Key Insights:
After $100k, Bitcoin now looks at a target of $250k.
Ethereum, too, might shed its undervaluation and reach $15k in 2025.
Based on strong adoption in cross-border payments and RWA, XRP could see $5 targets arriving soon.
Solana looks at $1000 as its next major achievement based on strong user activity and high network speeds.
Chainlink might soon achieve a new ATh above $53.
Experts see DOGE reaching $36 by the end of 2025 as historical charts repeat.
Shiba Inu could also shed a zero and reach $0.0001 levels in 2025.
After crossing $100k, Bitcoin has taken a minor loss, and its price fell to $95k. By mid-2025, Bitcoin's next natural target is around $150k. However, by late 2025, BTC will have reached $250k.
Most of this rally seems to be driven by institutional investors, ETFs, and the White House, which may be buying Bitcoin to fund US strategic reserves or to cut US public debt.
Ethereum seems to have the highest potential for a three-digit rally among all cryptocurrencies. However, ETH has been highly bearish since the approval of the Ethereum ETFs on 31 May 2024.
In early December, ETH had regained $4000 levels but failed to hold it as Bitcoin slid below $100k.
Fair value estimates by experts show that ETH should be around $10k to $15k in current markets. Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams backs these estimates with the fact that ETH is a triple-point asset.
The phenomenal growth in Solana in the last couple of years, from $14 to $263 (new ATH), surprised us all. However, the growth phase of Solana hasn't ended yet. Top experts estimate SOL's price could easily reach $1000 levels by the end of 2025 with a growth of 500%.
Solana owes its strong growth to its intense growth in DeFi markets (73% in Nov 2024), second highest TVL ($8.3 billion), diverse memecoin markets ($15 billion) and it is the most active blockchain (116 million users in Nov-Dec 2024).
Solana has also seen the formation of a multi-year cup and handle pattern on its weekly charts.
Going forward, XRP seems to be the only blockchain that has the highest potential under Trump's presidency. The blockchain has a strong presence in the cross border payment business and now looks to expand its reach to the RWA space (explained later in this article).
Further, XRP has a lot of institutional partnerships like the Rockefeller Foundation, World Bank, Deutsche Bank, Fed Now, Linux and a lot others.
This is one of the reasons why whales have been buying XRP in high numbers.
Chainlink has been one of the top bullish cryptocurrencies in Dec 2024. After breaking the resistance at $23, it didn't look back despite an intense 17% crash in the crypto markets.
We expect LINK to quickly recover to its $30 levels that it achieved earlier this month. As soon as LINK breaks out of $33, it may see another rapid rally towards $53.
The markets seem confident of LINK breaking this last ATH because of its inroads in multiple markets where it has either achieved monopoly or has the potential to dominate the markets.
For example, LINK has a complete monopoly in the oracle space while it is the largest player in the cross-chain asset settlement market. It has also entered the RWA space with 21X.
As Solana memecoins see serious correction lately, it is now upon SHIB and DOGE to take memecoins to a new level. We assume Solana memecoins would join this rally at a later stage because of profit booking and the saturation in those markets.
At present memecoins command a total market cap of $100 billion.
After missing out on the year-long memecoin rally, DOGE finally caught up to the bull markets, rising from $0.1 to $0.45 within November. The strong rally resulted from Elon Musk playing a key role in Trump's re-election and extended further after the announcement of a namesake department (D.O.G.E.) to curb government expenditure.
Lately, there have been projections of Dogecoin reaching up to $36 as it repeats historical patterns. The latest estimates by DOGE experts indicate that it could see a rally of 12000% post its recent consolidations (near $0.33).
This could see DOGE's market cap surge to $6 trillion.
Shiba might not be as bullish as Dogecoin, but it has been the top crypto, seeing a 100% transformation. From just being a memecoin, Shiba Inu has transformed itself into a complete crypto ecosystem. With full DeFi capabilities, a fully functional DEX, a resilient layer-2 blockchain and a complete ecosystem of supportive tokens, Shiba Inu has become a complete ecosystem in itself.
Experts now see SHIB shedding another zero in 2025.
Several top projects like Ethereum, Base, Ripple and Mantra have made serious inroads in the RWA space. Mainly driven by money market funds, these chains have seen the highest growth among all.
However, due to the lack of established projects in RWA, it is difficult to predict who would lead the markets. Yet, we can clearly identify few winners in this space due to their past excellence.
XRP could emerge as a clear winner because of its partnerships with multiple RWA projects, such as the 3.8 billion euro fund by Abrdn. Another reason why XRP looks as a top candidate because of its established dominance in the cross-border payments. Further, the introduction of RLUSD is expected to provide liquidity to XRPL-based RWA projects.
Base could emerge as another key player in RWA markets after BlackRock chose it for the BUIDL fund. Base has a lot greater appeal for institutions because of it close proximity to the Coinbase Exchange and Coinbase Custody.
Finally, Ethereum appears to be a natural winner because of its wide appeal as the most secure general-purpose blockchain. This is also the reason why UBS chose it for its money market fund (an RWA).
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