- Crypto narratives such as tokenization of real-world assets, artificial intelligence, and Bitcoin as a treasury asset may become relevant in 2025.
- Experts say meme coins could emerge as a key vertical next year and sound a note of caution on Solana and XRP ETFs.
- Bitcoin consolidated above $94,000 on Monday.
The crypto market has seen greater acceptance and an influx of institutional capital in 2024. Experts predict trends to look forward to in 2025 as the market matures and Bitcoin’s growth continues.
Key narratives in 2024 include meme coins and artificial intelligence (AI) tokens, these two sectors could attract additional interest from market participants in 2025, according to executives at Brickken, a leading real-world asset (RWA) tokenization company.
RWAs, AI agents and Bitcoin as a treasury could fuel crypto in 2025
Essentially, the issuer of the digital asset exchange-traded fund predicts that the value of the RWA sector will exceed $50 billion in 2025. This is one of the top 10 crypto predictions for the next year. The report points out that three years ago tokenized RWA was less than $2 billion.
In their report titled “The Year Ahead: 10 Crypto Predictions for 2025,” published on December 10, Bitwise analysts predict that Wall Street may continue to embrace crypto next year.
ParaFi and the Global Financial Markets Association’s 2025 predictions align with Bitwise. ParaFi believes the RWA market could grow to $2 trillion by 2030, and GFMA has set a target of $16 trillion over the next five years.
Edwin Mata, CEO and co-founder of Brickken told FXStreet in an exclusive interview:
“RWA will be very important to key players. Big players like BlackRock and JP Morgan are stepping in to provide exactly what we need to make the RWA space matter. I see AI agents built into the process. Bitcoin as a treasury could be established in different countries. From a technology point of view: RWA, AI agents are two key narratives for the coming year.”
What to expect from meme coins
A CoinGecko report released earlier this month identified meme coins as one of the top-performing narratives in 2024, with AI-based meme coins Solana and base-based meme coins in the top 10 list.
Meme coins have emerged as a key trend of this market cycle and this may continue into 2025.
Dario Lo Buglio, Chief Technology Officer at Brickken told FXStreet:
“Meme coins could disappear over time or experience growth next year. Maybe he will find a place for himself in the market. It’s a trend, we welcome trends and embrace them.”
Edwin agreed and cited the importance of the emergence of a category as its own vertical like L1, L2, AI, DePin. Edwin said:
“With meme coins, it’s a bit like gambling, but it shouldn’t be considered the main story. It’s just a matter of maturity in the market and it’s a vertical and that’s all.”
Bitcoin is currently consolidating above $94,000, amid a drop in open interest on derivatives exchanges and a drop in the total number of BTC holders.
