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2025, A Watershed Year for Crypto

January 1, 2026 | Commentary

  • This past year saw meaningful advances in regulations involving cryptocurrencies and in applications to improve the efficiency of financial transactions. It also saw flourishing fraudulent activity and great interest in tokens designed to exploit a desire to get rich quickly.
  • Stablecoins, tokens seen as a possible substitute for money market funds and bank deposits, are the subject of the July 2025 Genius Act. This legislation placed U.S. domiciled stablecoins under bank regulators with regular reporting and anti-money laundering protections.
  • As this part of the industry was evolving, the world also saw a surge in more questionable activities. Meme coins, digital asset treasury (DAT) companies, and outright frauds costing investors tens of billions of dollars proliferated. This side of the crypto industry will continue to challenge regulators to try to bring safety and soundness to participants.
  • Given that cryptocurrencies have no cash flows that can be modeled, incorporating them into investment portfolios raises all the challenges faced by art, collectables or yachts. Unlike those items there are no aesthetic or lifestyle benefits to crypto. The further challenge is that while any given coin can be designed to have a finite supply, there are no limits to how many different coins can be created, limiting potential upside. All this means is that they are simply a trade and should be treated accordingly.

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