ChainCatcher news, Wintermute OTC released its 2024 annual review and 2025 outlook: In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs, coupled with growing bipartisan support for the crypto framework, eliminating major barriers for traditional financial participants and bringing unprecedented institutional participation and capital inflow. This institutional shift is also reflected in the activities of Wintermute OTC (over-the-counter), showing similar growth momentum.A deep analysis of the trends shaping the 2024 market was conducted to identify patterns that may extend into 2025. Here are some key highlights:Wintermute's OTC trading volume grew by 313%, surpassing the overall cryptocurrency trading platform volume increase of 142%;Over 300 new independent trading pairs were traded for the first time;The average trade size increased by 17%, reflecting the trend of large block trades by institutions;OTC trading volume from traditional financial institutions grew by 240%;Derivatives trading volume increased by over 300%, with contracts for difference (CFDs) accounting for 4.3% of Wintermute OTC's total trading volume within just nine months.It is expected that the institutionalization process will accelerate in 2025, further highlighting the demand for scalable liquidity solutions, a well-developed derivatives market, and efficient trade execution. Macro trends and regulatory clarity will shape execution strategies and drive further integration of the cryptocurrency market with traditional financial markets.

ChainCatcher news, WBTC recently released an annual review stating that in 2024, the peak market value of WBTC reached $14.3 billion (December 18), with a single-day trading volume exceeding $1.01 billion (December 5), and the number of daily transactions reaching 1,029,900, accounting for 75.8% of the Ethereum Bitcoin token market. Its transaction fee is as low as $0.03, and more than 10 new projects have been integrated, expanding to 7 new chains including Base and zkSync, achieving a multi-chain ecological layout.Since its launch in 2019, WBTC has maintained zero security incidents and has firmly held its position as the leading Bitcoin tokenized asset in the DeFi ecosystem. In 2025, it will continue to focus on promoting cross-chain interoperability and DeFi innovative applications.

ChainCatcher news, the full-chain data network Chainbase has released its annual summary for 2024, sharing the latest progress made in the field of data-driven on-chain intelligence. As the world's largest high-quality data infrastructure, Chainbase is committed to providing high-quality, structured, and trustworthy data for various AI frameworks and agents, accelerating the implementation of on-chain intelligence.In the third quarter of 2024, the Chainbase testnet and Chainbase AVS officially launched, supporting cooperation with over 220 EVM-compatible and non-EVM blockchains, building a broad ecosystem that provides massive data sources for well-known AI applications such as Google Gemini. It is reported that the daily data access volume of the Chainbase data network has reached 600 million, and the Ethereum staking amount of Chainbase AVS has reached 581,075 ETH.In 2024, the Chainbase community achieved leapfrog development. The Odyssey event attracted a total of 30 million wallet addresses to connect, with the number of community members exceeding 800,000 and the number of developers surpassing 30,000, forming a vibrant community of developers and users. In addition, traditional internet giants and Web3 venture capital are optimistic about the development prospects of data-driven AI, and Chainbase successfully completed a $15 million Series A financing.Looking ahead to 2025, Chainbase will continue to deepen its efforts in the data field, focusing on advancing the launch of the mainnet. Through the mainnet, Chainbase will achieve data monetization, incentivizing more users to participate in data sharing. At the same time, Chainbase will continue to optimize its technical architecture to provide more efficient and reliable data services for AI systems.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Optimism has released its 2024 review:The Superchain built on the OP Stack has seen significant growth, with nearly 50% of L2 transactions on Ethereum now supported by the Superchain ecosystem;Permissionless fault proofs have been launched, paving the way for the first phase of decentralization for OP Stack Chains;Interoperability has been enhanced;Optimism has strengthened its support for ERC-7683 and developed ERC-7802;The Optimism Collective continues to innovate in the direction of scalable Ethereum;Through two airdrops, over 20 million OP have been distributed to users making meaningful impacts;Four major initiatives have driven user engagement, with over 3.3 million OP distributed to winners.At the same time, Optimism has made projections for 2025, focusing on interoperability in the coming year and aiming to make Superchain the best DeFi platform while attracting more developers through developer tools.It is reported that Optimism aims to become a simpler and more valuable platform for building and guiding applications through comprehensive development tools, and to unite Ethereum through interoperability and other means.

ChainCatcher news, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley posted the Bitwise 2024 review on X, stating that as they enter 2025, the team has many plans and will continue to focus on helping investors understand and access opportunities in the field.2024 Review:Customer assets grew from approximately $1 billion to about $12 billionThe team expanded from around 65 people to about 100, spread across the U.S. and EuropeTwo acquisitions were madeExpanded to over 4,000 RIAs, wealth teams, family offices, and institutional clients in the U.S.Over 15 banks and broker/dealer wealth platforms in the U.S. approved productsAchieved two years of outstanding performance in alpha strategiesEntered Europe with a growing suite of institutional-grade ETPsEntered Ethereum and now Starknet staking businessLaunched several exciting new productsConducted over 12,000 meetings and calls with investors, 79 events, 25 webinars, produced two national TV commercials, nearly 100 research memos and reports, and received over 1,000 news mentions/quotes/appearances

ChainCatcher news, Magic Eden co-founder and CEO Jack Lu posted the 2024 Magic Eden review on X, stating that they are prepared for 2025.2024 Review:Adopt ME;Launched mobile app;Became a top NFT marketplace + Mint terminal;Ranked first in Ordinals and Runes;Token trading now accounts for 30% of revenue.

ChainCatcher news, Binance Research has released the 2023 Annual Review Report, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the previous year's performance in the cryptocurrency market. The report shows that, driven by significant increases in the first and fourth quarters, the cryptocurrency market capitalization grew by 109% in 2023; Web3 projects attracted 1,173 investments, totaling $9 billion; the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) rose by 38.9% year-on-year; and the global stablecoin market capitalization overall declined by 5.2% in 2023.Binance Research also offers exclusive insights into eight major trends in the cryptocurrency asset industry for 2024 through professional analysis. These trend themes include: developments related to the Bitcoin ecosystem, ownership economy, artificial intelligence (AI), real-world assets (RWA), on-chain liquidity, and institutional-level adoption, among others.