According to their assessment, the market capitulation widely discussed on social media will occur very soon or may have already occurred.

Ripple’s XRP is currently under strong selling pressure, although it showed a clear bullish trend from late 2024 through the end of 2025. At present, the token’s price has fallen by more than 60% from its all-time high of $3.65, recorded in July 2025.

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The continued decline of BTC, which began in October 2025, has accelerated the growth in the number of Bitcoin investors experiencing losses.

Funds in the wallet 1A2hqHVSUERAT3t1yJ7ggYCQccvH6pZGZm were accumulated between December 2012 and April 2013. At that time, bitcoin was priced between $13 and $250 per coin. On Monday, all funds from this wallet were transferred to a new address, bc1qk3sets0h48jvqfvpt5t8f2ymmz73wftjvsxaeh. The owner of the $85 million fortune remains unknown. Analysts believe that the holder is planning to sell the accumulated bitcoins.

In 2025, Iranians invested $7.78 billion in cryptocurrencies amid the devaluation of the national currency, the rial. Rising inflation and the fall of the rial triggered not only mass protests but also a surge in the popularity of digital assets. Toward the end of last year, when the crisis reached its peak, both the number and the total value of cryptocurrency transactions carried out by Iranians increased significantly.

In just two weeks, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, posted double-digit gains, approaching the psychologically important $100,000 level.

On Wednesday, January 14, U.S. stocks moved lower, with all major indices posting losses. Equities failed to keep pace with gains in precious metals—gold and silver continued to rise—while the crypto market added 3.66% over the past 24 hours to reach $3.29 trillion.

Throughout 2025, Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki urged investors to buy gold, silver, Bitcoin (BTC), and Ethereum (ETH) as protection against inflation, fiat currency devaluation, and systemic financial risk.

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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with nearly $13 trillion in assets under management, has included bitcoin among its key investment themes for 2025, alongside U.S. Treasury bills and shares of major American technology companies.

Chris Hyzy, Chief Investment Officer at Bank of America Private Bank, identified the share of Bitcoin investments he considers appropriate for investors interested in innovation and willing to tolerate the high volatility of cryptocurrencies. He also noted the growing interest among major financial institutions in Bitcoin and government-regulated products that use digital assets.

The South Korean IT conglomerate Naver and Dunamu, the owner of the Upbit exchange, will invest $6.8 billion in artificial intelligence and blockchain. The management of the companies plans to spend these funds on building a next-generation financial infrastructure based on artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies, which will become a global platform for payments and transaction settlement.

Texas is moving closer to creating the first state-level crypto reserve in the United States. Last week, Texas invested $5 million into BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). This allocation is not a direct purchase of Bitcoin: the ETF was chosen as a temporary instrument while the state finalizes its custodian contract and the process of acquiring digital assets. The investment is part of the development of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

The firm owns 12 data centers in North America with a capacity of 341 megawatt-hours. However, according to the financial report for the third quarter of 2025, the company is unable to turn a profit. From July to September, the organization mined only 520 BTC, which is 6.3% less than in the second quarter. The institution’s revenue amounted to $69 million, but due to high expenses, the company ended up $46 million in the red.

Over the past few years, the rolling return on Bitcoin investments has dropped dramatically — and continues to decline. Analysts at the asset management firm Diaman Partners have compiled a chart showing the changes in Bitcoin’s rolling investment returns, revealing that the cryptocurrency’s profitability has fallen sharply. The peaks once indicating opportunities for enormous profits have not appeared since 2021.

A strategist speaking on the Crypto Goes Mainstream podcast said that, based on his observations, since 2009 the cryptocurrency market has followed a strict four-year price cycle.

About 73% of companies invest in cryptocurrencies, hoping to gain high returns in the future — despite the October crypto market crash, when traders’ positions worth nearly $20 billion were liquidated. 55% of respondents view cryptocurrencies as a way to diversify their investment portfolios, while 39% of survey participants are interested in investing in high-risk assets.