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The Year Crypto Grew Up
Looking back on twelve months that traded fireworks for foundations. Our end-of-year letter to listeners.
Nadia FournierDecember 15, 2025
This was the year the industry stopped performing for the cameras and started building for the balance sheet.
Less noise, more infrastructure. Fewer launches, more integrations. It made for a quieter timeline and a healthier one.
Here's what we got right, what we got wrong, and what we're watching in the year ahead.
Written by Nadia Fournier for AlphaMind.
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