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Crypto investors got almost everything they wanted in 2025, yet prices still fell. They're looking for more help from the White House in 2026
Crypto investors got almost everything they wanted in 2025: A "crypto president" in the White House, talk of a federal bitcoin reserve, friendlier regulations, a wave of exchange-traded funds investing in smaller cryptocurrencies, and a handful of high-profile digital-asset companies making their public-market debuts. Yet all of this good news wasn't enough to lift prices. Digital-asset prices had a terrible year in 2025. Bitcoin (BTCUSD) has lost over 6% year to date, significantly underperforming gold (GC00) and the S&P 500 SPX, which have risen by more than 70% and 17% this year, respectively, FactSet data ... (full story)
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