In an interview with Alice Liu, a Research Lead at CoinMarket Alternative, Liu said that Reporting Real-World Assets (RWA) will be the most trending topic in the crypto space by 2025. Liu also emphasized that the rapid development of the RWA sector is due to the growing activity of institutional investors.
Strong demand and institutional support
RWA is the number use case right now according to @CoinMarketCap pic.twitter.com/RXOy7E0Qki
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Liu has mentioned that the RWA sector is in high demand because of its more sustainable business models, which produce actual operational revenues. The sector has a market capitalization of $18.7 billion and has shed 1.9% over the last 24 hours. She also predicted that the first billion-dollar fund would arrive in the RWA, with institutional behemoths such as BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, which has raised about 800 million in three months.
Emerging trends: decentralized AI and memecoins
About the trends for 2025, Liu assumes that decentralized science (DeSci), decentralized artificial intelligence (DeAI), and AI-driven DeFi will be developed significantly. She was also assertive that the memecoin market would follow upward. Nevertheless, numerous challenges, such as the pump, are associated with the process. Fun incidents: The newer fair launch of the memecoin industry is becoming more stable as it has more sustainable business models.
With over 400 million monthly visits, Liu mentioned that this platform shows interesting data about crypto trends and interesting projects for enthusiasts. Memecoins were the most visited sector of the platform last year, and according to Liu, the trend will be maintained in 2025. She explained that the ‘memecoin sub-sector has grown to encompass more blue-chip and community-endorsed projects.
Bitcoin’s potential in 2025
In his speech, Liu also mentioned the possibility of Bitcoin, claiming that it would be widely adopted in 2025. She associated the increased Bitcoin acceptance with the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs worldwide, providing for its corporate and national acceptance. Using information from SoSoValue, spot Bitcoin ETFs collectively hold $10682 billion AUM and claimed $987.06 million in early January.
Liu also said that if U.S. President Trump had recently called for creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve for the Treasury, more people would have started using it worldwide. This proposal is already stimulating debates in countries such as Germany, Russia, and Brazil, which are discussing including Bitcoin in their reserve options along with Poland. With the uncertain future of Bitcoin gradually revealed, Liu assumed that there would be fluctuation after Trump’s inauguration with institutional involvement that could cause the asset’s price to appreciate.
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