#trends2025

Here are the latest crypto trends:

- Bull Market Emerges: The value of Bitcoin surged 150% coming into 2024, with predictions of it hitting $77,000 by the end of 2024 and $123,000 by the end of 2025 ¹.

- Intersection of AI and Crypto: AI tokens, cryptocurrencies related to AI ventures, have grown exponentially in 2024, with nearly 90 AI tokens in the crypto space and a combined market value surpassing $39 billion ¹.

- Funding, Mergers, and Acquisitions: Investor confidence has returned, with $1.9 billion invested in crypto-related companies in the final quarter of 2023, and $485 million in VC funding invested in blockchain startups in February 2024 ¹.

- Increasing Regulation: The SEC is actively enforcing regulations against crypto giants, with a 30% tax on cryptocurrency mining proposed by President Biden, and many crypto companies exploring options in other countries due to regulatory concerns ¹.

- Crypto's Growing Climate Impact: The crypto industry's energy consumption and climate change implications are becoming a pressing concern, with the production of Bitcoin using about 1174 TWh of electricity per year, more than the total annual electricity usage of the Netherlands ¹.

- Real-World Assets Turn Digital: Asset tokenization is becoming increasingly popular, enabling the automation of specific actions, providing traceability, enabling fractional ownership, and increasing liquidity, with the market predicted to reach $9.82 billion by 2030 ¹.

- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): Global officials are exploring the development of CBDC, with the potential to create a more efficient and secure banking system ¹