VC Post-Mortem 2025: Crypto Value Flows - Stablecoins, Prediction Markets, and "OGs" Emerge as Biggest Winners

By: theblockbeats.news|2025/12/25 00:16:09

BlockBeats News, December 25th. After a year of gradually clearer regulatory environment and divergent market performance, several top-tier VCs have begun to reassess the value proposition of the 2025 crypto industry. In a recent podcast, Pantera Capital Partner Mason Nystrom, Hash3 Co-Founder Hootie Rashidifard, and Variant Partner Alana Levin unanimously agreed that stablecoins, prediction markets, and traditional finance and internet incumbents were the biggest winners this year.

Nystrom pointed out that established companies like Robinhood quickly made moves after regulatory clarity, significantly accelerating their crypto strategies in 2025, "nicely anticipating where the puck is going."

Rashidifard stated that stablecoin trading volume and profitability have both surged, with "Tether becoming one of the most profitable companies per capita." He emphasized that stablecoins not only make money now but also truly provide fundamental financial value to end users.

Levin listed prediction markets as one of the fastest-growing tracks in 2025, with Kalshi and Polymarket dispelling doubts about "volume padding" and "solely betting on elections." She specifically mentioned that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) invested $2 billion in Polymarket this year, which was stunning.

Looking at it from the perspective of the losers:

On a personal level: Levin called out Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison in December on charges related to Terra's collapse-related fraud, seen as a landmark failure case in the industry.

On an institutional level: Rashidifard believed that the "Biden era" U.S. SEC was one of the institutional losers, with long-standing aggressive enforcement that did not bring about actual regulatory outcomes but instead forced a large number of entrepreneurs to flee. He pointed out that with Gensler stepping down, the passage of the GENIUS stablecoin bill, and legislative progress on market structure, the U.S. government's attitude toward the crypto industry fundamentally shifted in 2025.

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