Bitcoin in 2025: a high of $126,296, then a 6.3% loss for the year

Bitcoin opened 2025 at $93,348 on Coinbase and closed it at $87,498, down 6.3%. Along the way it reached $126,296 on October 6, its highest price of the year. All four coins covered here ended 2025 lower than they began it.

A spring low

Bitcoin fell 17.7% in February. On March 2 it rose 9.6%, its best day of the year, and the next day it fell 8.6%, its worst. Solana and XRP had their best and worst days of 2025 on the same two dates, and March 3 was ether’s worst day too.

The low came in April, at $74,421. Bitcoin then rose 14.1% in April and 11.1% in May, and climbed unevenly into the autumn.

October’s peak

Its highest close of the year was $124,720 on October 6. From there it fell 32.1% by late November, with November alone down 17.5%. It finished December down another 3.2%.

Ether’s 60.1% fall and recovery

Ether had the widest range. It fell 32.2% in February and 18.5% in March, and by April 8 it was 60.1% below its January peak. Its low was $1,383. It then rose 41% in May and 48.7% in July, reaching $4,956 in August. It ended the year at $2,967, down 10.9%.

Solana and XRP

Solana had its best moment in January, at $295, and fell for much of the year after. It finished at $124.45, down 34.1%, the weakest of the four. XRP rose 46% in January and reached $3.67 in July, then fell 49.1% from its July peak by mid-December. It closed the year at $1.84, down 11.6%.

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