THE WORLD AS WE SAW IT IN MAY 2025 The World of Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) reached an all-time high (ATH) of $111,970 on May 22, 2025 and has since retreated somewhat due to renewed tariff fears. Nevertheless, BTC is currently trading just 7% below its ATH. Ethereum (ETH), on the other hand, reached its ATH of $4,891.70 on …
THE WORLD AS WE SAW IT IN MARCH 2025 The World of Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin has delivered strong Q1 performances in the past, averaging a return of +51.62% since 2013. Ethereum has been even more impressive, with an average Q1 gain of +78.23% since 2017. In contrast, in Q1’25 Bitcoin is down by around -11.6%, while Ethereum fell by a sobering -46.98%. Overall, cryptocurrencies recorded …
THE WORLD AS WE SAW IT IN FEBRUARY 2025 The World of Cryptocurrencies February was quite a shock to the system, as neither we nor anyone in our vast crypto network expected such a drastic storm. So what happened? Despite a host of incredibly positive initiatives for the entire digital asset space taken since mid-January, …
THE WORLD AS WE SAW IT IN JANUARY 2025 The World of Cryptocurrencies The first few weeks of the year often give us a picture of how investors see the opportunities for at least the first quarter and even the whole year and with many assets rising albeit in a volatile manner, we feel inclined …
THE WORLD AS WE SAW IT IN NOVEMBER 2024 The World of Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) rallied as Trump’s election victory fueled the largest monthly gains since February. We might have seen the start of ‘alt-season‘ which has occurred every time Bitcoin’s dominance got weaker. During alt-season Bitcoin loses some of its dominance while other Level-1, Level-2, or DeFi, GameFi, …
THE WORLD AS WE SAW IT IN NOVEMBER 2024 The World of Cryptocurrencies October lived up to the Uptober meme, chiefly driven by bitcoin, which now sports a market dominance of 56.4%. Total crypto market capitalization grew by $130 billion to $2.54 trillion. The second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH), however, continued its relative downtrend, but in view of up …
THE WORLD AS WE SAW IT IN SEPTEMBER 2024 The World of Cryptocurrencies The Bitcoin price is historically weak in September, reflecting the “September effect” of Wall Street and having been labeled Rektember for that reason. In fact, the Bitcoin price has fallen eight times and risen only three times since 2013, but the September of 2024 has …
Make-it Capital Edition #41 The World of Cryptocurrencies August was one of the weakest months in crypto history. This has a lot of reasons, the most pertinent probably being the end of the yen carry trade. In addition, there was increased regulatory scrutiny, particularly from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which led to uncertainty among investors. …
Make-it Capital Edition #40 The World of Cryptocurrencies The World of Commodities In May, the crypto markets returned to greener pastures gaining $170 billion. The most important factor was the surprising green light for the eight ETH spot ETFs, which catapulted ETH up by 25% within a month – more on this later. Both BTC …
THE WORLD AS WE SAW IT IN APRIL 2024 The World of Cryptocurrencies April was a tough month for cryptocurrencies and western stock markets alike. Interest rate cuts that were thought to be certain will either not occur until much later or not at all in 2024. This proved to be poison for all risk-on …