Crypto 2025 recap: Key trends & what to expect in 2026
It’s been quite a wild ride for crypto this year, with bigger players, policy changes, and a change in activity patterns. Some narratives matured, others faded, and a few have set things up for the next year.
To understand where crypto might head in 2026, it’s worth looking closely at what happened in the year gone by.
A year of range-bound reality
At first glance, 2025 looked active. In reality, it was restrained.
Bitcoin spent most of the year oscillating within a wide range, pushing to new highs mid-year before giving up much of those gains by Q4.
Despite periods of faster pace, BTC largely ended the year close to where it began, with a 10% drop YTD.
Source: TradingView
Something similar happened with TOTAL2, which tracks…
