🚀 Analysts Bullish on Bitcoin in 2025

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Market Overview
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Year To Date Performances:

1. Bitcoin’s meteoric rise in 2024, fueled by ETF approvals, Trump’s pro-crypto platform, and a halving event, sets the stage for a bullish 2025 with projections ranging from $80,000 to $250,000. Analysts highlight institutional adoption, supportive regulation, and potential U.S. initiatives like a bitcoin reserve as key drivers. However, risks such as policy disappointments or market corrections linger. Despite crypto’s historical volatility, experts anticipate less severe drawdowns thanks to growing mainstream adoption and sustained inflows, positioning bitcoin as a stronger contender in global financial markets.

2. A massive blackout swept across Puerto Rico on New Year’s Eve, leaving 1.3 million people—nearly 90% of the island—without power. Luma Energy attributed the outage to a failed underground line and estimated a 24- to 48-hour restoration period. Residents expressed frustration, with many improvising through the disruption, a stark reminder of Puerto Rico’s fragile power grid, still reeling from Hurricane Maria’s devastation in 2017. While some resignedly adapted with generators or gas stoves, others lamented the timing, underscoring the ongoing challenges of infrastructure neglect and repair on the island.

3. Sixteen years after Bernie Madoff's infamous Ponzi scheme unraveled, the final $131 million distribution from the Madoff Victim Fund marks the conclusion of an effort that has returned $4.3 billion to over 40,000 victims across nearly 130 countries, covering 94% of losses. Madoff, who ran the world's largest Ponzi scheme, deceived investors for four decades, claiming fictitious returns while paying off clients with new deposits. Key contributions to the fund include $2.2 billion from investor Jeffry Picower’s estate and $1.7 billion from JPMorgan Chase's 2014 settlement. Madoff died in 2021, serving a 150-year sentence for his crimes.

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   2. The S&P 500 finished yesterday with its second consecutive year up 20%+.

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