title: 25 Predictions for 2025

Some large language models (LLMs) initially released as crypto-native agents will be "embodied" in the real world as robots we can interact with face-to-face.

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Deep Tide TechFlow compiles the following three major insights for 2024:

As a professional writer with over 10,000 hours invested in my craft, I am now able to create beautiful literary works in seconds by prompting Claude (an advanced language model). This capability, once exclusive to professional writers, has become as common and cheap as oil, duct tape, or hemp rope—ubiquitous and easily replaceable. This has led me to question: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going? While I am still searching for answers, I will delve deeper into these questions in the predictions below.

In the recent November elections, the American people chose Donald J. Trump (that "orange man") to lead them (and the "orange coin") into the future. I thought this day was far off, but it has proven to be upon us. The world's richest government is now infiltrated by crypto believers, marking our crossing of the chasm of technological adoption. Cryptocurrency technology is no longer just a dream but will become a fundamental component of future business. This is the moment we have long awaited, but it also means that the original anti-establishment spirit of cryptocurrency has partially faded. Today, cryptocurrency is both a tool for anarchists and a part of the capitalist system.

I once thought Solana was "dead" in 2021. However, just three years later, it has become the blockchain I use the most (Base is second, Ethereum mainnet is third, and Bitcoin is fourth). This shift has taught me a lesson: nothing is fixed. Our mindset must remain open, ready to embrace change and evolution.

Now, let's get to the point…

25 Predictions for 2025:

Some large language models (LLMs) initially released as crypto-native agents will be "embodied" in the real world as robots we can interact with face-to-face.

The number of LLM-based applications and protocols launched in 2025 will be comparable to those based solely on smart contracts. For example, all prediction markets may shift to LLM-based settlement methods.

Zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs) and multi-party computation (MPC) technologies will achieve breakthrough success at the application or protocol level for the first time.

The main "key opinion leaders" (KOLs) in crypto and AI will be LLM agents, while AI-driven KOLs will become ubiquitous on social platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

Within the next 12 months, AI will directly change your workflow (if it hasn't already).

A self-aware robot will accumulate a portfolio exceeding $250 million.

Job categories related to non-human agents will become the fastest-growing sectors, while an AI protocol similar to LinkedIn will experience explosive growth.

An AI agent will be named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine.

The total value locked (TVL) on-chain will grow eightfold, reaching $1 trillion.

The market capitalization of AI agent platforms and tokens will grow 50 times, totaling around $500 billion.

The first high-profile robot kidnapping incident will make international headlines.

"ACCELERATE" will become the "WAGMI" (We All Gonna Make It) of this cycle, replacing SBF's favored "EA" (Effective Altruism).

Narratives that may compete with AI next year (but cannot surpass it) include real-world assets (RWAs), as well as DePin (decentralized IoT), DeSci (decentralized science), and gaming.

Web4 will receive more attention than Web3 as the convergence of cryptocurrency, decentralized networks, DePin, and AI accelerates.

X (formerly Twitter) will integrate a crypto wallet supporting DOGE and other major tokens.

Experiments with agents on decentralized social media (like @farcaster_xyz) will advance rapidly, while X will face significant challenges in balancing human content with agent content.

You may interact with someone online only to later discover that it was actually a large language model (LLM).

Protocols and applications created by agents (like spore.fun) will experience explosive growth, bringing forth a plethora of new tokens and experiments. This trend towards decentralization will drive capital towards existing leaders and projects benefiting from agent growth (like COOKIE or VIRTUAL).

At least one movie created by AI will no longer be merely a novelty but will become a truly perfect and moving work of art—paving the way for AI to win an Oscar in 2026.

Cookie.fun and RWA.xyz will rank among the top data sites in the crypto space, alongside @CoinMarketCap, @coingecko, @Dune, and @DefiLlama.

Some "ordinary" meme coins will launch agentified mascots or spokesperson robots, or they may gradually lose their presence.