Global crypto owners reached 659 million by the end of 2024

In this report, we analyse the price performance of key trends in the cryptocurrency landscape that we covered throughout 2024. Artificial intelligence (AI) emerged as the best-performing sector in 2024.

The AI agents sector has recently taken off, with top tokens showing exponential increase in market cap in the past few months. This report looks into the AI agent landscape and delve into some major players and emerging use cases.

Most assets saw a decline in December, with ETH leading the drop. On a yearly basis, crypto led the rise, with BTC and ETH increasing 77% and 37%, respectively. US, Eurozone, and Canada reduced interest rates; UK, Australia, China, and Japan kept rates unchanged.

In 2024, the crypto industry witnessed more impressive milestones than in the previous year. In this report, we curate the top crypto events and trends of 2024, followed by our outlook for 2025.

Pectra upgrade aims to address Ethereum’s mainnet performance with three key objectives: (1) fix existing network issues, (2) improve user experience, (3) and prepare for future upgrades.

Crypto led the rise with BTC reaching an all-time high above $100,000 on 5 December. Fixed Income also increased while Equities had mixed performances. The US, UK, and New Zealand reduced interest rates; China kept interest rates unchanged.

This report provides a comparative overview of tokenised BTC, examining the key benefits and challenges associated with different models, as well as the disruptive impact of new market entrants like CDCBTC.