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As we enter Q4 2025, the tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA) has evolved from a niche blockchain experiment into a cornerstone of institutional finance. With the global RWA market surpassing $25 billion in Q2—marking a staggering 245x growth since 2020—titans like BlackRock and JPMorgan are at the forefront, bridging traditional finance (TradFi) with decentralized systems. This surge is driven by tokenized treasuries, private credit, and real estate, projecting a path to $16 trillion by 2030. Yet, amid hype, challenges like liquidity gaps and regulatory hurdles persist. In this outlook, we'll dissect BlackRock and JPMorgan's pivotal roles, their 2025 strategies, and the broader implications for mainstream adoption. BlackRock: The Asset Management Behemoth Tokenizing Trillions BlackRock, managing over $12.5 trillion in assets, has aggressively positioned itself as the RWA vanguard, viewing tokenization as "the next major evolution of finance." Their BlackRock USD I...

Nearly every analyst firm and memory maker is now warning of looming NAND and DRAM shortages that will send SSD and memory prices skyrocketing over the coming months and years, with some even predicting a shortage that will last a decade. The shortages are becoming impossible to ignore, and warnings from the industry are growing dire, as the voracious appetite of AI data centers begins to consume the lion's share of the world's memory and flash production capacity. For the better part of two years, storage upgrades have been a rare bright spot for PC builders. SSD prices cratered to all-time lows in 2023 , with high-performance NVMe drives selling for little more than the cost of a modest mechanical hard disk. DRAM followed a similar trajectory, dropping to price points not seen in nearly a decade. In 2024, the pendulum swung firmly in the other direction, with prices for both NAND flash and DRAM starting to climb. The shift has its roots in the cyclical na...

This list is based on the latest analyst consensus, market trends as of mid-December 2025, and the ongoing AI infrastructure boom. Hyperscalers are projecting record capex into 2026, driving demand for chips, cloud services, and enabling technologies. We've ranked these based on: Expected growth in AI-related revenue (data centers, cloud, inference). Market positioning and competitive moats. Valuation relative to projected 2026 earnings. Analyst forecasts and recent performance. The best artificial intelligence (AI) stocks to watch and potentially invest in for 2026 include a mix of well-established tech giants and high-growth specialized companies. The AI landscape in late 2025 is marked by accelerated enterprise adoption, with hardware costs dropping 30% annually and energy efficiency rising 40%, making advanced AI more accessible. Global private investments hit record highs, but power consumption and carbon footprints are surging concerns. Breakthroughs like OpenAI's Sora 2 ...