2025 was the year crypto stopped acting like a casino trade and started behaving like a real asset class. 💛🔥
Binance Research makes it obvious:
• Bitcoin kept rallying even as base-layer activity cooled • Stablecoins processed $33 trillion in settlements • DeFi generated $16.2 billion in real revenue
That’s not hype. That’s usage.
That’s infrastructure doing its job.
Speculation built the space. Utility is now carrying it forward.
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2025 was the year crypto stopped acting like a casino trade and started behaving like a real asset class. 💛🔥
Binance Research makes it obvious:
• Bitcoin kept rallying even as base-layer activity cooled
• Stablecoins processed $33 trillion in settlements
• DeFi generated $16.2 billion in real revenue
That’s not hype. That’s usage.
That’s infrastructure doing its job.
Speculation built the space.
Utility is now carrying it forward.
This is what maturation looks like.