Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the entire cryptocurrency market capitalization will likely double by the end of 2024, according to a CNBC report on Sunday. The current global crypto market cap stands at around $2.59 trillion, CoinMarketCap data showed.

Garlinghouse told CNBC that he is “very optimistic” about macroeconomic trends in crypto such as the emergence of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF), which he said has brought forth “real” institutional investments in crypto for the first time.

Bitcoin’s halving event, slated for later this month, is another macro factor that may drive the entire crypto market value beyond $5 trillion, according to Garlinghouse. The halving event, which takes place about every four years, cuts mining rewards to bitcoin miners by half. 

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