From institutional inflows to the rising stablecoin economy, the top Bitcoin bulls of 2025 are calling for prices as high as $1.5 million. Do they know something we don’t?
Yohan Yun
Yohan Yun is a multimedia journalist covering blockchain since 2017. He has contributed to crypto media outlet Forkast as an editor and has covered Asian tech stories as an assistant reporter for Bloomberg BNA and Forbes. He spends his free time cooking, and experimenting with new recipes.
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Bitcoin price will reach $130K or even $1.5M, top bulls say - Analysis
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Is Ripple’s Hidden Road deal part of a SoftBank-like playbook? One founder says Ripple is pursuing a SoftBank-style acquisition strategy using XRP, but others question whether the comparison fits.
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Market maker deals are quietly killing crypto projects Market makers are turning token loans into a profit machine and a death spiral for smaller crypto projects.
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The whale, the hack and the psychological earthquake that hit HEX A $4.5-million HEX hack shook its staking ecosystem and exposed a web of phishing, laundering and wallet-draining operations.
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How USDT mints and burns move with Bitcoin price cycles A look into Tether’s USDt minting and burning patterns suggests the stablecoin may still be one of Bitcoin’s most sensitive pressure gauges.
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BNB Chain catches memecoin wave as Solana wipes out BNB Chain is soaking up memecoin volume from Solana in what Quai Network’s Alan Orwick calls a cyclical rotation — not a lasting shift in dominance.
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XRP, Solana lead altcoin ETP inflows as Ethereum slumps — CoinShares Digital asset investment products record weekly net inflows for the first time in five weeks, but Ethereum-based ETPs have $86 million in outflows.
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DYDX shoots up 10% as buybacks get a quarter of protocol revenue DeFi trading platform dYdX will allocate 25% of its revenue to monthly token buybacks.
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Bitcoin ETFs log first net inflows in weeks, while Ether outflows continue Bitcoin ETFs snap a five-week net outflow streak while Ether-based funds have a fourth consecutive red week.
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