ChainCatcher news, according to Aggr News, Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has been appointed as a strategic advisor for Kalshi, entering the prediction market.

ChainCatcher news, The ETF Store President Nate Geraci released a prediction of 10 cryptocurrency-related ETFs for 2025, believing that the Trump administration will adopt significantly different policies towards cryptocurrencies compared to the Biden administration, potentially making 2025 the "Year of Cryptocurrency ETFs." The main predictions are as follows:The assets of spot Bitcoin ETFs will exceed those of physical gold ETFs (this is obvious unless Bitcoin prices crash);Approval for spot Ethereum ETF options trading;Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs will allow for physical creation/redemption;Approval for staking in spot Ethereum ETFs;Launch of the Bitwise Bitcoin Standard Company ETF, with assets under management exceeding $1 billion;At least 50 other cryptocurrency-related ETFs will be listed, including options-based products (covered call ETFs, outcome-based ETFs, etc.), Bitcoin-denominated stock ETFs, and "Bitcoin bond" ETFs;Approval for a spot Solana ETF;Approval for a spot XRP ETF;Approval for Bitwise and Grayscale cryptocurrency index ETFs;Vanguard will allow customers to invest in spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs through brokerage accounts.

ChainCatcher news, the well-known prediction platform Kalshi shows that the probability of the occurrence of Bitcoin reserves in the United States by January 2026 has fallen from a peak of 67.6% on November 19, 2024, to 53%.

ChainCatcher news, according to relevant page information, the probability of "Solana ETF being approved by the end of July this year" on Polymarket is currently reported at 53%.As of the time of publication, the trading volume for this prediction is currently $159,000.

ChainCatcher message, The ETF Store President Nate Geraci posted on X: "Here are my top five predictions for cryptocurrency ETFs in 2025 (in order of confidence):Launch of a spot BTC and ETH joint ETF (obvious)Spot ETH ETF options tradingSpot BTC and ETH ETF physical creation/redemptionSpot ETH ETF stakingApproval of a spot SOL ETFIn fact, all of these will happen."

ChainCatcher message, Messari released six predictions for 2025 on platform X, as follows:The outstanding performance of Hyperliquid may have endedVIRTUAL FDV will surpass TAO FDV within three monthsPudgy Penguins will surpass CryptoPunks to become the hottest PFP seriesPeaq will surpass all L2s in 2025ETH's performance will outperform SOL in 2025The AI agent framework will peak in the first quarter of 2025 and will not recover

ChainCatcher news, Messari Crypto researcher Dylan Bane tweeted that the DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks) industry revenue is expected to exceed $150 million in 2025. The year 2024 is a breakthrough year for DePIN development, as multi-protocols successfully attract demand side after stabilizing on the supply side, with some protocols achieving annual revenues in the seven or even eight figures. In 2025, DePIN is expected to further expand its influence and achieve significant growth.

ChainCatcher message, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated on social media: "The ResearchHub community has seen significant growth over the past year. Excitingly, some ideas we've been thinking about for years are finally starting to come to fruition.In 2025 and beyond, we have a lot of work to do, including improving academic publishing (shortening the publication cycle of ResearchHub journals), optimizing peer review (providing compensation for review work), fundraising, and facilitating the replication of research results (introducing prediction markets)."