In another rollercoaster year for crypto, 2024 delivered monumental wins for Bitcoin hodlers, crypto ETF issuers and memecoin creators, particularly as Bitcoin soared past the $100,000 milestone in December. But not all was rosy. Scams and hacks cost victims $2.2 billion this year, and failed celebrity memecoin ventures drew the ire of disgruntled investors and their class-action lawyers. Here are some of crypto’s biggest winners and losers of 2024. Winners Bitcoin hodlers Bitcoin crossed over the $100,000 psychological milestone on Dec. 5. Driven by the hundreds of pro-crypto candidates who won seats in Congress and hopes for the most pro-crypto US government in histor. Bitcoin continued to climb afterwards peaking at $108,000 on Dec. 17, but has since fallen towards the end of the year. As of Dec. 27, CryptoQuant data shows 87% of Bitcoin holders are still in profit at a price of around $96,000. Most of the Bitcoin supply is in profit right now. Source: CryptoQuant Michael Saylor’s software company, MicroStrategy, is among the more high profile groups to significantly benefit from its holdings. According to the Saylor tracker, the firm’s stash of Bitcoin BTC$93,662 is worth $42 billion as of Dec. 27. In 2021, El Salvador adopted […]