Crypto’s 2025: Small Wins, Big Impact!

Grayscale's Zack Pandl expects dozens of smaller victories for the crypto industry in 2025.

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Danielle du Toit
January 17, 2025

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  • Crypto Set for ‘Dozens of Smaller Victories’ in 2025: Grayscale Exec

  • Sen. Lummis Accuses FDIC of Destroying Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Docs

  • Solana Tokenomics Overhaul Suggested by Multichain Capital

  • XRP Price to $10 - $50 ‘Plausible’ if Spot ETF Approved, ChatGPT Says

The crypto industry scored “two big victories” with spot crypto ETFs and Donald Trump’s US election win last year, but 2025 would likely see a large number of “smaller victories.”

  • Grayscale’s Zach Pandl expects more institutional adoption and comprehensive crypto legislation from Congress this year.

  • Pandl also believes there is potential for Bitcoin to become a US reserve asset and suggested it could reach $500,000 by 2030, driven by growing institutional interest.

  • Pension and endowment funds, that were previously dismissive of crypto, are now also recognizing its importance as more fund managers are engaging in discussions about the industry.

According to whistleblower accounts, the FDIC may have destroyed key records related to its oversight of digital asset activities.

  • Senator Cynthia Lummis accused the FDIC of destroying documents related to "Operation Chokepoint 2.0," which is an initiative allegedly targeting banking services for crypto firms.

  • Lummis demanded the FDIC to immediately stop the document destruction and urged the agency to preserve all materials related to these activities.

  • The senator warned that any confirmed attempts to obstruct Senate oversight by destroying documents could lead to criminal referrals to the Department of Justice.

Multicoin Capital proposed a variable-rate token emission model for Solana to reduce inflation and stabilize the network.

  • Multicoin Capital's SIMD-0228 proposal aims to reform Solana's token emission model with a dynamic, variable-rate system tied to staking participation to balance inflation and network security.

  • The proposal seeks to achieve a 50% staking participation rate by adjusting token issuance rates based on the ratio of staked SOL to the total circulating supply.

  • Previous proposal SIMD-0096, which suggested removing the fee-burning mechanism, faced criticism for potentially increasing inflation and diluting non-staking SOL holdings. This delayed its implementation on the Solana mainnet.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI's Grok were asked to predict how XRP’s price could be affected by a spot ETF approval.

  • XRP reached a record high of $3.38 on Jan. 16. This sparked speculation about its potential price trajectory in 2025, particularly if a spot XRP ETF is approved.

  • In an extremely bullish case, ChatGPT believes XRP could rise to $50-$100, driven by institutional capital inflows, global adoption, and ETF-triggered speculative buying.

  • Generative chatbot Grok estimated a more conservative XRP price of $5 based on Bitcoin's 66% rise after ETF approvals, with a moderately optimistic projection of $10-$15 in the current bull cycle.

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