Crypto market review 2025: Key highlights & what 2026 could bring
If one looked solely at price charts, 2025 was a year of heart-stopping volatility. It was the year Bitcoin shattered expectations to hit an all-time high above US$126,000 mid-year, only to succumb to a brutal sell-off in the fourth quarter, plunging below US$88,000 in a matter of weeks. The resulting crash wiped over US$1 trillion from the global crypto market cap, leaving retail investors reeling.
However, a surface-level analysis misses the true story of 2025. While prices oscillated wildly, the structural integrity of the crypto ecosystem hardened. This was the year Traditional Finance (TradFi) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) truly merged. From the passing of landmark stablecoin legislation in the U.S. to the integration of…
