Real estate, crypto, bonds, AI stocks and gold defined global market trades in 2025
2025 was packed with high-stakes bets that turned fast and often without warning, forcing traders from Tokyo to New York to watch the most extreme markets swing + extreme gains in history.
We saw mortgage giants behaved like meme stocks, and a standard carry trade collapsed instantly.
Trump-linked crypto trades collapsed after big launches
Crypto traders jumped on anything with the Trump name. Donald Trump pushed crypto hard once he retook the presidency. He placed allies in top regulatory roles and made digital coins part of his economic message.
Hours before being sworn in, he launched his own memecoin and posted it online. Melania Trump followed with her own token. Later, World Liberty Financial, tied to the Trump family,…
