2025 is shaping up to be a BIG year for crypto!
It kicked off strong with Bitcoin smashing past $100k (and even hitting an all-time high around $126k in October), fueled by institutional inflows, ETF momentum, pro-crypto policies under the new US administration, and a lot of hype around things like a strategic Bitcoin reserve. The total market cap briefly crossed $4 trillion for the first time, stablecoins exploded (up nearly 49% to $311 billion), and we saw real mainstream traction—financial institutions diving deeper, tokenized assets growing, and even AI-crypto crossovers gaining steam.
But then Q4 hit hard: a sharp correction wiped out a bunch of gains, with the overall market cap dropping 24% in the quarter to end the year around $3 trillion (down ~10% year-over-year). Bitcoin finished modestly lower ( -6%), Ethereum down more, and we had some brutal liquidations.
Many of those ultra-bullish predictions ($200k+ BTC) didn't pan out, partly due to macro uncertainty, profit-taking, and just the natural cycle volatility.