$SOL Sebastian Bea believes that fundamental shifts in the acceptance of digital assets occurred in 2024, against the backdrop of the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs, which became a catalyst for the influx of institutional capital and increased assets under the management of crypto funds by more than 40% over the year.

He noted that macroeconomic factors, including the reassessment of gold's role and expectations of a softening of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy, are stimulating the interest of large financial corporations in crypto assets as one of the tools for hedging inflation risks, especially in conditions of tariff and geopolitical instability.