Crypto Winners and Losers of 2024 – A Year of Hacks and All-Time Highs
Although 2024 delivered significant wins for meme coin creators, ETF issuers, and Bitcoin holders, thousands of crypto users collectively lost over $2 billion to scammers and hackers. Furthermore, numerous failed celebrity-endorsed tokens brought investors massive losses. Here are some of the top winners and losers in crypto over the past 12 months. Winners Bitcoin Holders
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Although 2024 delivered significant wins for meme coin creators, ETF issuers, and Bitcoin holders, thousands of crypto users collectively lost over $2 billion to scammers and hackers. Furthermore, numerous failed celebrity-endorsed tokens brought investors massive losses.
Here are some of the top winners and losers in crypto over the past 12 months.
Bitcoin bulls pushed the asset above $100,000 on December 5th, a month after the US citizens elected a pro-crypto government. Nearly two weeks later, BTC peaked at $108,000. While the coin has fallen since then, CryptoQuant data indicates that 87% of holders are profitable.
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