Nansen CEO said the crypto market has experienced a major tailwind due to changes in regulations, but the long-term opportunities remain undeveloped.
Regulations are now beginning to catch up with Defi’s innovations. On Friday, July 18th, Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik shared his insights at the Redefine Tomorrow 2025 Conference on SCB10X. According to Svanevik, Crypto still has major long-term opportunities, which remains largely underexposed.
The ongoing crypto bull market shows that regulations are a key catalyst for growth. In particular, since the 2024 election, Bitcoin (BTC) has skyrocketed from $70,000 to an all-time high of $123,091. Still, Svanevik pointed out a major delay between the pace of blockchain development and the long-awaited regulatory response.
“While crypto moves at a rapid pace, traditional finance and politics operate on a much slower timeline, sometimes it can take quarterly or years to fully integrate innovation. Understanding this dynamic delay is important to finding long-term opportunities,” Svanevik said.
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RWAS is the next 100x opportunity: Nansen CEO
Crypto is currently experiencing strong momentum, but Svanevik believes the industry is still far from achieving its full potential. He speculates that the next major opportunity will come from tokenized stocks and real-world assets.
“We are already seeing the highest ever highs and believe that new records will be ahead, especially with the emergence of promising L1 projects. But the true breakthrough comes from the clarity of regulations that allow us to tokenize actual equity and assets, not just speculative memocoins.
Real-world assets have become one of the fastest growing segments in the crypto market in recent months. According to a report by Redstone, RWAS has reached an estimate of $24 billion. The report cited private credit as a major factor in the recent asset class surge.
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