One of the world’s largest crypto index fund managers, Bitwise, has released a report detailing ten crypto predictions for 2025, a year believed to be “pretty bright.”
According to the investment manager, 2025 will mark the onset of the “Golden Age of Crypto,” amid rising institutional adoption and significant improvements in blockchain technology. Bitwise believes bitcoin (BTC) will trade above $200,000, while ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL) will hit new all-time highs (ATH).
Bitwise’s Predictions For 2025
In the prediction report, Bitwise revealed that BTC, ETH, and SOL already outperformed all major asset classes in 2024, rising 141%, 75%, and 127%, respectively. On the other hand, the S&P 500, gold, and bonds returned 28%, 27%, and 3.4%, respectively.
Bitwise insists BTC could reach its price target of $200,000 as spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to see massive investments. Accelerated inflows into spot Ethereum ETFs and high activity on layer-2 blockchains could drive Ether’s journey to $7,000, while Solana’s momentum could drive it to $750.
The spot Bitcoin ETF market is expected to attract more flows in 2025, following the pattern of gold ETFs after their launch in 2004. Spot Bitcoin ETFs have crushed the milestone set for their first year, and Bitwise believes 2025 inflows will top their current record.
As inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs increase, Bitwise expects the number of countries holding BTC to double. Under the Trump administration, the United States will likely launch a strategic bitcoin reserve, buying one million BTC over five years, so other governments may hasten to load up on the asset before it is too late.
With the U.S. becoming more friendly toward crypto, the Department of Labor is more likely to relax its guidance against crypto in 401(k) plans, opening the doors to an additional influx of billions of dollars into the crypto space.
Crypto Unicorns And RWAs Growth
Furthermore, Bitwise forecasted that Coinbase, the largest American crypto exchange, will surpass the financial services entity Charles Schwab as the most valuable brokerage in the world, with its stock surging above $700.
Coinbase’s growth will push it into the S&P 500, and the business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, also the largest public holder of BTC, will enter the Nasdaq-100, enhancing investor exposure to crypto.
Additionally, Bitwise sees 2025 as the year of crypto initial public offerings (IPOs), with at least five crypto unicorns going public in the United States. These firms include the stablecoin issuer Circle, crypto exchange Kraken, and on-chain intelligence firm Chainalysis.
Bitwise also predicted that the stablecoin market will double to $400 billion next year while the tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) sector will surpass $50 billion. Tokens launched by artificial intelligence agents are expected to lead a memecoin mania bigger than in 2024, and a bonus forecast sees Bitcoin overtaking the $18 trillion gold market cap by 2029.
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