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From Xmas Miracles to New Year’s Hangovers: Bitcoin’s Holiday Whiplash 🛷 

Hope you had a Merry Christmas! Today’s Litepaper is chalk full of some facts and data that will make your bathroom breaks away from family that much more fun. 🚽 

BITCOIN
December 25 to The End of January Performance 🫧 

Alright, let’s level with each other: this whole “holiday Bitcoin performance” thing has more mood swings than your cousin after three eggnogs.

But since we’re data nerds let’s shine a festive spotlight on this jolly old rollercoaster. We’re talking price hangover data from December 25 until the end of January from 2014 to 2023.

Think of it as the crypto version of “Miracle on 34th Street”…but with way more tears and fewer miracles.

December 25, 2014 → January 31, 2015

• Performance: $319.0 → $218.5 (–31.5%)

• Summary: A –31.5% nosedive, like the worst hangover of your life, but for your wallet.

December 25, 2015 → January 31, 2016

• Performance: $454.0 → $369.8 (–18.5%)

• Summary: A near –20% drop. Maybe this is Bitcoin’s version of a post-holiday cleanse?

December 25, 2016 → January 31, 2017

• Performance: $891.1 → $965.5 (+8.3%)

• Summary: BTC’s mild +8% bump is just enough to stay buzzed but not blacked out.

December 25, 2017 → January 31, 2018

• Performance: $13,833.5 → $10,265.4 (–25.9%)

• Summary: A nasty –26% faceplant. Everybody who FOMO’d into 2017 mania is reevaluating their life choices.

December 25, 2018 → January 31, 2019

• Performance: $3,793.7 → $3,437.2 (–9.4%)

• Summary: Still in the doghouse, sliding another –9%. Not catastrophic, but definitely not fun.

December 25, 2019 → January 31, 2020

• Performance: $7,196.4 → $9,388.0 (+30.5%)

• Summary: A big +30% rocket. Screw your sober resolutions; Bitcoin’s clearly popping bottles.

December 25, 2020 → January 31, 2021

• Performance: $24,689.6 → $34,392.3 (+39.3%)

• Summary: +39% as BTC goes absolutely ballistic, ignoring all New Year’s diets and disclaimers.

December 25, 2021 → January 31, 2022

• Performance: $50,806.1 → $38,409.0 (–24.4%)

• Summary: After the 2021 hype, –24% is one brutal post-party cleanup.

December 25, 2022 → January 31, 2023

• Performance: $16,831.8 → $23,125.1 (+37.3%)

• Summary: A near +37% run. Bitcoin basically flips the bird to all the 2022 gloom and says, “Watch this.”

December 25, 2023 → January 31, 2024

• Performance: $43,578.5 → $42,580.5 (–2.3%)

• Summary: A small drop of about –2%. BTC’s like, “Here’s some sensible socks, maybe next year will be better.”

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