Another year is done, and crypto is somehow at a defining crossroads—again. After having survived an all-out regulation Crusade In the United States, after surviving the last tatters of the previous bear market and regaining momentum in recent months, it appears that the digital asset industry is on a new upward trajectory. All indications are that 2025 will be the best year ever for cryptocurrency.
How the industry chooses to take advantage of this opportunity, however, is not yet set in stone. Market trends, regulatory updates and technical developments could still go in any number of different directions.
Fret not, dear reader. Decrypt Is here to forecast the unexpected. Here are some key questions that experts say are likely to define the coming year—and what their answers could mean for you.
What is Donald Trump’s willingness to invest in crypto currency?
Crypto markets surged after President-elect Trump’s election in November. The market seems fairly reasonable It is not clear how to do this. It is no longer the time of the U.S. attacking the industry’s key players are through—and that alone is a huge development.
The question is, will the Trump Administration pursue actively policies which experts in crypto say are essential to ensure its long-term viability?
“The end of the hostility is going to in and of itself be a boon,” Kristin smith, CEO of Blockchain Association – a leading crypto lobbying organisation – told Decrypt. “But we need more than that.”
Trump has made many mistakes promises about the industry on the campaign trail, such commitments to particular constituencies routinely get lost in the shuffle once a president takes office and gets inundated by competing concerns—all of which will be urgent.
“There's going to be a lot of priorities across the Trump Administration,” Smith said. “If we don't have somebody there who's able to execute on those, that's going to be a problem.”
Smith believes that the Trump White House’s decision to make digital assets a priority in the 2025 budget is a positive sign that the policy will be meaningfully advanced. A crypto-czar and AI expert. David Sacks is a venture capitalist who accepted this position at the beginning of December.
White House Crypto Advisor “ensure that things get done” Smith stated that the Administration could achieve its vision for digital assets by working with the White House and executive agencies as well as Congress.
The strength, influence, and reach of cryptocurrency could be greatly impacted by a focus like this.
Consider the repeal of SAB 121. This rule by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission discourages American financial institutions from holding crypto assets. Bipartisan majorities of both chambers voted in May to repeal SAB 121, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule that discourages American banks from custodying crypto assets. Nullify Joe Biden was the first to break this rule. vetoed The effort.
Smith said that even if Congress passed the same bill and Trump signed it, the crypto industry in the United States could be ushered into a brand new chapter.
“It really opens up a whole new market,” “She said”
Bitcoin and Ethereum Spot ETFs A lot of investors and companies in the United States are not participating because of the yellow tape, and the crypto-related fears.
Allowing mainstream banks to hold crypto themselves—and passing a basic Market structure bill that formally legalizes the industry—would unlock untold amounts of still queasy TradFi capital for the digital assets industry, Smith said. These basic steps will give “comfort to a broader set of investors and market participants that crypto is a safe place to be, that they can come and invest here, and that developers can build new businesses here.”
TradFi’s decision to dip its toes or dive in would make an enormous difference. This difference could be felt by the industry in 2025.
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