With the cryptocurrency industry predicted to enter a golden age in 2025, Bitwise Asset Management (America’s largest crypto index fund manager) has developed 10 bold predictions for the crypto world in 2025:
- Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana will set new all-time highs, with Bitcoin exceeding USD 200,000.
- Bitcoin ETFs will attract more investments in 2025 than in 2024.
- Coinbase will surpass Charles Schwab as the world’s most valuable brokerage, with its stock exceeding USD 700.
- 2025 will be the ‘Year of the Crypto IPO’, with at least five crypto unicorns going public in the U.S.
- AI-generated tokens will drive a memecoin boom even bigger than in 2024.
- The number of countries holding Bitcoin will double.
- Coinbase will join the S&P 500, and MicroStrategy will enter the Nasdaq-100. This will drive increased crypto exposure for U.S. investors.
- The U.S. Department of Labor will ease restrictions on crypto in 401(k) plans, unlocking billions in investments.
- Stablecoin assets will double to USD 400 billion as the U.S. enacts stablecoin regulations.
- Tokenized real-world assets will exceed USD 50 billion, driven by Wall Street’s growing adoption of crypto.
Bonus prediction: By 2029, Bitcoin will surpass gold’s USD 18 trillion market cap, trading above USD 1 million.
