The case for investing in Bitcoin in 2025

Bitcoin has shown it is no fad or bubble and is primed for further growth under Donald Trump. It has a valuable role in portfolios, especially when paired with gold

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Bitcoin (BTC) has come a long way since its launch in January 2009. Today, there are BTC19.8 million worth $2 trillion, equivalent to the world’s sixth most valuable company, just below Alphabet and just above Saudi Aramco. An estimated one billion people own crypto assets, and blockchain data shows us that there are roughly one million active addresses each day.

Yet bitcoin remains controversial. The common criticisms relate to energy consumption, money laundering, volatility, tangibility and being a digital “tulip mania”. Still there has been progress: a few years ago, people described bitcoin as a Ponzi scheme, but few do today. Ponzi schemes are frauds, and bitcoin’s blockchain is fully transparent. Furthermore, Ponzi schemes tend to disguise volatility, unlike bitcoin, which proudly shows it off.

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