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🚀 Crypto Report – End of January 2025 (English)

📅 January Market Recap & February Outlook

📊 January Crypto Market Overview

✅ BTC: $100,039 (-3.5%)

✅ ETH: $3,107.22 (-5.2%)

✅ Altcoins: Overall downtrend

💡 Market Trends:

🔻 Increased regulations & profit-taking leading to market decline

🔻 ETH network upgrade delays → declining investor confidence

🔻 Institutional adoption slowing down

🔍 Key Analysis: Why Did the Market Drop?

📌 1. Global Regulatory Pressure

• Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) strengthens crypto asset regulations for banks

• U.S. SEC delays approval of some cryptocurrency ETFs

📌 2. Profit-Taking by Investors

• After a strong year-end rally, many investors cashed out profits, increasing selling pressure

📌 3. Rising Competition & Ethereum’s Uncertainty

• Solana (SOL) and Avalanche (AVAX) gaining traction as Ethereum’s competitors

• Delays in Ethereum’s upgrade negatively affecting investor confidence

⚖️ Regulatory Updates

🔹 Europe: MiCA Phase 1 regulation introduced, requiring licenses for exchanges

🔹 U.S.: SEC reviewing Bitcoin spot ETF approvals

🔹 Asia: Hong Kong eases crypto regulations for institutional investors

📢 Sources:

📌 Block Media

📌 CoinDesk Korea

📌 CoinTelegraph

🔮 February Outlook: What’s Next?

✅ Increased volatility → Prices may fluctuate due to regulatory uncertainty

✅ Bitcoin ETF approval → A key factor for investor sentiment

✅ FOMC meeting & global economic indicators → Potential impact on crypto markets

💡 Strategic Points:

🚀 Short-term trading? Utilize market volatility

📉 Correction phase? Prepare for possible further declines

🔗 Institutional adoption? Monitor ETF approval decisions