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Multicoin Capital eyeing AI agents, institutional ‘frenzy’ in 2025

The venture firm expects 2025 to see a proliferation of tokenized securities and the emergence of AI agent "alpha hunters."

Multicoin Capital expects 2025 to be a “pivotal year” for Web3 as artificial intelligence flourishes and tokenization triggers a “frenzy of institutionalization,” the venture capital firm said in a Jan. 7 report. 

The report, dubbed “Frontier Ideas for 2025,” anticipates the emergence of AI-run “zero-employee companies” and a “dizzying pace” of institutional adoption as security tokens finally “take off in a meaningful way.” 

Meanwhile, investors will turn to AI agent “alpha hunters” to navigate the growth of new tokens and crypto-native financial products, the report said. 

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Redemption arcs of 2024: Ripple’s victory, memecoins’ rise, RWA growth

Bitcoin’s 2024 returns were doubled by the XRP token, following a significant legal victory for Ripple Labs and expectations of the SEC potentially dropping the lawsuit.

Bitcoin’s historic rally to the $100,000 milestone occurred among many significant crypto redemption stories in a year that further legitimized the industry’s status.

The year’s events brought a resurgence for many notable crypto projects that had faced hardships, including Ripple Labs, which scored a significant legal victory against the United States securities regulator, while the memecoin and asset tokenization sectors were also revived, driven by growing retail interest and robust growth predictions.

Beyond new all-time highs, 2024 brought renewed institutional interest in blockchain from some of the world’s largest institutions, such as BlackRock, which launched multiple crypto-based products.

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Plume Network secures $20M for tokenization platform

Investors in the round include Brevan Howard Digital, Haun Ventures, Lightspeed Faction and Galaxy Ventures.

Tokenization startup Plume Network has closed a $20-million funding round to support the development of its real-world assets ecosystem. 

According to a Fortune report on Dec. 18, the investment round was led by Brevan Howard Digital, Haun Ventures, Lightspeed Faction and Galaxy Ventures. Previous investors in the startup included SV Angels and Portal Ventures. 

The funding follows Plume’s testnet launch in July in partnership with Celestia. The company is developing a tokenization ecosystem that will allow holders of tokenized assets to use them as collateral for loans and other forms of yield generation. 

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El Salvador’s platform raises $30M via tokenized US Treasury offering

NextBridge’s new tokenized US Treasury bills offering is part of a wider trend in the financial industry, with competitors including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.

El Salvador’s platform NextBridge has closed a $30 million token sale backed by United States Treasury bills. 

The offering was completed in November with the initial subscription of USTBL tokens through Bitfinex Securities — the sister company of stablecoin issuer Tether. According to NextBridge, each token will correspond to a proportional share of assets under management, with a target total issuance of $200 million worth of US Treasury securities. 

The USTBL token was built on the Bitcoin blockchain and runs through the layer-2 protocol Liquid Network. According to NexBridge’s founder Michele Crivelli, the token can be traded on the secondary market, though redemptions will be available only in March 2025. 

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Securitize adds Wormhole for multi-chain RWA tokens 

Easier cross-chain transferability for RWAs is crucial to institutional adoption, executives say. 

Securitize, a tokenization platform, has integrated cross-chain communication protocol Wormhole in an effort to “bring cross-chain capabilities to all assets tokenized through the Securitize platform,” Securitize said in a Sept. 20 announcement. 

Real-world assets (RWAs) — including tokenized claims on financial assets, commodities, or art — are emerging as one of cryptocurrency’s most popular market segments but constraints on transferability among blockchain networks and wallets hinder adoption.

"Tokenized securities need to thrive on public, permissionless blockchains to unlock the potential of blockchain technology," Carlos Domingo, Securitize’s CEO, said in a statement. 

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Blockstream Mining issues hashrate-backed security token in fundraise

Blockstream is essentially selling four-year claims on the proceeds from its Bitcoin mining operations in exchange for funding.

Blockstream Mining is raising funds by issuing a security token—Blockstream Mining Note 2 (BMN2)—backed by the Bitcoin (BTC) miner’s hashrate, according to a Sept. 5 announcement. 

The BMN2 token is designed to “provide direct exposure to Bitcoin hashrate operated by Blockstream’s… enterprise-grade mining facilities across North America,” Blockstream said.

Priced at $31,000 per token, each BMN2 represents a 48-month claim on one petahash per second (PH/s) of Blockstream’s mining hashrate, the company said. Hashrate measures the computing power used to mine blocks on the Bitcoin network.  

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Grayscale launches investment fund for AVAX token

It joins Grayscale's suite of more than 20 crypto investment products.

Asset manager Grayscale Investments launched a new investment fund for Avalanche’s native token, AVAX, according to an Aug. 22 announcement. 

The Grayscale Avalanche Trust “offers investors the opportunity to gain exposure to Avalanche (AVAX), a three-chain smart contract platform designed to simultaneously optimize for scalability, network security, and decentralization,” Grayscale said.

Avalanche is a layer-1 blockchain network with a focus on facilitating real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, which involves converting tangible assets, such as real estate, commodities, or fine art, into digital on-chain tokens. On Aug. 22, Franklin Templeton expanded its blockchain-integrated money market fund to Avalanche.

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Tokenized RWAs are ’a $30 trillion opportunity’ — Polygon exec

High-net-worth individuals and private equity funds will drive adoption, said Colin Butler.

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) represent a $30 trillion market opportunity globally, Colin Butler, Polygon’s global head of institutional capital, told Cointelegraph in an interview.

Adoption will largely be driven by high-net-worth individuals dramatically increasing portfolio allocations to alternative assets — such as private credit — as tokenization brings liquidity and accessibility to historically illiquid asset classes.

“The idea is that there are $300 trillion in global assets, half of which—$100 trillion—are owned by individuals with net worths between $1 million and $30 million” whose portfolio allocations to alternative assets are often negligible, Butler said.

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BlackRock’s tokenized BUIDL fund has paid $7M in dividends since March

According to researcher Tom Wan, tokenized United States Treasury funds could see $3 billion in capital investment by the end of 2024.

BlackRock's tokenized United States Dollar Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), an investment vehicle holding United States Treasury Bills, cash, and repurchase agreements, has paid investors $7 million in dividends since the launch of the investment fund in March of 2024.

According to asset tokenization firm Securitize, BUIDL paid investors $265,400 in dividends in March, $1.21 million in April, $1.67 million in May, $1.82 million in June, and $2.12 million in July.

BlackRock's BUIDL fund surpassed Franklin Templeton’s Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund (BENJI) in April 2024, becoming the world's largest tokenized government debt investment fund.

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Institutional tokenization will propel Web3 forward — Jason Dehni

The real-world asset tokenization market is projected to reach $2 trillion by 2030 despite a rocky start, according to McKinsey & Company.

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is currently one of the best-performing sectors in the digital asset landscape, netting investors a 213% return in the first half of 2024, according to BitEye and Wu Blockchain, and fostering institutional interest in Web3.

Despite the meteoric price performance of RWA, injections of fresh capital from Web2 companies and institutional firms are needed to continue growing the Web3 space, according to Jason Dehni, CEO of decentralized private credit platform Credbull.

The CEO explained that Web3 firms typically focus on accessing liquidity from within the Web3 sector rather than seeking capital from the outside world. “We [have] become very insular,” Dehni said, noting that the announcement of new tokenized products from investment bank Goldman Sachs confirms there is a high degree of institutional interest for tokenized assets.

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