A Comprehensive Overview of 2022 Predictions from Prominent Institutions and KOLs in the Crypto Industry
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A Comprehensive Overview of 2022 Predictions from Prominent Institutions and KOLs in the Crypto Industry
2021 proved to be a breakout year for cryptocurrency, with BTC price rising nearly 70% year-on-year, DeFi locked value reaching $150B, and NFT emerging as a new category.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsNote: As 2021 comes to a close, major institutions and KOLs in the crypto industry have made predictions for 2022. TechFlow has compiled and organized these forecasts for readers' convenience. Click on the titles to read full articles; this page will be updated continuously...
1. Coinbase’s 10 Predictions for Web3 and the Crypto Economy in 2022
Highlights:
1/ Ethereum's scalability will improve, but new L1 chains will see significant growth
2/ Usability of L1-L2 bridges will significantly improve
3/ Zero-knowledge proof technology will gain more attention
4/ Regulated DeFi and on-chain KYC verification will emerge
5/ Institutions will play a larger role in participating in DeFi
6/ DeFi insurance will appear
7/ NFT-based communities will pose substantial competition to Web 2.0 social networks
8/ Brands will begin actively engaging with the metaverse and NFTs
9/ Web2 companies will wake up and attempt to enter Web3
10/ The DAO 2.0 era
Highlights
1/ Vertical-specific NFT markets will gain traction
2/ More trust-minimized cross-chain products will enter the market
3/ Investment DAOs are the best way to give broader access to premium NFTs.
3.Ethropy: Bold Predictions for the 2022 Crypto World: DeFi, L1, and Web3
Highlights
1/ DeFi TVL will exceed $1 trillion
2/ On-chain reputation will replace absurd "whitelist" processes for new protocols
3/ Cosmos app-chains will generate the most new wallets, highest returns, and TVL growth.
4/ The Ethereum merge will be delayed by at least two months, but ultimately succeed—just like all previous hard forks
5/ Due to the expanding multi-chain world, everyone will need an intern
6/ The trend of employees leaving traditional jobs for Web3 and crypto-native work (builders, DAOs, investors) is not a fad and will continue
7/ At least five countries will adopt BTC as legal tender, likely in Latin America and Africa
8/ A major bank will accept cryptocurrency as collateral
9/ Michael Saylor and Nayib Bukele will buy more BTC
10/ $COIN will outperform $JPM
Highlights
1/ Stablecoin supply reaches $500 billion
2/ USDC and UST will take market share from Tether
3/ DAOs as coordination tools will grow exponentially
4/ DAO governance design and infrastructure mature
5/ High-speed chains continue growing and L2s take off
6/ Cross-chain usage becomes seamless
7/ Financial institutions, advisors, and fintech companies offer crypto products
8/ Game studios fully embrace crypto
9/ Crypto begins eating the world
10/ Record amounts of VC funding deployed into crypto
5. Pantera Capital Partner Predicts Six Key Areas for 2022: Layer2, DAO & Web3...
Highlights
1/ Optimistic rollups and ZK-rollups will both gain more attention next year
2/ Advances in cross-chain infrastructure will accelerate traction for alternative Layer 1 chains
3/ More projects will address the fragmented nature of how we interact with networks
4/ NFT projects will show greater diversity in use cases
5/ More projects building DAO tools and infrastructure
6/ Security will become a key focus for DeFi projects
6. Sorare Founder’s 2022 Prediction for the Crypto Industry: 50% of DApps Will Run on ZK-Rollups
Highlights
1/ NFTs unlock experiences
2/ By year-end, 50% of decentralized applications will run on ZK-rollups
3/ Traditional game studios will enter the NFT space
4/ NFTs will become the cornerstone of the metaverse
5/ Top 10 sports organizations will develop sophisticated NFT strategies
6/ Most NFTs will go to zero
Highlights
1/ Bitcoin will outperform the S&P 500 in 2022
2/ XRP and ADA will drop out of the top ten
3/ Alternative Layer 1 solutions will continue to outperform Ethereum
4/ An increasing number of traditional gaming companies will add NFTs
5/ Even more crypto companies will go public, with some valued over $5 billion
6/ By the end of 2022, Bitcoin ETFs will hold over 1 million BTC
7/ Hashrate will become more regionally distributed
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