2025 was a year of transformation for the crypto market, forged in ice and fire.
Throughout the year, we witnessed the euphoric狂欢 ignited by Bitcoin's new highs, and also personally experienced the darkest清算 moments of resonance from macro impacts and liquidity drying up; the policy supercycle initiated by Trump shifted crypto regulation from aggressive enforcement to encouraging innovation, opening the floodgates for large-scale entry by traditional financial giants; the industry is no longer just about storytelling but is gradually moving towards real-world applications, with the轮廓 of everything on-chain becoming increasingly clear; the accelerated opening of ETF, DAT, and IPO channels brought a massive influx of Wall Street liquidity, reshaping the capital structure and pricing logic of crypto.
This year marks both a coming-of-age ceremony for the crypto industry, shedding its immaturity and moving towards成熟, and the starting point for its true entry into the mainstream视野. This PANews article梳理 the 2025 timeline, reviewing those critical moments that changed the crypto industry.
January
16th Anniversary of Bitcoin's Genesis Block
FTX Reorganization Plan Takes Effect
Trump and his wife successively launch meme coins
Trump formally sworn in as the 47th President of the United States
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler officially steps down
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February
Argentine President Javier Milei Accused of Fraud in LIBRA Token Scandal
Bybit Hacked, $1.44 Billion Worth of Funds Withdrawn
Crypto Treasuries Become Popular, Stock-Token Concept Heavily Hyped
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MicroStrategy Renames to "Strategy", Q4 Holdings Almost Double, Aims to Be Bitcoin's "Smart Leverage"
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March
Bitcoin Included in US Strategic Reserves
US Treasury Officially Lifts Sanctions on Tornado Cash
CZ's MEME Experiment
Binance Receives $2 Billion Investment from Abu Dhabi's MGX
Hyperliquid 3.12 Whale Event, Top Exchanges Jointly Snipe
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Mubarak Sparks Middle East MEME Trend on BNB Chain, CZ and He Yi Assist On-Chain Sentiment
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BlackRock CEO's Annual Letter to Investors: Bitcoin May Challenge Dollar's Global Status, Tokenization is the Financial Highway of the Future
The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Promised by Trump is Here! Confiscation Storage Falls Short, May Acquire More Bitcoin Without Burdening Taxpayers
April
US Government Announces "Reciprocal Tariffs", Global Stock Markets Plunge, BTC Drops Below $75,000
Spot Gold Breaks Through $3,200 for the First Time
Binance Alpha Points Game
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Pushing Gold Stablecoin, Inviting CZ as Web3 Advisor, Kyrgyzstan Presses the "Accelerator Button" on Blockchain National Strategy
May
BTC Breaks Through $110,000
DEX Cetus Hacked, Losses Exceed $200 Million
Pump.fun Suffers Vampire Attack
US SEC Officially Drops Lawsuit Against Binance and Changpeng Zhao
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CZ's Pardon, Far More Than a Presidential Order
Running Around, Self-Rescue: Changpeng Zhao's 180 Days Before the Pardon
Signals of "Selling the Top" After Bitcoin's New High? Long-Term Holders Take Profits, Market Enters Distribution Game Stage
Trump Media Group Mimics MicroStrategy, Launches $2.5 Billion Bitcoin Treasury Plan, Presidential Family Plays Heavily with Financial Tools
June
Satoshi Nakamoto's Net Worth Reaches $116.7 Billion, Surpassing Bill Gates
Lee Jae-myung Elected President of South Korea
"Stablecoin First Share" Circle Lists, Stock Price Rises 6.13% on First Day
Israel Strikes Iran, Ceasefire Agreement Reached After 12 Days
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Sorting Out Circle Major Shareholders' Cash-Outs: Largest External Shareholder IDG Cashes Out Only $68 Million, Multiple Executives Sell Missing Out on Hundreds of Millions in Profits
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Crypto Market Becomes New Battlefield in Iran-Israel Shadow War, Crypto Market Under Theocratic Regimes Cast in Shadow
Another "Crypto President"? Lee Jae-myung Gambles on Series of New Crypto Policies in South Korea, Igniting Market Imagination
Arca Condemns Circle's Betrayal: Why Did the IPO Feast Abandon Crypto Allies and Favor Wall Street?
July
Trump Signs "Big and Beautiful" Tax and Spending Bill
Trump Formally Signs Stablecoin-Related Bill "GENIUS Act"
Tenth Anniversary of Ethereum's Genesis Block
Ethereum DAT Companies Arrive, ETH Market Cap Rises to 28th Place in Global Assets
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US Banking Industry Jointly Boycotts "GENIUS Act", Stablecoin Shockwave Shakes Traditional Giants
Wall Street's "Oracle" Tom Lee Turns ETH Mega-Bull, Why is He Firmly Bullish on Ethereum and Its Treasury Strategy?
BlackRock 20-Year Veteran All In on Ethereum, Joseph Chalom Joins SharpLink to Compete to Be the Ethereum Version of MicroStrategy
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August
Hong Kong's "Stablecoin Bill" Officially Takes Effect
BTC Touches $124,000, Market Cap Surpasses Google, Rises to 5th Place Among Global Assets
Shanghai Composite Index Breaks 3800 Points, Continues to Set Nearly 10-Year High
RWA Gold Rush
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Tokenized Stocks Become Crypto's New Darling, What About Altcoins?
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September
Total Stablecoin Market Cap Breaks $290 Billion
SEC Approves ETF Universal Listing Standards
BNB Market Cap Breaks $140 Billion, Surpasses Intel to Rank 155th Among Global Assets
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Circle and Stripe Step In to Build Public Chains, Stablecoin Public Chain War Fully Erupts
BNB Market Cap Surpasses MicroStrategy, Backed by National Reserves and Nasdaq Support, It Stands Alongside BTC and ETH as a Global Strategic Asset
October
US Government Officially Shuts Down
Elon Musk Becomes First Person in History with Net Worth Breaking $500 Billion
"10.11 Crash", Single-Day Liquidations Exceed $19 Billion
US Sues Prince Group's Chen Zhi and Seeks to Forfeit Over 127,000 Bitcoins, US Government BTC Holdings to Reach 324,000
Spot Gold Breaks Through $4,200
Privacy Track Welcomes "Second Spring", ZEC Market Cap Breaks $6 Billion
Binance Life Sparks Chinese Meme Craze
NVIDIA Market Cap Breaks $5 Trillion
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Privacy Narrative Makes Strong Comeback: Zcash Soars Over 220%, Ethereum Foundation Upgrades "Privacy Strategy"
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November
UK's Largest Bitcoin Money Laundering Case Verdict, Qian Zhimin Sentenced to 11 Years 8 Months, 61,000 Bitcoins Confiscated
Longest US Government Shutdown in History Ends
Bitcoin Falls Below $81,000, Crypto Market Plummets Across the Board
Coinbase's x402 Protocol Gains Popularity
Altcoin ETFs List Successively
Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, and edgeX Stage Perp DEX Melee
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December
MicroStrategy Faces FUD Over Risk of Removal from MSCI Index
Ethereum Activates Fusaka Upgrade
Fed Leads Rate Cuts, Japan's Rate Hike靴子落地
Terraform Labs Founder Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in US
Prediction Market Expands Exponentially
SEC Announces Crypto Innovation Exemption Policy
HashKey Officially Lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Fed Chair Candidate Finalized Imminently
China Tightens Crypto Regulation Again, Involving Mining, Stablecoins, and RWA
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