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Is now the time to get back into Bitcoin?

Nypost · · 952 words · By Will Kenton
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Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster for the last eighteen months.

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What happened

Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster for the last eighteen months.

Why it matters

In October 2024, the digital currency began to rise on hopes that Trump would be friendlier than the Biden administration, and by the end of January 2025, it had increased in value by 75%.

Common ground

Despite an eye-watering drop after Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs in April 2025, Bitcoin continued to climb until October 5th, when it reached its all-time high of $126,297.63.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “A 2025 paper in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance found that adding Bitcoin improved risk-adjusted portfolio performance during periods of high U.S. economic policy uncertainty”
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The search results mention the journal 'Applied Economics' and general Bitcoin reserves, but do not provide the specific 2025 paper from 'The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance' regarding risk-adjusted portfolio performance.
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web search NEUTRAL — Historical data for the Bitcoin prices - Bitcoin price history viewable in daily, weekly or monthly time intervals.You'll find the historical Bitcoin market data for the selected range of dates.
https://www.investing.com/crypto/bitcoin/historical-data
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web search NEUTRAL — Cover image for Applied Economics, Volume 54, Issue 9, 2022.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/raec20
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web search NEUTRAL — bitcoin reserve.[67] Later that year, some U.S. states, such as Texas and New Hampshire also instituted strategic bitcoin reserves,[68] and the Czech National Bank bought less than €1 million in a "te…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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Claim 2: “Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs in April 2025”
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Two independent news sources (Deutsche Welle and CNBC) confirm that Donald Trump announced 'Liberation Day' tariffs in April 2025.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Donald Trump announced 'Liberation Day' tariffs on April 2, 2025, imposing a 10% baseline tariff on all goods from countries with some exemptions due to sanctions and pre-existing trade deals.
https://www.dw.com/en/how-us-liberation-day-tariffs-reshaped…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Philips and Pandora on Wednesday announced their intentions to apply for tariff rebates in the wake of President Donald Trump's "liberation day" blitz in April 2025.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/tariff-refunds-earnings-hit-…
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Claim 3: “Morgan Stanley launched its own spot Bitcoin fund, which attracted more than $100 million in investments in the first week”
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Bloomberg reports that Morgan Stanley debuted a Bitcoin ETF, but the specific detail regarding attracting more than $100 million in the first week is not corroborated by the other provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Morgan Stanley is rolling out cryptocurrency trading on its E*Trade platform with a dig at rivals: cheaper pricing.It debuted a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund last month — the first Wall Street bank to …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/morgan-st…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2h morgan stanley's bitcoin ETF is on fire!2h Strategy Inc outlined its “Six Capital Markets Principles” during its Q1 2026 earnings presentation, including selling bitcoin when advantageous to the co…
https://cryptopanic.com/news/32169245/Morgan-Stanleys-Amy-Ol…
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web search NEUTRAL — Spot ETF: Holds the underlying Bitcoin directly, allowing the fund’s net asset value (NAV) to closely track the spot market price.6. What is the difference between investing in a Bitcoin ETF and direc…
https://www.coinglass.com/etf/bitcoin
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Claim 4: “buying Bitcoin through an exchange like SoFi means you won’t earn interest on your holdings”
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Claim 5: “by the end of January 2025, it had increased in value by 75%”
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The provided evidence mentions Bitcoin reaching $100,000 in December 2024, but does not provide the specific percentage increase from October 2024 to January 2025 to verify the 75% claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin ended the year on an all-time high, hitting over $23,000 on 17...
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/121815/bitcoins-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Historical data for the Bitcoin prices - Bitcoin price history viewable in daily, weekly or monthly time intervals.
https://www.investing.com/crypto/bitcoin/historical-data
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web search NEUTRAL — In January 2024, the first 11 US spot bitcoin ETFs began trading, offering direct exposure to bitcoin for the first time on American stock exchanges.[63][64] In December 2024, bitcoin price reached $1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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Claim 6: “Bitcoin prices fell consistently until it reached its most recent low-water mark on February 6th at $60,000.01”
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The evidence provided contains price predictions for 2026 but does not contain historical data confirming a specific low-water mark of $60,000.01 on February 6th.
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web search NEUTRAL — BTC Price Prediction August 2026. Based on aggregated forecasts, Bitcoin's August prediction ranges from $80,822.87 to $118,881.61, with an average forecasted value of $99,852.24. Market sentiment in …
https://www.binance.com/en/price-prediction/bitcoin
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin had reached $1,000 for the first time.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/121815/bitcoins-…
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web search NEUTRAL — What is the Bitcoin price prediction for 2026? Bitcoin is forecasted to trade within a range of $ 75,177 and $ 92,841. If it reaches the upper price target, BTC could increase by 18.70% and reach $ 92…
https://coincodex.com/crypto/bitcoin/price-prediction/
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Claim 7: “Goldman Sachs recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a Bitcoin ETF”
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The evidence confirms Goldman Sachs is registered with the SEC and provides investment services, but does not mention a specific filing for a Bitcoin ETF.
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web search NEUTRAL — Goldman Sachs offers services in investment banking (advisory for mergers and acquisitions and restructuring), securities underwriting, prime brokerage, asset management, and wealth management.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs
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web search NEUTRAL — Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as both a broker-dealer and an investment adviser and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authori…
https://www.goldman.com/service-redirector/v1/services/next
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web search NEUTRAL — The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities, and asset and wealth management firm that provides a wide range of financial services.
https://www.goldmansachs.com/
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Claim 8: ““the halving,” a regular reduction of the rewards for Bitcoin mining, reduces the pace of new issuance”
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While the provided snippets for claim 7 are general descriptions of Bitcoin, the concept of the 'halving' reducing issuance is a fundamental, widely documented fact of the Bitcoin protocol mentioned across the broader context of the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin works through the collaboration of computers, each of which acts as a node in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network. Each node maintains an independent copy of a public distributed ledger of transa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source…
https://bitcoin.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer online currency, meaning that all transactions happen directly between equal, independent network participants, without the need for any intermediary to permit or facilitate …
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/
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Claim 9: “Gold, on the other hand, is less volatile than the S&P500”
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Claim 10: “A $10,000 investment in Bitcoin in mid-April of 2021 would be worth $12,750 today”
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Claim 11: “If you had put that same $10,000 into Nvidia stock, you would have $133,400”
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Claim 12: “Eric Trump... along with Alex and Zach Witkoff is a founding member of World Liberty Financial and its “Web3 Ambassador.””
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Claim 13: “it’s still more volatile than other assets – up to five times more volatile than the S&P500”
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Claim 14: “Bitcoin continued to climb until October 5th, when it reached its all-time high of $126,297.63”
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Multiple sources confirm a peak around $126,000 in October 2025, but they contradict on the exact date and price: one source says $126,080 on October 6, while the claim specifies $126,297.63 on October 5.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin reached a new all-time high, breaking $126,000 despite an apparent lack of engagement from retail traders. Corporate inflows overwhelmed a huge volume in short positions, creating an unusual s…
https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-all-time-high-126k-retail-pri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin's Breakout is Built on Its Most Solid Foundation Yet. The flagship cryptocurrency reached a new all-time high of $126,080 on October 6, 2025, elevating its market capitalization to approximate…
https://www.chainup.com/blog/bitcoin-all-time-high-126k-anal…
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web search NEUTRAL — The price of bitcoin managed a new record above $125,000, setting a fresh high for the first time since August. Its price has retreated somewhat since. But a monthslong climb how has the market ...
https://www.investopedia.com/bitcoin-touches-record-price-ab…
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Claim 15: “Bitcoin’s code caps the supply at 21 million coins”
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Multiple authoritative sources, including Investopedia and technical explanations of Bitcoin's supply, confirm the 21 million coin cap.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bitcoin has an established maximum supply limit of 21 million coins.
https://www.investopedia.com/tech/what-happens-bitcoin-after…
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web search NEUTRAL — There will be a maximum of 21 million Bitcoin, and that's it.A fixed supply limit certainly gives Bitcoin anti-inflationary properties, but the reason it was set to 21 million is hidden in personal co…
https://thenextweb.com/news/heres-why-satoshi-nakamoto-set-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Satoshi Nakamoto never explicitly explained why the supply was capped at exactly 21 million, but there are some theories. In an early email exchange with Bitcoin contributor Martti Malmi, Satoshi desc…
https://www.tradingview.com/news/u_today:6717a0262094b:0-20-…
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Claim 16: “Since 2020, Bitcoin has also been highly correlated with the U.S. tech industry, often referred to as “the Magnificent 7””
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