Crypto Crystal Ball 2025: 
Is TradFi About to Remake the Crypto Industry?

Wall Street is getting increasingly comfortable with crypto—and that could spell major disruption and competition for the novel industry.

In 2024, many in the crypto industry got what they’d been wanting for years: mainstream recognition and a seat at the table. Now 2025 appears likely to bring some side effects of that newfound prominence.

At the start of every new year, Decrypt peers into its Crypto Crystal Ball to divine which narratives are likely to shape the next 12 months—and what those moves could mean for you.

After taking a peek at Donald Trump’s crypto agenda, the major impacts of an upcoming Ethereum upgrade, and how VCs are poised to fall back in love with the industry, here’s some perspective on how traditional finance is likely to have an unprecedented role in reshaping the crypto landscape in 2025.