📊 Table Columns Explanation $BTC

1. Year – The calendar year.

2. Year Start – Bitcoin price at the start of the year.

3. Year End – Bitcoin price at the end of the year.

4. % Change – The annual percentage gain/loss.

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🔍 Key Observations

🚀 Biggest Gains

2010: +9900% (early adoption phase, from $0.003 to $0.30)

2013: +5507%

2017: +1331%

2020: +301% (beginning of the post-halving bull run)

2023: +156% (recovery after 2022 bear market)

📉 Biggest Losses

2014: -58% (after 2013 bull run)

2018: -73% (post-2017 bull cycle crash)

2022: -65% (macroeconomic tightening, FTX collapse)

✅ 2025 YTD (Up to now):

Start: $93,300

Current: $116,000

Change: +24%

→ Bitcoin is performing decently in 2025 so far.

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📈 Cycle Pattern

Bitcoin tends to follow a 4-year cycle:

Year 1: Bottom (e.g., 2015, 2019, 2023)

Year 2: Recovery (e.g., 2016, 2020, 2024)

Year 3: Bull run (e.g., 2017, 2021, 2025?)

Year 4: Crash (e.g., 2018, 2022)

So if this pattern continues, 2025 could be a top year, but we might see volatility increase later in the year.