{"id":21381,"date":"2025-12-30T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/cryptocurrency-slump-erases-2025-financial-gains-and-trump-inspired-optimism\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T09:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:37:20","slug":"cryptocurrency-slump-erases-2025-financial-gains-and-trump-inspired-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/cryptocurrency-slump-erases-2025-financial-gains-and-trump-inspired-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptocurrency slump erases 2025 financial gains and Trump-inspired optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last few months of the year have seen $1tn in value wiped from the market, despite all-time-high price of bitcoin<\/p>\n<p>As 2025 comes to a close, Donald Trump\u2019s favorable approach to cryptocurrency has not proven to be enough to sustain the industry\u2019s gains, once the source of market-wide optimism and enthusiasm. The last few months of the year have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/crypto-selloff\/story?id=127819101\">$1tn in value<\/a> wiped from the digital asset market, despite bitcoin hitting an all-time-high price of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/bitcoin-hits-all-time-high-above-125000-2025-10-05\/\">$126,000<\/a> on 6 October.<\/p>\n<p>The October price peak was short-lived. Bitcoin\u2019s price tumbled just days later after Trump\u2019s announcement of 100% tariffs on China sent shockwaves across the market on 12 October. The crypto market saw $19bn liquidated in 24 hours \u2013 the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/morning-minute-19b-wiped-cryptos-121151305.html?\">liquidation event<\/a> on record. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/crypto-selloff\/story?id=127819101\">saw<\/a> a 40% drop in price over the next month. Eric Trump\u2019s own crypto company endured a similar drop in its value in December.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/dec\/29\/crypto-end-of-year-fall-cuts-trump-optimism\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/388a1a195d6f4c97107356e42092f3b1de6cb685\/364_0_2917_2333\/master\/2917.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=69da299c1bcc1b45af38eeee3021b65e\" title=\"Cryptocurrency slump erases 2025 financial gains and Trump-inspired optimism\" \/>Last few months of the year have seen $1tn in value wiped from the market, despite all-time-high price of bitcoin<br \/>\nAs 2025 comes to a close, Donald Trump\u2019s favorable approach to cryptocurrency has not proven to be enough to sustain the industry\u2019s gains, once the source of market-wide optimism and enthusiasm. The last few months of the year have seen $1tn in value wiped from the digital asset market, despite bitcoin hitting an all-time-high price of $126,000 on 6 October.<br \/>\nThe October price peak was short-lived. Bitcoin\u2019s price tumbled just days later after Trump\u2019s announcement of 100% tariffs on China sent shockwaves across the market on 12 October. The crypto market saw $19bn liquidated in 24 hours \u2013 the largest liquidation event on record. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, saw a 40% drop in price over the next month. Eric Trump\u2019s own crypto company endured a similar drop in its value in December. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last few months of the year have seen $1tn in value wiped from the market, despite all-time-high price of bitcoin As 2025 comes to a close, Donald Trump\u2019s favorable approach to cryptocurrency has not proven to be enough to sustain the industry\u2019s gains, once the source of market-wide optimism and enthusiasm. 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