.
AI leads to the boom of micro companies
'I think AI could lead to a boom in companies and tokenized businesses,' Horsley said in another post sharing his thoughts on the advancements of artificial intelligence in the coming year.
'AI could significantly increase the number of niche businesses. They may never go public but could be tokenized. This could be an important new long-term capital market.'
An example of how AI can drive Tokenization. Source: Hunter Horsley
'Bitcoin Standard' for corporations
Horsley also predicts that a major trend in 2025 will be the emergence of 'Bitcoin Standard Corporations', which are companies that hold BTC on their balance sheets. '2025 will see many corporations adopting the Bitcoin standard,' Horsley said.
MicroStrategy, a company that hinted at a buying opportunity next Monday, is the largest holder of BTC with 446,400 coins worth approximately $43.7 billion at current market prices.
By the end of 2024, some smaller companies have reported that they have begun investing in and holding Bitcoin as part of their treasury.
Release of M&A activities
The Trump administration could 'free up' merger and acquisition activities for large corporations, which would benefit cryptocurrency, according to Horsley.
Horsley predicts that large corporations like the 'seven legends' — including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla — 'may ultimately be able to leverage their market capitalization,' in a post on X on January 6.
'Large companies can become larger, and medium-sized companies can shrink,' he said, before adding, 'If that happens, I think it will drive cryptocurrency' based on the hypothesis that large corporations act in their own interests rather than those of their users.
'The conceptual premise of cryptocurrency is not to trust large organizations to act in your best interests. The larger the corporation, the more this is highlighted.'