EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Moves Added To 2025’s Crypto Overload — Now 2026 Looks Rough, Expert Says
The crypto boom of 2025 didn’t just peak — it overheated.
And according to Freedom Capital Markets Chief Market Strategist Jay Woods, one of the biggest accelerants was the sheer number of powerful figures piling into the trade, including President Donald Trump and his family. Their involvement, he told Benzinga, helped turn crypto into one of the most crowded trades of the year — and that overcrowding is now casting a long shadow over 2026.
“That became such a crowded trade,” Woods told Benzinga of crypto. “We had too many people in high places, including the president of the United States and his family, getting involved.”
Major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), hit new all-time highs in 2025, only to plunge back in recent months amid forced liquidations of overleveraged positions and a broader investor pullback from risky assets.
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