Juan Leon, senior investment strategist at Bitwise, said in a letter shared with investors that ETH is expected to recover in 2025 by taking advantage of the $100 trillion opportunity brought by RWA tokenization. It emphasizes that there are two characteristics of the cryptocurrency market this year: BTC hits a record high and the Meme coin boom drives SOL up. Therefore, ETH's 66% return so far this year pales in comparison to BTC's 130% increase and SOL's 106% increase.
However, recent signs indicate that market sentiment is reversing. In the past 10 days, Ethereum ETFs have attracted $2 billion in net inflows, 8 times the $250 million net inflows in the previous four months. In addition, only 3 of the past 10 trading days have had daily inflows of less than three digits for Ethereum ETFs. This surge shows that institutional and retail investors are interested in Ethereum again.
In addition, RWA tokenization may be the driving force behind the revival of Ethereum, which is worth about $100 trillion worldwide. While it may take decades for much of this market to move to blockchain rails, Leon sees huge potential upside. Considering that Ethereum holds 81% of the RWA market, Leon estimates that fees generated by RWA-related activity on Ethereum could eventually exceed $100 billion per year, more than 40 times the network's $2.4 billion in fees so far this year. (CryptoSlate)