Nansen CEO Predicts Biggest Bull Run Ever
in a Wire On X, Alex Svanevik, CEO of leading on-chain analytics platform Nansen, unveiled nine bold predictions for the crypto industry in 2025. Svanevik predicts that the coming year will herald the arrival of the “mother of bull markets” driven by technological advancements and regulation. transformation and widespread adoption across sectors.
#1 Crypto Meme Coin Set to Set New On-Chain Records
Svanevik predicts that memecoins, cryptocurrencies inspired by internet memes, will continue to attract retail investors into the crypto space. He expects these tokens to significantly boost on-chain metrics, leading to unprecedented record decentralized exchange (DEX) transaction volumes across multiple blockchain networks.
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“Memecoin continues to bring retail into the crypto space and break on-chain metrics. We will see new records for DEX trading volumes at many chains,” Svanevik said. “Better infrastructure, easier user experience, lower transaction fees — all of this makes the on-chain journey better for newbies.”
#2 DeFi Renaissance
Svanevik expects a resurgence in decentralized finance (DeFi), driven by clearer regulation and the activation of revenue models within DeFi protocols. With the upcoming leave On January 20, in a speech by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler, Svanevik predicted that regulatory barriers would be reduced and institutional capital would flow more freely into DeFi platforms.
“DeFi renaissance. Gary is gone. Revenue switch = on,” he noted. “We actually have useful DeFi protocols and now a lot of capital can flow in. Maybe worthless governance tokens will generate value.”
#3 Solana Spot ETF Launched
Svanevik is expected to launch a spot Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF) and claims it will outperform the Ethereum ETF’s launch metrics. “SOL ETF. And it’s doing better than the ETH ETF did when it launched.”
As news BTC reportdiscussions between SEC staff and issuers regarding the Solana ETF spot are “making progress” and the S-1 registration statement is currently under review. The exchange may soon submit a Form 19b-4 application to initiate the official regulatory approval process. Asset managers such as VanEck, 21Shares, Canary and Bitwise are actively racing to launch the first SOL ETF in the United States, aiming for a 2025 debut.
#4 The resurgence of permissioned blockchain
Svanevik predicts that permissioned blockchains will make a comeback and predicts they will gain significant traction this time around. “Permissioned chains are making a comeback, this time gaining more attention. Watch Haven1 here. Tokenization is going to be a big theme for permissioned chains.”
#5 The Thriving Bitcoin Ecosystem
Svanevik expects the Bitcoin ecosystem to flourish in both traditional finance (TradFi) and on-chain development. “The Bitcoin ecosystem continues to thrive both on TradFi and on-chain (through projects like Bitlayer).”
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#6 DeSci will be the new powerful narrative
The Decentralized Science (DeSci) initiative is expected to fund groundbreaking scientific endeavors, particularly in longevity research and other cutting-edge areas. “DeSci funds (crazy) science. Many crypto leaders are interested in longevity specifically and science more generally. That means more opportunities for cutting-edge science to get funding, and likely more headlines News,” Svanjevic wrote.
#7 Cryptocurrency accelerates artificial intelligence development
Svanevik envisions cryptocurrencies playing a dual role in accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) projects and providing solutions to reduce associated risks. “Cryptocurrencies accelerate the development of artificial intelligence, but also protect us from it. Weird agent experiments continue. Cryptodollars pour into artificial intelligence projects.”
He also highlighted the emergence of crypto-human proof projects to combat bots and fake content: “More crypto-human proof projects are entering the market to combat bots and fake content.”
#8 Enactment of FIT21 Law
Svanevik anticipates significant legislative progress with the enactment of the FIT21 law, potentially ushering in a new era of innovation and growth in the United States. “FIT21 becomes law. The American Renaissance begins.”
#9 Exponential Growth of RWA
Svanevik expects significant market capitalization growth Tokenized real-world assetsestimated to have increased by at least three times. “We will see RWA’s market cap increase 3x – on the low end. There may be many more. People will finally realize the full potential of cryptocurrencies: every asset will be tokenized.”
At press time, Bitcoin was trading at $94,239.
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