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Donald Trump is about to be sworn in again, and the crypto market is already counting its wins. Bitcoin wrapped up 2024 with a 120% gain, smashing through its own records to hit $108,315 in mid-December. Sure, it dipped a little after that, but let’s not pretend anyone’s crying over a 3.2% drop when the year’s gains were that good. Institutional investors have been recalibrating their portfolios, and retail traders are getting in faster than ever before. Some actually expect Bitcoin to hit $500,000 this year, and while those numbers might seem wild, the momentum is hard to ignore. Crypto has already survived three cycles of booms and busts, so what’s stopping it from breaking new ground in a political climate that’s likely to be the most crypto-friendly one we’ve ever seen? Bitcoin’s institutional grip tightens December saw a $1.8 billion outflow from Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. Why? Profit-taking. The Trump-triggered rally had already pushed Bitcoin to dizzying heights, and investors were eager to cash out while the getting was good. Open interest in Bitcoin futures on the Chicago-based CME Group also dropped nearly 20% from its peak. “Bitcoin’s adoption by a wide range of institutions will stabilize spot movements and align volatility closer to equities,” said QCP Capital. “With BTC now broadly adopted by a broad spectrum of institutions—adding university endowment funds to the list this year—allocations are likely to increase, strengthening Bitcoin dominance, stabilizing spot movements, and shifting volatility dynamics closer to equities.” The industry’s biggest headache has always been legal uncertainty, but if the Trump administration delivers the clarity investors are craving, the capital flow between traditional and crypto markets would explode. Imagine Bitcoin becoming as boringly stable as blue-chip stocks—not in price, but in how institutions treat it. That’s the dream, and 2025…

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Filed under: News - @ January 1, 2025 11:23 am