Deutsch2025 marks the end of an eventful year for the crypto market. Internationally, paths have been paved that are expected to prove groundbreaking. CoinPro looks back at the most important crypto news of the year.
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Top Crypto News 2025: These were the most important innovations
2025 was mainly characterized by regulatory openings and growing government support. According to the assessment of several experts, institutions now have a significant influence on Bitcoin and Co., leading to a significantly changed price development compared to previous years.
Many important events took place under the influence of the US government. Since January 2025, Donald Trump has been directing the fortunes of the country as president. The Republican threw his predecessor Biden’s program overboard, opening up new opportunities for digital assets.
USA launches its own Bitcoin reserve
In March, US President Donald Trump issued a decree establishing the official Bitcoin reserve of the United States of America. At the end of the year, it contains 325,293 BTC according to CoinGecko data, which have a market value of 28.6 billion US dollars at the time of going to press.
This makes the USA the largest publicly known state Bitcoin reserve on earth. So far, however, the state is not making any direct investments. Initially, little changes as a result.
Most of the coins come from the time before Trump’s second presidency and were confiscated in connection with criminal cases. By creating the state reserve, Trump prevents the sale and initiates the targeted collection of the coins at the US tax office, which is responsible for its administration.
US President Donald Trump rejects the direct purchase of the coins and insists on a “cost-neutral” expansion. In November, a US politician introduced a new law that is intended to permanently expand the reserve through tax payments.
Internationally, the US Bitcoin reserve had a signal effect. Several states reacted to Trump’s decree and consequently began to deal with cryptocurrencies themselves.
Pakistan announced that it would create its own Bitcoin reserve and operate mining. Belarusian President Lukashenka was taken with crypto and commissioned the start of state mining.
Bitcoin reserve increasingly a topic of discussion internationally
The fact that the USA of all countries is building up a Bitcoin reserve caused an international sensation. Many countries are influenced by the political measures of the US government.
After Trump’s decree, Luxembourg became the first country in the EU to start creating its own Bitcoin reserve. The state fund FSIL has already invested seven million euros in the cryptocurrency.
In the Czech Republic, the use of the largest cryptocurrency as a currency reserve is being tested. Initially, only one million US dollars were invested. After a two- to three-year test phase, a decision will be made on how to proceed.
Kazakhstan announced in late 2025 that it would build up Bitcoin reserves worth one billion US dollars. The plan has already been legally approved and will be implemented by January 2026 at the latest.
Swiss activists launch Bitcoin initiative
In Switzerland, the Bitcoin Initiative was launched on December 31, 2024. With it, Swiss activists want to ensure that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) includes Bitcoin as a reserve currency alongside the precious metal gold.
The collection of votes has therefore extended over the year 2025. By June 30, 2026, the initiative must receive 100,000 signatures to be admitted to a referendum.
Should the initiative achieve its goal and the vote be successful, Switzerland would become the fifth country in the world after Bhutan, El Salvador, the USA and Luxembourg to officially operate a Bitcoin reserve.
Significant crypto companies are going public
Due to the regulatory opening of the Trump administration, which was accompanied by a change in leadership at the SEC, some significant crypto companies were able to complete their IPO in the USA.
These include the stablecoin operator Circle, the crypto exchange Bullish, broker eToro and asset manager Galaxy Digital. The IPO of other important players in the crypto industry, such as Kraken and Gemini, is also imminent.
Before Donald Trump took office, only a few crypto companies managed to complete an IPO. The US Securities and Exchange Commission SEC blocked these projects. They only succeeded in a few cases – for example, when the company’s relationship with the government was considered particularly close, as in the case of Coinbase.
New US regulation ensures institutional crypto adoption
Massive easing in US regulation is ensuring growing institutional crypto adoption. According to Michael Saylor, major banks such as JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Citi want to issue loans that are secured with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum.
The US OCC recently granted US banks permission to act as intermediaries in crypto trading and serve customers in this way. The DTCC allows the tokenization of securities and is thus driving another top trend.
GENIUS Act: USA passes influential stablecoin law
Under the name GENIUS Act, the USA passed the country’s first stablecoin law in July, which is expected to be very influential according to the assessment of several experts.
GENIUS is expected to come into force in late 2026. From then on, stablecoins could be issued by a wide variety of companies and thus widely appear as a means of payment. A revolution in the financial industry would therefore be conceivable.
In response to GENIUS, the state leadership of the People’s Republic of China discussed the publication of its own stablecoin based on the national currency Yuan.
Bitcoin reaches all-time high above $126,000, but disappoints investors
Bitcoin managed to reach new record highs several times this year. In December 2024, the Bitcoin price cracked the six-figure range for the first time. Its valid all-time high has been $126,198 US dollars since October 6th. However, the cryptocurrency remained far behind the expectations of many experts, who had even predicted double the price value by the end of the year.
Due to the sharply increased importance of Bitcoin among institutional investors, some price analysts continue to expect growing prices in the coming year. Accordingly, the crypto winter will not begin as expected in 2026.
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