PANews reported on December 14 that asset management giant VanEck released its top ten cryptocurrency predictions for 2025:
1. The crypto bull market reached a mid-term peak in the first quarter and a new high in the fourth quarter. Bitcoin is expected to be worth about $180,000, Ethereum will trade at more than $6,000, Solana will exceed $500, and Sui will exceed $10.
2. The United States will embrace Bitcoin with strategic reserves and increased cryptocurrency adoption. Under the new SEC, multiple new spot cryptocurrency ETPs will be approved. Ethereum ETPs will include staking, and both Ethereum and Bitcoin ETPs will allow physical trading and redemption.
3. Tokenized securities exceed $50 billion in value. Tokenized securities grow 61% to $12 billion in 2024, but most of that value is on permissioned chains. 2025 will be a breakout year for tokenized securities to launch on open source blockchains as entities like the DTCC explore connecting public and private blockchains.
4. Stablecoins are expected to revolutionize payments, with daily settlement volumes expected to reach $300 billion by the end of 2025, a threefold increase from the current daily volume of about $100 billion. At this level, stablecoins will process transactions equivalent to 5% of DTCC's daily volume. Following a 180% year-on-year increase in 2024, this surge will be driven by global commerce, remittances, and integration with major technology and payment networks.
5. 1 million new AI agents will emerge. Think of AI agents as digital workers — autonomous software programs that perform tasks or make decisions on your behalf, such as managing investments, moderating online communities, or even playing video games. These agents generated significant revenue in the last month of 2024, and their on-chain activity is expected to surge as they expand from DeFi to social media, gaming, and consumer applications in 2025.
6. Bitcoin Layer 2 TVL will reach 100,000 BTC. On this basis, it will achieve an explosive growth of 600% in 2024, bringing the TVL to 30,000 BTC.
7. The Ethereum blob space will generate $1B in fee revenue, driven by explosive L2 adoption, rollup optimizations, and high-fee use cases like tokenized assets and enterprise applications.
8. DeFi will hit an all-time high with DEX trading volume reaching $4 trillion and TVL reaching $200 billion, thanks to AI-related tokens, consumer-facing dApps, and tokenized assets driving liquidity and adoption.
9. NFT transaction volume is expected to rebound to $30 billion in 2025. Despite the downturn in the past few years, projects such as Pudgy Penguins, which transformed from collectible toys to consumer brands, and outstanding projects such as Miladys, which gained cultural status in satirical Internet culture, have bucked the trend with strong community ties.
10. DApp tokens close the performance gap with L1 tokens. In 2024, L1 blockchain tokens will outperform dApp tokens by 2x, but the launch of innovative dApps in AI and Decentralized Tokenization is expected to drive a performance shift.
