{"id":58602,"date":"2025-09-04T17:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=58602"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:36:02","slug":"bitwise-analyst-predicts-boom-in-tokenized-pokemon-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitwise-analyst-predicts-boom-in-tokenized-pokemon-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitwise Analyst Predicts Boom in Tokenized Pok\u00e9mon Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tokenized Pok\u00e9mon cards are poised to replicate the success of Polymarket, according to Bitwise analyst Danny Wilson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pok\u00e9mon and other TCGs are about to have their \u201cPolymarket moment.\u201d Here\u2019s why you should be paying attention:<\/p>\n<p>Most of crypto\u2019s teal world asset (RWA) plays cater to well-established TradFi markets, like treasuries, real estate, gold and stocks. Sure, tokenization brings these\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danny Nelson (@realDannyNelson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDannyNelson\/status\/1963328000268677142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He noted that most RWA projects are aimed at established traditional financial markets: treasuries, real estate, gold, and stocks. Tokenization offers advantages but does not fundamentally change them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Pok\u00e9mon cards, the situation is different. There is already a multi-billion dollar market that operates almost entirely offline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSellers literally mail their Charizards, Pikachus, and Gardevoirs to buyers\u2014sometimes with expert appraisal, but often without. It\u2019s inefficient, but it works: last year alone, $3 billion worth of goods were sold through the social auction app Whatnot (just one market segment), mostly thanks to Pok\u00e9mon,\u201d Wilson noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Sparked the Frenzy?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>As an example, the expert cited the recently launched Collector Crypt project on Solana. It offers digital \u201cpacks\u201d with NFTs that can be exchanged for original physical cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The platform also launched its own token, CARDS. Its market cap surged from $23 million to $83 million in a few days. FDV reached $386 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe CARDS token increased tenfold in less than a week after release. Traders are rushing to price in its income-generating potential. Current data suggests the project is on track for $38 million in annual revenue,\u201d Wilson added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CoinGecko specialists, citing <a href=\"http:\/\/rugcheck.xyz\">Rugcheck.xyz<\/a>, warned that Collector Crypt creators can change the token supply indefinitely and even disable sales. Nevertheless, the token&#8217;s value continues to rise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Collector Crypt team announced that in the coming days, they will reveal how the asset will be integrated into the platform&#8217;s products and services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Developers also <a href=\"https:\/\/launch.collectorcrypt.com\/\">added<\/a> that 100% of the funds raised during the presale will go towards purchasing physical Pok\u00e9mon cards for the ecosystem. A significant part of the excitement is linked to this, noted the Bitwise analyst.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The most popular product from Collector Crypt has been the digital gacha, reminiscent of loot boxes in video games. Users receive a random NFT, which may be linked to a \u201clegendary\u201d Pok\u00e9mon card.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-04-v-16.46.14-1024x521.png\" alt=\"\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2025-09-04 \u0432 16.46.14\" class=\"wp-image-265126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-04-v-16.46.14-1024x521.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-04-v-16.46.14-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-04-v-16.46.14-768x391.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-04-v-16.46.14-1536x781.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-09-04-v-16.46.14-2048x1042.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Digital gacha machine. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/gacha.collectorcrypt.com\/\">Collector Crypt<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the team, vending machines have generated $70 million in revenue for the project. The Collector Crypt website features over 18,000 tokenized Pok\u00e9mon cards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Future of \u201cTokenized Pok\u00e9mon\u201d\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>In August, trading turnover of these assets on four major marketplaces exceeded $124 million. Since January, the figure has quadrupled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tokenized Pok\u00e9mon TCG volumes are going parabolic. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, the four main marketplaces facilitated $124.5 million in volume, a 5.5x increase from January. Broken down by individual marketplaces:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Courtyard_io?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Courtyard_io<\/a> is the top dog, with $78.4 million in volume in August (+49%\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fBE7xXKNmQ\">pic.twitter.com\/fBE7xXKNmQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AJC (@AvgJoesCrypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvgJoesCrypto\/status\/1963242705573535818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI expect the Pok\u00e9mon boom to be sustainable\u2014this is one of those moments when an innovation that exists \u2018only in the crypto industry\u2019 breaks into the mainstream. Much like Polymarket did for prediction markets. It creates a global demand for a service that people hadn\u2019t seriously considered before,\u201d Wilson concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many users were surprised by the new trend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The duality of crypto:<\/p>\n<p>Woke up to dive into GLXY investor filing for tokenized public shares before realizing there&#8217;s also Tokenized Pokemon TCG which is pumping harder <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cmdkqwsd3G\">pic.twitter.com\/Cmdkqwsd3G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chrizhuu \ud83e\udd94\ud83c\udf69 (@Chrizhuu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chrizhuu\/status\/1963468338614444483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe duality of the crypto market: woke up intending to study <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/galaxy-digital-to-tokenize-its-shares-on-solana\">tokenized Galaxy shares<\/a>, only to find out there are also tokenized Pok\u00e9mon cards, which are currently much more popular,\u201d wrote a developer under the nickname Chirzhuu.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in July, experts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/assets-poised-to-benefit-from-tokenization-say-experts\">identified<\/a> assets that would benefit from tokenization.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokenized Pok\u00e9mon cards are poised to replicate the success of Polymarket, according to Bitwise analyst Danny Wilson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"In August, trading turnover of these assets on four marketplaces exceeded $124 million.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1282,949,1213,1308],"class_list":["post-58602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-asset-tokenization","tag-bitwise","tag-nft","tag-rwa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"195","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"In August, trading turnover of these assets on four marketplaces exceeded $124 million.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58604,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58602\/revisions\/58604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}