2024 was a stable year for the crypto market, with no major shocks but also no explosion of new capital. Bitcoin and all other cryptocurrencies have a combined market cap of $3.5 trillion, with the diversification of crypto strengthening its ability to respond to shocks. Payments, DeFi, gaming, ZK, infrastructure, consumer, and more, are all growing sub-sections, each with their own funding ecosystems, markets, incentives, and bottlenecks.
Pantera’s predictions for 2025 are split into two categories: rising trends and new ideas. Rising trends include RWAs (excluding stablecoins) accounting for 30% of on-chain TVL (15% today), private credit accelerating due to improving infrastructure, T-Bills and commodities on-chain increasing, and the possibility of introducing more complex financial products on-chain.
Bitcoin-Fi will reach 1% of all Bitcoins participating in the market, fintechs will become crypto gateways, and Unichain may surpass L2s by transaction volume. NFTs will continue to be used as a utility in various applications. New ideas include zkTLS bringing off-chain data on-chain, regulatory support in the U.S.
becoming more positive, and companies stepping up to build zkTLS into on-chain services.
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