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April 2025 Was Like Your Team Playing Terribly And Still Winning 🤦
Winning never felt so much like, well, not winning
Jonathan Morgan
April 30, 2025
OVERVIEW
April 2025 Was Like Your Team Playing Terribly And Still Winning 🤦
Before we dive in, here’s today’s crypto market heatmap:
Source: Santiment
And here’s a look at crypto’s total market and altcoin market cap charts:
Source: TradingView
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
April Felt Like It Sucked, But Bitcoin Did OK 🤷
Bitcoin's April 2025 felt like a month-long root canal - unpleasant, drawn-out, and oddly disappointing despite the win. 🎢
BTCUSD Monthly Chart - Click to enlarge.
BTC closed April 2025 up a decent 14.17%, which, believe it or not, comfortably beats the historical average April performance of +8.74%.
That puts April 2025 eighth among the last twelve Aprils; sure, not top-tier, but better than suffering through another 2022 (-17.31%) or 2024's miserable -14.95%. 🥴
Historically, April tends to be pretty decent for BTC:
Average Performance: +8.74%
Best Ever April: +34.57% (2020)
Worst Ever April: -17.31% (2022)
So yeah, April 2025 wasn't an absolute banger, and certainly won't win any "Best Month Ever" awards. But a win is a win. 👍️
Disclaimer: Hey, so, there’s a lot crazy going on this afternoon: XRP is reportedly eyeing Circle for an acquisition, China and the US are back in the awkward small-talk phase, and everyone is still digesting that advanced Q1 GDP number (-0.3%). As of 1500 EST, April looks green - but crazy things can happen.
NEWS
BlackRock's $150B Treasury Fund Tokenization 🤯
BlackRock just decided managing $150 billion the old-fashioned way was too dull, so it's tokenizing the entire Treasury Trust Fund on blockchain. 🤑
BlackRock Form N-1A Filing
Partnering exclusively with BNY Mellon, the world's largest asset manager is launching digital DLT Shares aimed at institutional big shots who are willing to pony up at least $3 million to play.
With faster settlements, fractional ownership, and transparent blockchain records, BlackRock is pulling off TradFi’s version of YOLO. If Wall Street’s largest player can embrace blockchain, maybe the rest of the finance dinosaurs can wake up too. 💤
A STOCKTWITS EXCLUSIVE
Exec Interview: Hut 8 CEO Ashner Genoot 👀
We're sitting down with Hut 8 CEO Ashner Genoot for an exclusive interview on the state of Bitcoin mining, policy risk, and what's next for digital infrastructure. 🪙
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