Pokémon, that venerable institution beloved equally by schoolchildren and eccentric billionaires, is reportedly eyeing the blockchain – and not just the sort of sideways glance one gives an aunt sporting a new perm, but an all-out courtship. Blockchains, it seems, are on the brink of becoming the new habitat for the great Charizard migration. $21.4 billion wildly shuffling cards, and the prospect of Pikachu donning a digital suit – what could possibly go wrong?
Bitwise research analyst Danny Nelson (whose deductive powers would have left Sherlock Holmes shredded in envy) made a cryptic pronouncement this Thursday: “Pokémon and other trading card games (TCGs) are about to have their ‘Polymarket moment.’” Translation: crypto nerds may soon have a reason to fight over shiny cardboard that isn’t just an NFT of a potato in a hat.
On X (which used to be Twitter before someone with more money than sense smashed the brand with a sledgehammer), Nelson explained that this incoming boom could be “sticky.” And by sticky, he doesn’t mean you’ll need Goo Gone. Rather, it’s the sort of thing that, once it has attached itself to the collective psyche, isn’t likely to let go. Think chewing gum on your brogues, only more lucrative.
Pokémon and other TCGs are about to have their “Polymarket moment.” Here’s why you should be paying attention:
Most of crypto’s teal world asset (RWA) plays cater to well-established TradFi markets, like treasuries, real estate, gold and stocks. Sure, tokenization brings these…
– Danny Nelson (@realDannyNelson) September 3, 2025
Why Pokémon Cards May Finally Get Their Blockchain Groove On 🧐
The world of traditional RWA tokenization has ballooned to an eye-watering $28.34 billion in 2025. But – and here’s where Wodehouse’s Aunt Agatha would waggle a warning finger – it’s mostly just digitizing things that were already rather digital (stocks, treasuries, and sundry real estate fluff).
Pokémon cards, on the other hand, continue to travel by Royal Mail as if we’re still living in the Edwardian era. Shipping Pikachu and Charizard around the globe invites adventure, heartache, and the occasional bent corner. Tokenization, then, becomes the promised land where no envelope goes astray and no postman’s dog gets its paws on your holographic Blastoise.
Market leader Whatnot shifted $3 billion in flimsy cardboard last year. And mark my words, if analysts are to be trusted (a dicey proposition), ETFs and all manner of arcane financial witchcraft could soon be centered on Pokémon cards. Stand by for gentlemen in bowler hats screaming “Buy Pikachu!” on the stock exchange floor.
Collector Crypt’s Wild Ride and Other Delectable Drama 🤹♂️
The good people at Collector Crypt flung open the doors of their Solana-based Metaplex platform, enabling frenzied digital swapping of Pokémon cards faster than Bertie Wooster can lose an umbrella. Their token, CARDS, did an impression of a startled gazelle and vaulted up tenfold to a princely $450 million valuation in less time than it takes Jeeves to prepare a restorative cocktail. Projected annual revenue? A cool $38 million. Collector Crypt’s Gacha Machine, not to be outdone, generated $16.6 million in a week, proving there’s nothing quite so irresistible as having your finances tied to fictional animals.
Meanwhile, NFT trading volumes danced up 9% in August, hitting $578 million – the highest since January, as DappRadar’s mysterious bean counters will tell you. Collectors are spending more per item, even as fewer cards trade hands. Whether this is good or bad is anyone’s guess, but you can’t deny the charts look jolly exciting.
Should Pokémon cards leap merrily onto the blockchain, they might do for the collectibles world what Jeeves did for the Drones Club: rescue it from chaos and elevate it to rarefied heights. Heaven help us all when millions of fans enter crypto with nothing but a guiding sense of nostalgia and an unshakeable need to catch ’em all.
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2025-09-05 12:11