Crypto won big in 2025 under Trump: But why does it feel like the party’s over?
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The crypto industry celebrated big victories this year after backing Donald Trump’s return to the White House, but trouble ahead could dampen the party atmosphere. Crypto executives popped champagne and danced to Snoop Dogg at a Washington party before Trump took office in January. Since then, the industry has seen friendly regulators drop lawsuits and new rules take shape. Yet key legislation remains stuck, and bitcoin prices have tumbled from their highs. Trump’s Securities and Exchange Commission quickly reversed tough accounting rules from the previous government and dropped legal cases against major platforms like Coinbase, Binance, and others. Lawmakers also passed groundbreaking rules for dollar-backed digital tokens. Bank regulators loosened restrictions on how financial institutions can work with crypto companies and gave approval for some firms to get banking licenses. These changes, along with Trump building a government bitcoin reserve and the SEC greenlighting new crypto investment products, pushed bitcoin to record highs and opened doors for wider public use. Critics warned about risks to everyday investors and the broader financial system though. Critical legislation stalls in congress But important laws that would solve basic, long-running industry headaches have not materialized. This threatens to kill the good mood, several company leaders said at a Reuters NEXT gathering earlier this month. “This year’s been a good year for crypto … notwithstanding that there’s a lot of work left to be done,” said Miller Whitehouse-Levine, who runs the Solana Policy Institute and spoke at the event. Trump promised to be a “crypto president” while asking the industry for campaign money. His family’s own ventures in digital currencies have helped push the sector into everyday conversations, executives say. Within days of taking office, the SEC ended years of enforcement actions, during which it had sued dozens of companies, claiming they should have registered…
Filed under: News - @ December 18, 2025 5:20 pm