Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov stated this Tuesday that the current bear market demonstrates the maturity reached by the crypto industry on a global scale. According to the executive, the current resilience is due to the absence of massive institutional collapses and the steady growth of tokenized real-world assets despite volatility.
Despite the total market capitalization retreating 44% from its October all-time high, Nazarov maintains an optimistic perspective regarding the future. The entrepreneur highlights that, unlike previous crises such as FTX, no systemic failures in risk management have been recorded, which suggests a much more robust infrastructure for the entire ecosystem.
Institutional maturity and the independence of intrinsic value on chain
During the last four months, approximately 2 trillion dollars have left the cryptographic ecosystem due to external macroeconomic factors. However, the on-chain value of tokenized real-world assets has experienced a 300% increase, confirming that this specific technology possesses a standalone value independent of mere market speculation.
This explosive growth reflects a trend where financial institutions seek efficiency through perpetual contracts of traditional commodities. According to Nazarov, this phenomenon demonstrates that the unique value of tokenization is not coupled directly to the price fluctuations of Bitcoin or other secondary digital assets currently trading in the market.
Although the price of LINK has suffered a 67% correction since its recent peak, technological demand continues to rise steadily. Analysts agree that the current price action is a crisis of external confidence, emphasizing that no fundamental element of the network has broken, unlike previous very painful and destructive bearish market cycles.
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Furthermore, the adoption of tokenized real-world assets will require much more sophisticated on-chain systems to manage collateral in real-time. Nazarov predicts that, if these trends continue, the value of traditional assets on the blockchain will eventually surpass that of current pure cryptocurrencies within the global financial industry.
On the other hand, the current market sell-off seems to have been driven by catalysts outside the sector, such as technological fears. Uncertainty about the artificial intelligence boom and changes in global liquidity have generated selling pressure that does not respond to internal failures, strengthening the thesis of a much more mature and stable market.
Ultimately, the industry seems to be moving away from its purely speculative phase to focus on real and tangible financial utility. It is expected that the convergence between traditional markets and decentralized systems will completely redefine the structure of global economic value during the coming years of constant and accelerated technological development.
