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With Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), the largest cryptocurrency in the world, coming off its best month of the year in August and its highest monthly gain (~25%) since November 2024, Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also just posted their best month of the year.
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According to SoSoValue data Bitcoin ETFs saw over $3.5 billion in net inflows in August, up from just $172 million in July
Is the Bitcoin rally here to stay?
Why Bitcoin struggled this year
As of this writing, Bitcoin traded around $77,250 per token after briefly dipping below $60,000 at the very start of July.
Following President Donald Trump’s election victory in late 2024, Bitcoin and most of the crypto sector surged, as Trump was the first President to be a strong advocate for crypto, saying he wanted to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world.
Trump implemented numerous executive orders, including the creation of a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and making it easier for people to invest their retirement assets in alternative assets, such as crypto.
Furthermore, Congress passed the GENIUS Act, which creates a regulatory framework for stablecoins. There is also still hope that Congress may eventually pass the Clarity Act, a proposed regulatory framework that would better define cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
But this year, Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto sector lost steam for several reasons.
There seemed to be concerns that new technologies, such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence, could penetrate crypto encryption. I think this siphoned some of the retail enthusiasm away from the crypto sector.
Furthermore, long-term Bitcoin whales that held substantial Bitcoin began taking profits. Additionally, the Iran war and higher inflation expectations, which led to higher bond yields, also seemed to impact Bitcoin, due to risk-off sentiment.
There has always been a push-and-pull dynamic for Bitcoin between being a risk asset and a potential inflation hedge, due to its finite supply of 21 million tokens, which allegedly makes it a form of digital Gold.
Source: finance.yahoo.com