Industry Trends, Adoption and Policy Developments - 14 Mai 2025

Industry Trends, Adoption and Policy Developments

Beyond Price: Major Trends Shaping the Crypto Ecosystem

🧠 Adoption Watch

• Robinhood: Building a blockchain platform to tokenize U.S. equities for European retail• Stripe: Launching Stablecoin Financial Accounts in 101 countries (USDC + USDB)

• Meta: Exploring stablecoin payouts for content creators via Instagram & WhatsApp

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🔧 Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade

The most important Ethereum upgrade since 2022 is live.

• Staking limit raised from 32 to 2,048 ETH

• Smart contract–enabled wallets

• Layer 2 scaling improvements + UX overhaul→ 𝗘𝗧𝗛 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 $𝟮𝟵𝗕/𝗱𝗮𝘆

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🌱 Bitcoin Mining Turns Greener

According to Cambridge’s 2025 survey, 53% of Bitcoin’s network now runs on renewable energy, up from just 29% in 2020.

→ 𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗦𝗚-𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀.

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⚖️ Policy & Regulation

• Stablecoin legislation (GENIUS Act) blocked in U.S. Senate

• Arizona & New Hampshire greenlight state-level crypto holdings

• Citi plans to tokenize $75B in private equity via SDX→ 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 (𝗥𝗪𝗔𝘀) 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲

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👉 Key Takeaway

Crypto isn't just breaking price barriers-it's becoming infrastucture.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘵

Published on 19.06.2025

Melchior has 15+ years of experience in financial services, including 10 years within the AXA Group. Prior to Portofino, Melchior led Business Development at Lynceus Partners and Architas (AXA Group), accelerating growth through market & product expansion. Before this, Melchior was an investor in global listed equity and fixed income markets for companies within the AXA Group. He has an MSc in Hardware & Software Engineering from CentraleSupélec.

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