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Bitcoin’s 2025 Loss Exposed Its Growing Dependence on Stocks, Rates and Global Liquidity

Bitcoin Heads for First Annual Loss Since 2022

Bitcoin ended 2025 with its first annual decline since 2022, falling roughly 6% despite reaching a record above $126,000 only months earlier. The disappointing finish was more than another example of cryptocurrency volatility. It showed how deeply Bitcoin had become connected to the same forces moving global financial markets: interest rates, U.S. Treasury yields, technology … Read more

Bitcoin’s Crash Exposed How Crypto Stocks Amplify the Market’s Biggest Swings

Bitcoin’s Crash Exposed How Crypto Stocks Amplify the Market’s Biggest Swings

Bitcoin’s slide toward $80,000 in late 2025 initially looked like another violent cryptocurrency correction. What followed showed that the bigger story was not Bitcoin alone. After peaking above $126,000 in October, the cryptocurrency ended 2025 near $88,000 and continued falling in 2026, eventually reaching roughly $58,000 during the second quarter before recovering toward $80,000 by … Read more