According to @HenriArslanian, his 2025 scorecard came in at 8 out of 10, headlined by the U.S. becoming relevant in crypto again as the Trump administration transformed the domestic crypto ecosystem, which he links to fewer-than-expected SEC actions on memecoins, source: @HenriArslanian on X, Dec 17, 2025. He reports the Bitcoin ecosystem continued to grow with 2025 described as a pivotal year for BTC, source: @HenriArslanian on X, Dec 17, 2025. He states institutional investors got crypto FOMO again and he expects this to continue, supporting ongoing demand for digital assets, source: @HenriArslanian on X, Dec 17, 2025. He adds RWAs reached mainstream status with tokenized treasuries embraced by Wall Street as a crypto-native risk-free rate benchmark, source: @HenriArslanian on X, Dec 17, 2025. He notes active management did not make a comeback as most capital went into the ETF, crypto IPOs, and DATs, with DATs being surprisingly successful in 2025, source: @HenriArslanian on X, Dec 17, 2025. He highlights crypto M&A hit record levels, DeFi grew by most metrics, stablecoins expanded from 200B to 300B, and CBDC development practically stopped in the West, source: @HenriArslanian on X, Dec 17, 2025. He references his original Dec 2024 predictions published on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/special-issue-my-top-10-crypto-predictions-2025-henri-arslanian-jowxf/ , source: @HenriArslanian on X, Dec 17, 2025.