By 2025, investment institutions had already poured nearly $25 billion into crypto companies, far exceeding market expectations.

According to DL News, investment institutions have poured nearly $25 billion into crypto companies in 2025, exceeding last year's figure by more than 150% and far surpassing market expectations.

Leading institutions participating in these deals this year include technology-focused Paradigm and Sequoia Capital, as well as Wall Street giants BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs. According to DefiLlama data, the most popular sectors are: centralized exchanges ($4.4 billion in funding), prediction markets ($3.2 billion in funding), and DeFi platforms ($2.9 billion in funding).

Jordan Knecht, Head of Institutional Strategy at blockchain services company GlobalStake, points out that projects currently attracting capital need to meet regulatory transparency, operational resilience, and the ability to connect with traditional financial institutions and their standards. In volatile markets, investors prefer to establish compliant and sustainable business models that lay a long-term foundation for the asset class.