Timely Insights
The Year Ahead: 10 Crypto Predictions for 202
San Francisco • December 10, 2024
2024 was a monumental year for crypto.
Crypto prices soared to new all-time highs, spot bitcoin ETFs saw the most successful ETF launch of all time, and pro-crypto politicians won big in Washington.
But we see even brighter things ahead: 2025 will usher in the Golden Age of Crypto. Here are 10 predictions for the year ahead.
Please note: As with all predictions, these are not guarantees, but represent our best informed estimate. The future is complex and conditional, and whether these pan out exactly as written will depend on many complicated factors. Nothing that follows is investment advice.
Prediction 1: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana will hit new all-time highs, with Bitcoin trading above $200,000.
Prediction 2: Bitcoin ETFs will attract more flows in 2025 than they did in 2024.
Prediction 3: Coinbase will surpass Charles Schwab as the most valuable brokerage in the world, and its stock will top $700 per share.
Prediction 4: 2025 will be the “Year of the Crypto IPO,” with at least five crypto unicorns going public in the U.S.
Prediction 5: Tokens launched by AI agents will spearhead a memecoin mania even bigger than in 2024.
Prediction 6: The number of countries holding bitcoin will double.
Prediction 7: Coinbase will enter the S&P 500 and MicroStrategy will enter the Nasdaq-100, adding crypto exposure to (nearly) every U.S. investor’s portfolio.
Prediction 8: The U.S. Department of Labor will relax its guidance against crypto in 401(k) plans, enabling billions of dollars to flow into crypto assets.
Prediction 9: Stablecoin assets will double to $400 billion as the U.S. passes long-awaited stablecoin legislation.
Prediction 10: The value of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) will surpass $50 billion as Wall Street’s embrace of crypto intensifies.
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Bonus Prediction: In 2029, Bitcoin will overtake the $18 trillion gold market and trade above $1 million per bitcoin.
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