The new opportunities brought by the recovery of the virtual currency market mainly include the following aspects:

Investment and Trading Sector

- Profit from Price Increase: The total market value of the cryptocurrency market is expected to exceed $3.8 trillion in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 110%, with Bitcoin's price once breaking the $100,000 mark. The market will continue its recovery trend in 2025, with Bitcoin's price rising to around $95,350. If investors can seize the opportunity to buy low and sell high, they can obtain substantial returns.

- Derivative Product Opportunities: With the intensification of virtual currency price fluctuations, the activity in related derivative products markets has increased, such as the Bitcoin options market. By the end of 2024, the total amount of Bitcoin's open contracts reached $41.127 billion. Investors can engage in hedging, speculation, and other operations through derivatives like options and futures, catering to different risk preferences and investment strategies.

Technological Innovation and Application Expansion

- Promoting Blockchain Technology Development: The underlying technology of virtual currency is blockchain, and the market recovery will attract more funds and talents into the blockchain field, driving technological innovation and breakthroughs. For example, some projects may make progress in consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, and other areas, improving the performance and scalability of blockchain, providing technical support for the implementation of more application scenarios.

- Expanding Application Scenarios: The application of virtual currency in areas such as cross-border payments, supply chain management, and digital identity authentication is expected to accelerate. For example, Ripple has a short transaction confirmation time in the international remittance and cross-border payment sectors.