Cardano Founder Predicts When the Crypto Market Cap Will Hit $10T and 2B Users

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has maintained a bullish stance on crypto adoption, predicting massive expansion in the coming years.

Notably, he sees the industry soon outpacing its current adoption figures, identifying catalysts that would drive this push. Furthermore, the founder reiterated his distancing from a zero-sum sentiment, urging collaboration for all-rounded growth.

Crypto Market Going to $10T Valuation—Here’s When

For context, Hoskinson noted that the crypto industry has over 500 million users and is collectively worth trillions of dollars. Notably, a significant portion of this valuation stems from Bitcoin’s $1.75 trillion market cap.

However, he sees this growing extensively in the long term. He forecasted that the sector would collectively reach 2 billion users and a $10 trillion valuation, representing 4x and 3.36x increases from their current standings.

Interestingly, Hoskinson provided both the timeline and a possible catalyst. On the timeline, Hoskinson noted that this would happen in the next ten years, specifically by 2035. He also believes that the real-world asset (RWA) tokenization revolution and the unification of the financial market would contribute to this broader ecosystem expansion.

The RWA market is expanding rapidly, with over $19 billion in bonds and real estate already tokenized per RWA.xyz. With privacy projects like Midnight also coming into the mix, more institutions would bring more assets on-chain. The Cardano founder believes this, and the impending unity of the global market would send crypto’s valuation surging.

Plenty of Wealth to Spread Around

Bearing this in mind, Hoskinson suggested there is no need for zero-sum competition in the crypto ecosystem. According to him, there is “plenty of wealth to spread around.” Further, the future expansion projections also mean projects with real use cases would receive organic adoption.

Notably, he has continued to propagate this sentiment, calling for the space to come together. He believes that they would thrive better when unified than as singular units.

Remarkably, he has teased several collaborations with major chains like XRP and Solana in the past. Meanwhile, critics believe he is big on this because Cardano has failed to attract users as most other major crypto networks do.