2025 Crypto Wrapped: A Look Back
Well, this is it, the year is officially over! Whether or not you have a good and successful year, cryptocurrency certainly did! Of course, there were some ups and downs, but that is expected.
Did you miss part of the year? Not to worry we’ve made a quick crypto wrapped—a look back at all the notable cryptocurrency events this year. Read on to get caught up before the ball drops!
1. Bitcoin Stayed Steady Around Six Figures
Bitcoin hit $100,000 per token late in 2024, and to everyone’s shock, it remained there for almost the entirety of 2025—proving that it is 100% part of the future of humanity. Sure, there were a few dips below six-figures (we are in one right now), but of the 12 months of 2025, Bitcoin was above $100,000 per token for more than 7 months of it.
2. Regulation is Well Underway
2025 marked the year that cryptocurrency regulation became a real and attainable goal for many countries around the world. Especially in the United States, where the former administration was against it. While regulation wasn’t actually reached in 2025, there were many steps in the right direction from many different industries, especially banks.
In 2025, it became legal for banks to add cryptocurrency to customer portfolios, and Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs became the norm. Many banks also began utilizing blockchain technology for both their own assets and accessing decentralized assets like Bitcoin.
One of the most notable events in this area is that MiCA, a set of cryptocurrency business regulations, took effect in the EU on January 1, 2025.
3. Trump and Melania Launched Memecoins
Now, we’ve never been a fan of memecoins, but of course, the president of the United States had to do anything he could to grab money and interest the country in cryptocurrency. He did so by launching his own memecoins, Official Trump coin, and his wife followed by launching Melaniacoin shortly after.
Do note that we don’t recommend buying or investing in either of these tokens, as they have no value beyond pop culture.
4. The Libra Fiasco
No crypto wrapped would be complete without discussing the largest fiascos in crypto during the year—and there is always one. This year, the fiasco had to do with the Argentine president, Milei, who “accidentally” promoted a scam token on national news, dragging the entire country into what was a rug pull scheme. The token was called LIBRA before it disappeared with everyone’s money, and we really hope that no one here bought in!
5. The US President Wants to Try a Crypto Federal Reserve
Yes, 2025 was the year when Trump first proposed adding Bitcoin to the United States National Reserve. While it definitely hasn’t happened as of the writing of this article, any future readers should know that this was the year when the idea originated.
6. AI Starts to Take Over Everything
We know this isn’t technically only in the cryptocurrency industry, but we have to note when the downfall of humanity began. Unfortunately, in 2025, AI began to become so prolific online that it became hard to know what was real and not real, especially in the cryptocurrency industry.
We’re serious, the Google AI at the top of your page is more often wrong than not, especially when it comes to cryptocurrencies. We recommend never believing it, because it summarizes AI articles, which are often incorrect in the first place. Even if our real articles are used in the summary, know that Google takes everything into equal account—making it the top perpetrator of fake news thanks to AI.
(Also, AI is destroying the environment. Please stop making AI images of yourself.)
7. Ethereum Moves Forward
2025 was a huge year for Ethereum, first with the launching of the Holesky testing network in March, then with the Fusaka upgrade in December. Ethereum, while a bit behind on its original timeline, is accomplishing everything it promised it would, and we can’t wait to see how it continues to expand in 2026!
8. El Salvador Stopped Fighting for Bitcoin
While regulation was on the rise elsewhere, it started crashing in March in El Salvador, where Bitcoin has been legal tender for a few years. While we have high hopes that Bitcoin will continue to persevere in this country, which needs it so badly, we admit that it probably won’t make it as legal tender in 2026 with the scale-backs on policy in 2025.
9. Solana Announces Upgrade
Often compared with Ethereum, Solana also had big news for users in 2025, with the proposal of its Alpenglow upgrade proposal. The proposal was accepted and is supposedly planned to roll out in 2026. Of course, blockchain platforms often fall behind on upgrade timelines and rollouts, so we will believe it when we see it!
10. Courts vs Crypto Scammers
2025 was a year of wins on the legal front, with numerous malicious actors in the cryptocurrency space finally facing the music. The first was the TerraUSD creator, Do Kwon, who was finally sentenced to prison after being on the run for several years.
In January 2025, the owners of Coinbase literally struck gold when they were able to identify several wallets belonging to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road. These wallets contained 430 BTC (a hefty fortune in 2025) and were frozen when Trump pardoned Ulbricht in January 2025. It is unclear if the money will be returned to the dark web kingpin or be seized by the US government. Many individuals lost BTC when the Silk Road closed suddenly in 2015, so we prefer this money to go back to the people if possible.
Trump didn’t stop with a single pardon, however, also pardoning Changpeng Zhao, who was sentenced to prison for money laundering charges. While we can’t speak on the actual nature of the charges, we are glad the former Binance CEO is no longer suffering in prison.
