Crypto bill, stablecoins, new ETPs to drive Q4 crypto returns: Analysts

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Crypto prices volition apt beryllium spurred by crypto marketplace operation legislation, stablecoins and a flood of exchange-traded products (ETP) successful the 4th quarter, analysts told Cointelegraph, aft assets tied to integer treasuries dominated implicit the past quarter.

In a study released connected Thursday, crypto plus manager Grayscale's probe squad said crypto marketplace operation authorities successful the US, the CLARITY Act, represents “comprehensive fiscal services legislation,” and could beryllium “a catalyst for deeper integration with the accepted fiscal services industry.”

Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of a generic listing standard for commodity-based ETPs could besides spark inflows due to the fact that it increases the “number of crypto assets accessible to US investors.”

The researchers besides said “crypto assets should beryllium expected to payment from Fed complaint cuts,” with the Federal Reserve slashing rates for the archetypal clip since past twelvemonth connected Sept. 17, with much perchance connected the way.

Although JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon formed uncertainty connected much complaint cuts, and said connected Monday helium thinks the Fed volition person a hard clip cutting the involvement complaint unless ostentation drops. 

Source: Grayscale

Stablecoin chains could look arsenic winners this quarter

Speaking to Cointelegraph, Edward Carroll, caput of markets astatine crypto and blockchain concern steadfast MHC Digital Group, said helium expects stablecoin growth to beryllium a cardinal operator of returns successful Q4.

US President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act into instrumentality successful July. It’s aimed astatine establishing wide rules for outgo stablecoins, but is inactive awaiting last regulations earlier implementation.

“This should beryllium affirmative medium- to semipermanent for immoderate concatenation being utilized for stables, Ethereum, SOL, Tron, BNB, Eth furniture 2s, but much fundamentally to the companies gathering and providing the products to market,” Carroll said.

At the aforesaid time, helium predicts organization applications of tokenization volition commencement to summation traction, arsenic larger players commencement to prosecute much tokenized wealth marketplace funds, slope deposits, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Bitcoin and altcoins could person a bumper quarter, too

Pav Hundal, pb expert astatine Australian crypto broker Swyftx, told Cointelegraph that much wealth is flowing into crypto done funds and automated contributions, and a Bitcoin (BTC) rally toward the extremity of the twelvemonth volition substance an altcoin surge successful Q4.

A study from fiscal services institution River released earlier this period found that ETFs are gobbling up, connected average, 1,755 Bitcoin per time successful 2025. 

“Unless the marketplace is kneecapped by thing unexpected, Bitcoin volition apt deed caller highs earlier the extremity of the year, and that volition substance altcoins,” Hundal said.

“It’s been a rotational marketplace for each of 2025, with alt coins performing good aft an archetypal Bitcoin rally. I don’t spot immoderate crushed for that signifier to alteration now. The apical performers during rotations person been memecoins and DeFi applications similar Pump.fun, Hyperliquid and Aster.”

Last quarter, Hundal said the large taxable was US-listed companies converting to integer plus treasuries, with Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) and Hype emerging arsenic the apical performers successful the past fewer months.

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DeFi revenue-generating projects could besides beryllium a winner

Henrik Andersson, main concern serviceman of Apollo Crypto, told Cointelegraph helium expects Q4 to see ETF approvals successful the US, including for staked assets, and the CLARITY Act to pass.

“On a assemblage basis, we judge revenue-generating projects successful DeFi volition proceed to execute precise well. Stablecoins and RWA volition precise apt proceed to beryllium large themes overall.” 

However, helium besides said “rate chopped expectations successful the US mightiness disappoint arsenic the system and labour marketplace seemingly are doing amended than the Fed feared erstwhile it lowered rates.”

While past quarter, Andersson said Hyperliquid and Pump buybacks made large waves successful crypto markets, on with the “proliferation of integer plus treasuries.” 

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