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Global bank Citi has predicted 2025 could be a possible inflection point for blockchain adoption driven by stablecoins, akin to the breakout year artificial intelligence (AI) had with popular application ChatGPT."2025 has the potential to be blockchain’s ‘ChatGPT’ moment," the bank's analysts said in a report published earlier this week.At the center of the Citi's projection are stablecoins, a class of cryptocurrencies pegged to traditional currencies like the U.S. dollar. These tokens, led by Tether's $145 billion USDT and Circle's $60 billion USDC, have seen tremendous growth recently and are...

Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Stock buybacks could counteract extended market declines, Citi said. The bank predicted $1 trillion in stock buybacks by 2025, up from 2024. Companies may shift spending from capital expenditures to buybacks amid Trump policy uncertainty. The stock market has a $1 trillion weapon to fight further price declines: stock buybacks. Analysts at Citi said in a Monday note that as the stock market continued to decline, it could present a too-good-to-ignore deal for companies to buy back their stocks at discounted levels. "Should large cap...

Stock buybacks could counteract extended market declines, Citi said.The bank predicted $1 trillion in stock buybacks by 2025, up from 2024.Companies may shift spending from capital expenditures to buybacks amid Trump policy uncertainty.The stock market has a $1 trillion weapon to fight further price declines: stock buybacks.Analysts at Citi said in a Monday note that as the stock market continued to decline, it could present a too-good-to-ignore deal for companies to buy back their stocks at discounted levels."Should large cap US equities continue to correct, we expect that share repurchase...