Brian Armstrong's top crypto prediction for 2025 🤯

Hello there!

I'm Marine, co-founder of MC² Finance.

Earlier this month, Brian Armstrong shared his "Top 10 Crypto Predictions for 2025" on Farcaster, and one prediction stood out particularly: "The rise of self-custodial super apps" is now officially on Coinbase's radar.

This confirms what we've been building at MC² Finance since day one.

The market dynamics are staggering: Legend XYZ secured $15M at a $150M+ valuation, while DeFi App raised $4M at a $100M token valuation. What do these companies have in common? They're both building crypto "super apps," and neither has released a full product yet.

Meanwhile, at MC² Finance, we've already deployed a comprehensive product suite with just $1.1 million in funding – demonstrating our capital efficiency is 4-8x better than industry averages. This execution-first approach creates exceptional value for everyone in our ecosystem.

These eye-watering valuations underscore what VCs already know: Whoever builds the definitive DeFi super app stands to capture billions in value.

Most of the super apps are built incorrectly.

What many "super app" builders get wrong is thinking it's just about slick interfaces layered over a patchwork of partnerships. But true super apps require three integrated pillars that we've been perfecting:

1. Analysis: Users need simple ways to understand what they have and identify growth opportunities. Most platforms make this unnecessarily complex.

2. Trading: People don't care if they hold cbBTC, wBTC, or "native" BTC. They shouldn't need to understand which chain their assets are on or which bridge to use. They want it to work.

3. Investment: As the market matures, simply holding random tokens won't be enough. Users need proven strategies with clear entry and exit points.

This end-to-end approach is precisely what sets MC² Finance apart. And we take it even further by bringing the best strategies to traditional stock exchanges through our ETP pipeline.

We have been a few steps ahead.

While several projects are raising significant funding for conceptual products, we're proud that MC² Finance has already built and deployed all three pillars, and we've done it efficiently. Our Q1 milestones have been hit on schedule:

• ✅ Advanced AI Analytics - Our "Hey AI" natural language interface, launched in February, allows users to query complex token data with simple conversational prompts

• ✅ Cross-Chain Trading - We've implemented seamless trading across chains, and this removes the need to understand the underlying complexity

• ✅ Strategy Marketplace - Released in January, this feature enables users to follow top-performing strategies or create their own

We're excited about what we've built but know there's still much work ahead. Developing solutions that bridge DeFi with traditional finance isn’t for the faint-hearted.

The future of web3 is where no one knows they are on blockchain.

As crypto continues to innovate and create new primitives, the gateway to these innovations will increasingly be controlled by DeFi super apps. Users won't interact directly with protocols; they'll access them through platforms like MC² Finance that simplify the complexity.

This is why we are at the center of crypto's next growth phase. Our objective has always been to create an infrastructure that will become the standard for people interacting with digital assets.

We have a lot in store for Q2.

Building on this momentum, we're accelerating several key initiatives:

1. Defi ETP Development - We've finalized two strategic partnerships with regulated exchanges (announcement coming next week) to launch our first institutional DeFi product ahead of schedule

2. Cross-Protocol Intent Trading - Beta launching April 15th, allowing seamless execution across DEXs with a single transaction

3. AI Agent Analytics - Our advanced AI monitoring system will begin tracking on-chain signals across protocols, identifying emerging patterns, and generating actionable insights before they become market-wide trends. The initial release will focus on liquidity flows and early smart money movements, with performance benchmarking against traditional technical indicators.

Join the vanguard of DeFi innovation! Access our game-changing tools at app.mc2.fi and become part of the community that's building tomorrow's financial ecosystem today. Your journey into the future of finance begins with a single click.

Also, our first DeFi ETP is on track for launch. Stay tuned for more information on the subject in the next newsletter. If you're an accredited investor interested in early access, reply directly to this email.

Best regards,

Marine & Chris
MC² Finance Founders