Bitcoin Loses All Gains This Year: A Dud in 2025?

Bitcoin (BTC), as we approach the year 2025, is struggling to maintain the price of $90,000. Crypto industry has had a bullish year, however things started to turn bad towards the end. BTC climbed up to an all-time record of $126,080, in October this year. However, it has now fallen more than 28%. The original crypto, however, is beginning to show signs of a turnaround. According to CoinGecko’s Bitcoin dataBTC’s price is currently up 2.6% for the last 24 hour, 1,4% over the last 7 days, and 0.7% over 14 day charts. The asset has still fallen by 5.3% over December 2024 and 1% in the last month. We’ll discuss whether 2025 will go down as a bad Bitcoin year (BTC) and if it won’t be different in 2026.

Is 2026 Going to Be Different From 2025?

Although 2025 is ending in a different way than many expected, it has had some notable milestones. Bitcoin (BTC), and in particular its start, was quite remarkable. BTC not only hit a record high in 2025 but also witnessed mass adoption through ETF purchases and corporate Treasury buys. In the next few years, corporate treasuries are expected to adopt more of the original crypto.

Market corrections in the past few months were unprecedented. The macroeconomic uncertainty and low likelihood of a further interest rate reduction in the next few months have led to an exodus from high-risk assets such as cryptocurrency.

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The 2025 of 2026 could be very different. Bitcoin (BTC), in fact, may go higher than the 2025 high. Bernstein claims that BTC may reach a new high of $150,000. Grayscale has also presented a bullish forecast for BTC by 2026. BTC, according to both financial institutions, is on a 5 year cycle rather than a 4 year path. It means the cryptocurrency will reach new heights next year and then experience a decline (five-years after its peak in 2021).