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ROLLUP: 2025 Crypto Meta & Predictions | ETH Roadmap Updates | DEX's Hit All Time High | Vitalik Adopts Moo Deng?

03 Jan 2025

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This week’s rollup kicks off our 5th year with exciting updates! We dive into our top 10 predictions for 2025, from AI-driven crypto market surges to ETH hitting $15K. DeFi faces new challenges with the IRS’s rule to KYC all “DeFi brokers” by 2027, while Ethereum’s “blobs” dominate as the top ETH burners. DEX volumes soared to record highs in December, and Do Kwon’s extradition to the U.S. moves forward. On a lighter note, Vitalik Buterin adopted a memecoin-inspired pygmy hippo! 🚀 Don’t miss our market updates and insights on what’s next for Ethereum this year. ------ 📣The Rodman Law Group | Best Crypto Law Firm https://bankless.cc/RodmanLaw ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙 FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🌐 CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/6?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00 Welcome To 2025 04:42 MARKETS https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518 05:55 ETF Flows https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1874342291114008989 https://x.com/nategeraci/status/1872415447276257654 10:07 Movers Of The Week https://imgur.com/poIQakM https://x.com/_kaitoai/status/1874830476189565343 12:40 L2 Update https://imgur.com/EC5mjnT https://imgur.com/BsK26dr https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1873928354661085362 15:57 Blobs Are Burning https://imgur.com/BsK26dr https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1873928354661085362 17:13 Record DEX Volume https://defillama.com/dexs 21:11 10 Predictions for 2025 https://x.com/pythianism/status/1869522809212543204 https://x.com/EffortCapital/status/1873192369891533193 https://www.coinbase.com/en-sg/institutional/research-insights/research/market-intelligence/2025-crypto-market-outlook https://x.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1870938936144761211 https://x.com/galaxyhq/status/1874843463293849712 https://x.com/stacy_muur/status/1871130706157486540?s=46&t=dAxCjT2P_GIrJMvMgWIpfA https://x.com/shaughnessy119/status/1867675171487986086?s=46 https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1874101935353041056?s=46 https://avc.xyz/what-will-happen-in-2025-1 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1874173947731992810 38:28 New IRS KYC Rules https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2762 https://gordonlaw.com/learn/1099-da-revised-draft/ https://x.com/lex_node/status/1872649212804104254 https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/irs-broker-rule-proposal-puts-defi-in-tough-spot/ https://x.com/TheCryptoCPA/status/1872714549243023830 https://x.com/fund_defi/status/1872694713108545576 https://x.com/KMSmithDC/status/1872869271660818887 https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1873029020478292346 https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1873746395137773816 47:30 Ethereum Expectations In 2025 https://tim.mirror.xyz/CuRtFjkujKBqVsdvCGvthiPIYaZyzNc5sWIaExw2UpE 50:37 Microstrategy Accelerates https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1871333716511097151 51:37 Do Kwon’s Extradition https://www.theblock.co/post/332477/montenegro-justice-minister-signs-do-kwons-extradition-to-us 53:05 Vitalik Adopts Moo Deng https://x.com/KhaokheowZoo/status/1872151683700248587 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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