2025 Bitcoin Adoption: Records Despite Price Drop

Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Ignores Price Drop

River financial services company states that Bitcoin adoption by institutions, banks, merchants, public companies, and nation-states exploded in 2025 and continues despite the price drop. Even though BTC has fallen 50% from its all-time high, adoption is not yet affecting the price. Institutions accumulated 829,000 BTC; registered investment advisors made net purchases for eight consecutive quarters and invested about $1.5 billion per quarter in Bitcoin ETF over the last two years. 60% of US banks are developing Bitcoin products, businesses are the largest buyers, and crypto treasury companies have grown 2.5 times.

Bitcoin is now mainstream on Wall Street. Source: River

US and Global Commercial Bitcoin Usage Tripled

The number of businesses accepting Bitcoin in the US has tripled, global usage increased by 74%; Lightning Network payments grew 300% to a monthly volume of $1.1 billion. Five nation-states became new Bitcoin holders: two sovereign wealth funds from Luxembourg and Saudi Arabia, the Czech Republic central bank, Brazil, and Taiwan; a total of 23 nation-states now hold Bitcoin. Bitcoin volatility is approaching that of gold and the S&P 500, seen as a maturing asset class.

Public companies holding Bitcoin. Source: RiverBTC volatility edges closer to that of stocks and gold. Source: River

Saylor Strategy and Turkish Company Net Holding on Bitcoin List

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor continues his strategy of basing Bitcoin purchases on common shares while marketing preferred shares. Turkish company Net Holding (NTHOL.IS) ranks 74th among the largest institutional Bitcoin holders with 352 BTC, serving as an example of local adoption.

Goldman Sachs Crash Warning and Current BTC Technical Analysis

Goldman Sachs CEO issues a critical Bitcoin price crash warning, predicting severe chain liquidations. BTC is currently at $64,984.89 (+2.92%), RSI 33.87 (Oversold), showing downtrend and Bearish Supertrend signal. EMA 20: $69,094. Supports: $64,255 (strong), $60,000. Resistances: $68,660 (strong, critical for BTC futures), $65,048. Investors should follow BTC detailed analysis.

Market Analyst: Sarah Chen

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