Blockchain in 2025: 5 trends that stand out
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2024 6:59 am
Sentiment has changed rapidly. Very rapidly. The crypto market has been recording new records every week since Trump was elected. Major investors and companies are rapidly entering the ecosystem and the coming year will see numerous developments that will also see the technology itself take a major step forward. In this article, I will dive into all the developments that I expect.
With the bizarre rise of AI and its dominance within the tech industry, I often get asked if the ‘blockchain revolution’ will ever really happen. To the superficial eye, blockchain may seem to be primarily about cryptocurrencies, but that image does not do the technology justice. In recent years, the focus has shifted from speculative promises to concrete solutions in countless industries.
But the recent new records that Bitcoin and other bulk sms ireland cryptocurrencies have reached have certainly had a positive impact here. According to the annual State of Crypto report, the use of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology has increased dramatically and broken all kinds of records. The analysis shows almost 300 million users, three times as many as at the end of 2023.
For years I have been allowed to write trend blogs about blockchain technology for Frankwatching. Since I bought my first Bitcoins in 2013, I have seen the technology and the ecosystem change tremendously. In a positive way. Just like with some other technologies, the developments are almost impossible to keep up with.
In addition, you see the same things happening with every new technology. A hype that is too fast, followed by a negative backlash. Lack of legislation, which encourages abuse and creates uncertainty for parties that do want to do it right. A lot of commotion about the insane energy consumption, which every new technology has in the beginning. An excess of money from investors that is invested in startups, which deters further investment in the industry due to bankruptcies or disappointing results.
In my trend article on AI I already indicated that the technology has not even peaked yet, of the hype cycle that Gartner always maps out so beautifully. I see now with blockchain technology that most developments are already much further along. And because of their maturity, they are also considered that way by even the most traditional governments, banks and organizations.
The past year has been exciting whether the European Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) would come. It is still being worked on hard and talked about a lot, but the signals are still green .
With the bizarre rise of AI and its dominance within the tech industry, I often get asked if the ‘blockchain revolution’ will ever really happen. To the superficial eye, blockchain may seem to be primarily about cryptocurrencies, but that image does not do the technology justice. In recent years, the focus has shifted from speculative promises to concrete solutions in countless industries.
But the recent new records that Bitcoin and other bulk sms ireland cryptocurrencies have reached have certainly had a positive impact here. According to the annual State of Crypto report, the use of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology has increased dramatically and broken all kinds of records. The analysis shows almost 300 million users, three times as many as at the end of 2023.
For years I have been allowed to write trend blogs about blockchain technology for Frankwatching. Since I bought my first Bitcoins in 2013, I have seen the technology and the ecosystem change tremendously. In a positive way. Just like with some other technologies, the developments are almost impossible to keep up with.
In addition, you see the same things happening with every new technology. A hype that is too fast, followed by a negative backlash. Lack of legislation, which encourages abuse and creates uncertainty for parties that do want to do it right. A lot of commotion about the insane energy consumption, which every new technology has in the beginning. An excess of money from investors that is invested in startups, which deters further investment in the industry due to bankruptcies or disappointing results.
In my trend article on AI I already indicated that the technology has not even peaked yet, of the hype cycle that Gartner always maps out so beautifully. I see now with blockchain technology that most developments are already much further along. And because of their maturity, they are also considered that way by even the most traditional governments, banks and organizations.
The past year has been exciting whether the European Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) would come. It is still being worked on hard and talked about a lot, but the signals are still green .