KEY POINTS
- Bitcoin fell 6.34% in 2025 and is down 15.65% in 2026, trading near $73,850 on November 10.
- It needs a gain of about 18.5% to climb back above its 2026 opening price of roughly $87,500 by December 31.
- The combined two-year loss is about 21%, well below the 2018 and 2022 crashes, but the drop from the October 2025 peak exceeds 50%.
Bitcoin is on course for a first in its 18-year history: two calendar years of losses in a row. Decrypt reported that the largest cryptocurrency closed 2025 down 6.34% and has shed another 15.65% so far in 2026.
