A fresh report from Wintermute, a global leader in algorithmic market-making and high-frequency trading (HFT), reveals a staggering 313% growth in the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) trading volumes, outpacing the broader 142% uptick in crypto exchange activity. Alongside these figures, the firm shared a series of forward-looking insights for 2025. Ethereum Acquisition? Wintermute Predicts Public Company […]
Bitwise CIO Predicts ‘Megatrend’ of Companies Setting up Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries
Matt Hougan provided the rationale for his prediction in a weekly memo published on Monday. Corporate Bitcoin Treasuries Are an Overlooked Megatrend Software firm Microstrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) saw revenues dip by 10% in 2024, yet it was one of the best performing stocks in the Nasdaq 100, according to Barchart.com. The reason its stock shot […]
Analyst Predicts Trump Administration Will Make 2025 ‘The Year of Crypto ETFs’
Nate Geraci, a well-known exchange-traded fund analyst, has predicted that 2025 will be the year of crypto ETFs. He expects the Trump administration to quickly establish definitions of which crypto assets are classified as securities and which are not, opening the floodgates for more filings. 2025 Will Be the Year of Crypto ETFs, Powered by […]
Fidelity Predicts 2025 as Bitcoin’s Breakout Year, Led by Nation-State Adoption
Fidelity predicts 2025 will ignite a seismic shift as nation-states, banks, and institutions race to embrace bitcoin, marking the dawn of a new financial era. Fidelity Sees 2025 Driving Bitcoin Adoption Among Nation-States and Banks Financial giant Fidelity Investments, through its subsidiary Fidelity Digital Assets, released a report last week titled “2025 Look Ahead: Digital […]
VC Chamath Palihapitiya Predicts Stablecoin Adoption Will Challenge Visa’s and Mastercard’s Duopoly in 2025
Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of the VC firm Social Capital, predicts that stablecoin usage may go mainstream in 2025 as President-Elect Trump addresses high credit interest rates and transaction fees. He assesses that stablecoin adoption has reached a “point of no return.” Chamath Palihapitiya: Stablecoin Adoption Will Be a Big Trend in 2025 Chamath Palihapitiya, a […]