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Metaverse-Related Economy Could Be as Much as $13T: Citi
The bank’s analysts identified early investment opportunities that could benefit from the growth of the digital world.
By Will Canny
Updated May 11, 2023, 6:52 p.m. Published Jun 7, 2022, 4:17 p.m.
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The metaverse may be in its infancy, but it could represent a revenue opportunity of as much as $13 trillion and have a major impact on not just key tech players, but also cryptocurrencies, according to a report from Citi.
Theoretically, argued the report, the total addressable market (TAM) of the metaverse should be calculated by adding all internet-related revenue to that of the physical-world activities being displaced.
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Citi identified early investment opportunities in five important building blocks: 1) Operating systems connecting people and content; 2) Blockchain that decentralizes economic systems and ownership of digital assets; 3) Natural user interfaces e.g., voice control and gestures for greater user immersion; 4) extended reality (XR) headsets; 5) Cloud networking infrastructure.
Among the long list of stocks poised to benefit are the usual suspects, such as Meta (FB), Apple (APPL), Nvidia (NVDA) and Intel (INTC), but also telcos, including Verizon (VZ), T-Mobile (TMUS) and AT&T (T), according to the report.
The bank cautions, however, that with the metaverse still in the early stage of development, there are a plethora of risks and challenges in technology, regulation, privacy and crypto that need to be overcome before widespread adoption takes place.
Read more: Mona Is Building a Limitless Metaverse
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KuCoin captured a record share of centralised exchange volume in 2025, with more than $1.25tn traded as its volumes grew faster than the wider crypto market.
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- KuCoin recorded over $1.25 trillion in total trading volume in 2025, equivalent to an average of roughly $114 billion per month, marking its strongest year on record.
- This performance translated into an all-time high share of centralised exchange volume, as KuCoin’s activity expanded faster than aggregate CEX volumes, which slowed during periods of lower market volatility.
- Spot and derivatives volumes were evenly split, each exceeding $500 billion for the year, signalling broad-based usage rather than reliance on a single product line.
- Altcoins accounted for the majority of trading activity, reinforcing KuCoin’s role as a primary liquidity venue beyond BTC and ETH at a time when majors saw more muted turnover.
- Even as overall crypto volumes softened mid-year, KuCoin maintained elevated baseline activity, indicating structurally higher user engagement rather than short-lived volume spikes.
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Stablecoins moved $35 trillion last year but only 1% of it was for 'real world' payments
While stablecoins settled around $35 trillion last year, only around 1% of that represented genuine payments like remittances and payroll, a new report found.
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- Stablecoins processed more than $35 trillion in transactions last year, but only about 1% of that reflected real-world payments, a report by McKinsey and Artemis Analytics found.
- The study estimated that roughly $390 billion in genuine stablecoin payments, such as vendor payments, payrolls, remittances and capital markets settlements.
- Despite rapid growth and increasing interest from traditional payment firms like Visa and Stripe, true stablecoin payments still account for just a tiny fraction of the more than $2 quadrillion global payments market, the report said.
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