Bitcoin came strutting into Q4 of 2025 like it owned the place, full of swagger and hope. But surprise, surprise! It ended up being the worst kind of party – the one where you discover the snacks are all stale. Data from Coinglass shows the fourth quarter was a total flop. The seasonal trend that’s been holding Bitcoin up like a crutch? Yeah, that vanished faster than your last date. 🙄
Ah, Zaidi-who first graced the commission with his presence in 2010 and gallantly served until 2019. His final act of heroism was as the Director of the Division of Market Oversight, a title that surely comes with a shiny badge and the ability to wear a cape on Fridays.
The fun part? Everyone’s got a different theory. Some say ETFs and corporate buying are the new love story, but macro pressure and derivatives trading are the exes showing up uninvited. It’s like a family reunion where no one can agree on the menu, but the appetizers are all just $100 bills. 🤑
Bitcoin, that cheeky little coin with a penchant for drama, decided to throw a tantrum in Q4 2025, plummeting 23.07% like a deflated party balloon at a rainy birthday. According to Coinglass, this wasn’t just a hiccup-it was a full-blown somersault backward, erasing most of its mid-year gains faster than you can say “blockchain.”
In 2025, Solana pirouetted past its peers, outpacing even the mighty CEXs with a DEX trading volume of $1.6 trillion! 🤑 Only Binance, that towering colossus, stood taller with $7.2 trillion. CryptosRus, the oracle of on-chain wisdom, declares this a sign of growing investor fervor. Yet, the price remains as still as a pond in winter. Accumulation, they say? Or is it the calm before the storm? 🌩️
The UK, in glorious company with over 40 other countries, started enforcing these excitingly boring new crypto tax reporting rules on January 1 under the OECD’s Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, which we will affectionately call CARF. Exchanges now have the delightful task of collecting wallet activity, past transaction history, and tax information from UK users. And because that alone wasn’t thrilling enough, they must submit all this valuable data, as if it were headline news, directly to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
“We expect these forces to compound in 2026 as ETF approval timelines compress,” he declares, like a prophet unveiling a grand vision. Last year, my friends, was merely the foundation; it laid the groundwork, much like a bricklayer who knows the importance of solid stone before erecting a mighty edifice.
Basically, the idea is that now that the rules are a little clearer (and after several years of… ambiguity), bigger players will actually dip their toes in. ETFs are letting in the casual investors, companies are hoarding crypto like it’s digital Beanie Babies, and stablecoins are… well, they’re trying to be stable. It’s a whole thing.
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