1️⃣ With Trump taking office in January 2025, the "golden crypto age" began in Washington. The administration, which quickly executed its election promises, provided full legitimacy to the sector by appointing David Sacks as the "Crypto Tsar". In this process, Trump also released his own memecoin. These moves of the White House kept the individual investor appetite alive throughout the year, completely erasing the fear of regulation in the sector.
2️⃣ With the decree signed in March 2025, the USA broke new ground in the world by declaring its Bitcoin assets as the National Strategic Reserve. While this move made Bitcoin a geopolitical power element, the new tariffs that came into play in the first half of the year created turbulence in the market.
3️⃣ The GENIUS regulation, which became law in July, ended the legal chaos by defining stablecoins as a federal means of payment. While the law brought control to digital dollar issuers in banking standards, it paved the way for traditional banks to issue their own stablecoins.
4️⃣ The era of "digital gold" in corporate treasury management has evolved to a new dimension under the leadership of Strategy (MSTR) and BitMine (BMNR). Strategy dominates more than 3% of the total Bitcoin supply, transforming into a "BTC fortress"; BitMine has built the world's largest institutional Ethereum treasure, surpassing the 4 million ETH threshold.
5️⃣ Following Bitcoin and Ethereum, the SEC officially launched the corporate altcoin season by giving spot ETF approvals for Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP), Dogecoin (DOGE), Litecoin (LTC), Hedera (HBAR) and Chainlink (LINK). These approvals allowed fresh capital to spread throughout the ecosystem.
