Kosta Ouzas breaks down Bitcoin's 2025 candle: opened at 93,361, closed at 87,000, a 6.45% loss that masks the chaos underneath. The year swung from a high of 124,000 to a low of 76,000 with two major corrections. Good performance can hide a fragile path.
If we look at the yearly candle of 2025 for Bitcoin, the picture is anything but clean. The year opened around 93,361 and closed closer to 87,000, meaning the market finished down on a simple open to close basis, negative 6.45%. It's kind of like the voyage of Odysseus. After years at sea, storms, detours, battles, and the disasters, he eventually returns to exactly where he began. So if you only looked at the start and the end points, you'd think very little happened. But anyone who knows the story understands that the distance traveled wasn't measured in miles. It was actually meas measured in trials. So during the year, bitcoin traded as high as 124,000 and as low as 76,000. Now, that's an enormous spread. Two major corrections occurred within the same annual candle. In a year where many participants were expecting a straightforward continuation of a bull market.
