What will happen to cryptocurrency in 2025: a detailed forecast from analysts at the Bitwise investment fund

Bitwise representatives often comment on what is happening in the crypto world. For example, in October 2024, the company’s investment director Matt Hogan listed the conditions for Bitcoin to grow to $200,000. According to him, the cryptocurrency should become a more mature asset and become more popular against the background of gold with a capitalization of $18 trillion.

The coin industry should also continue to be seen by investors as a hedge against government actions that regularly devalue local fiat currencies.

Earlier, Hogan warned about Ethereum’s ability to surprise crypto investors. However, ETH at the current stage of growth has proven to be less profitable compared to other large coins by capitalization. In this regard, the project has faced criticism from crypto enthusiasts due to the lack of a clear narrative for growth.

Now the fund’s representatives have published a detailed market forecast for 2025. And although they emphasize that the document cannot be considered a financial recommendation, the point of view of analysts of this level cannot but arouse interest.

What will be the Bitcoin rate in 2025

Bitwise experts have announced ten predictions for the crypto market for the next year, along with one bonus prediction. The first of them touches on the most popular topic – namely, the rates of popular cryptocurrencies.

According to experts, Bitcoin will set a new historical maximum of $200,000 in 2025. Ethereum will peak at $7,000, while Solana will rise to $750.

What is the reason for the possible growth of BTC to the specified level? In general, everything is tied to the popularity of spot ETFs based on cryptocurrency and the influence of the halving that took place in April. Here is a quote on this matter.

Record Bitcoin ETF investment in 2024 has sent the cryptocurrency to new all-time highs. And it looks like this is just the beginning. Combine this demand with a supply squeeze due to the halving in April 2024, plus new buying by corporations and governments, and… we’ve seen this scenario before. Note: If the US government goes ahead with plans to create a million BTC strategic reserve, the 200,000 price tag could easily turn into 500,000 or more.

Bitwise analysts admit that Ethereum has not been the most popular instrument for investors: after all, the ETH cryptocurrency has only shown 75 percent growth in 2024.

However, next year, experts expect a change in the perception of cryptocurrency. The reason for this will be the popularity of second-level networks like Base and Starknet. And spot ETFs will attract billions of dollars of net inflow.

Another catalyst? The massive growth of stablecoins and tokenized projects based on Ethereum.

Solana has been called “the phoenix that rose from the ashes of the 2022 coin market collapse” by Bitwise experts. SOL’s growth in 2024 was largely driven by the popularity of meme tokens based on the network.

According to analysts, Solana’s development is just beginning. Here is their quote.

Solana’s growth catalyst in 2025 will be “serious” projects migrating to the blockchain to complement its memecoin dominance. We’re already seeing early examples like Render migrating. We expect this trend to only gain momentum next year.

Positive factors for the development of crypto included investments by institutional players, purchases of coins by corporations, the possible creation of a national Bitcoin reserve by the US authorities, a decrease in the new supply of BTC due to the recent halving, scaling of second-level networks, an improvement in the macroeconomic situation, and an increase in the target investment in crypto by companies from 1 to 3 percent.

The downsides could include disappointment from coin regulation by Congress, government coin sales, a major meme token crash, and muted cuts in the base interest rate.

Cryptocurrency Predictions 2025

Here are the rest of the industry forecasts for next year:

• Bitcoin ETFs to Attract More Capital Inflows in 2025 Than in 2024
• Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will overtake Charles Schwab as the most valuable brokerage company, and its shares will exceed $700.
• 2025 Will Be the Year of Cryptocurrency IPOs: At Least Five Blockchain Unicorns Will Go Public in the U.S.
• Meme tokens launched by AI agents will increase the popularity of memes to unprecedented heights.
• The number of countries that store BTC will double.
• Coinbase will join the S&P500 index, and MicroStrategy will be included in the Nasdaq-100.
• The US Department of Labor is going to soften its stance on crypto, causing billions of dollars to flow into cryptocurrencies through pension plans.
• The capitalization of stablecoins will grow to 400 billion dollars. This will happen against the backdrop of the adoption of a legislative framework for such tokens in the United States.
• Real World Asset (RWA) token value to surpass $50 billion as Wall Street warms to coins
• Bonus prediction: By 2029, Bitcoin will overtake gold in market cap and trade at $1 million per BTC.

Now such forecasts may seem unrealistic. However, as the bullish trend of 2021 and 2017 shows, the growth of crypto during periods of so-called euphoria turns out to be unpredictable and unexpected.

In addition, it is important to consider that Bitwise is one of the most popular investment funds in the world. Therefore, the point of view of the company’s analysts is definitely worth listening to.

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