"Increase in Mergers and Acquisitions of Crypto Companies Expected This Year"

There is a forecast that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions involving crypto-related companies will continue to increase in 2025.

According to The Block on the 1st (local time), Rob Hardik, a general partner at Dragonfly, predicted, "In 2024, M&A transactions of crypto companies were very stagnant due to regulatory uncertainty, but in 2025, these issues will be improved in various markets, leading to definitely more active activities."

There is also a prediction that capitalists from the Web2 market will enter the Web3 market. Ed Roman, founder of Hack VC, stated, "Web2 capitalists have been cynical about the market over the past two years due to the NFT crash and the collapse of FTX, but they will return to the market as crypto experiences a renaissance."

There was also an opinion that fintech-focused M&A will increase. Will Nuel, a partner at Galaxy Ventures, said, "Like last year's Stripe-Bridge acquisition, stablecoins and payments impact real fintech businesses. It is predicted that this year's M&A will occur in the stablecoin and fintech sectors."