These three narratives could fuel crypto in 2025, experts say

• Crypto narratives like Real-World Asset tokenization, Artificial Intelligence and Bitcoin as a treasury asset could gain relevance in 2025.
• Experts say meme coins could emerge as a key vertical next year and strike a cautious note about Solana and XRP ETFs.
• Bitcoin consolidates above $94,000 on Monday. 

Crypto market experienced higher adoption and inflow of institutional capital in 2024. Experts predict the trends to look forward to in 2025, as the market matures and the Bitcoin bull run continues. 

Key narratives of 2024 include meme coins and Artificial Intelligence (AI) tokens, these two sectors could garner further interest from market participants in 2025, according to executives at Brickken, a leading Real-world Asset tokenization (RWA) firm. 

RWA, AI agents and Bitcoin as treasury could fuel crypto in 2025

Bitwise, issuer of a 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 next year. The report outlines that three years ago, tokenized RWA accounted for less than $2 billion. 

In its report titled, “The Year Ahead: 10 Crypto Predictions for 2025,” published on December 10, Bitwise analysts predict that Wall Street could continue to embrace crypto next year. 

Venture Capital firm ParaFi and Global Financial Markets Association’s predictions for 2025 are aligned with Bitwise. ParaFi believes the RWA market could grow to $2 trillion by 2030 and GFMA set a target of $16 trillion for the next five years. 

Edwin Mata, CEO and co-founder of Brickken told FXStreet in an exclusive interview:

“RWA is going to matter a lot to key players. Big players like BlackRock and JP Morgan are jumping in to provide just what we need for the RWA space to matter. I see AI agents embedded in the process. Bitcoin as treasury could be cemented in different countries. From the technological point of view: RWA, AI agents are two key narratives for the coming year.”

What to expect from meme coins

A CoinGecko report published earlier this month identified meme coins as one of the top performing narratives of 2024, alongside AI-based meme coins, Solana and Base-based meme coins, in the top 10 list. 

Meme coins have emerged as a key trend this market cycle and this could continue in 2025. 

Dario Lo Buglio, Head of Blockchain and co-founder at Brickken told FXStreet:

“Meme coins could fade away with some time or experience some growth next year. Maybe it can find a place for itself in the market. It is a trend, we welcome trends and embrace them.”

Edwin agreed and stated the importance of the category emerging as its own vertical like L1,L2, AI, DePin. Edwin said:

“With meme coins it is a little bit like gambling, but it should not be considered the main narrative. It is just a matter of maturity in the market and it is a vertical and that’s all.”

Bitcoin is currently consolidating above $94,000, amidst a decline in open interest across derivatives exchanges, and a decline in the total number of BTC holders. 

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