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After hitting a high of $100,000 earlier this week, Bitcoin has retraced to around $92,000. The crypto market is feeling pressure as Bitcoin price tumbled alongside stock markets since the beginning of 2025. Meanwhile, a Wall Street investment bank made a massive bet on a potential BTC game-changer, adding to the uncertainty. The events of the first week of 2025 have shown that investors have already picked their key performing assets for the year, as a trend starts to develop. The cumulative digital assets market reported a marginal recovery on Friday morning after an intense sell-off. The crypto market cap stands at $3.31 trillion with a trading volume of $150 billion. Ethereum adds 645K wallets Per data shared by Santiment, the number of crypto holders has fluctuated at a very high rate since the new year kicked off as a roller coaster ride for the top cryptos. Ripple’s XRP and Ethereum (ETH) wallets have grown in number while Chainlink saw a drop. However, Cardano (ADA) is finally showing a positive turnaround. Bitcoin recorded a surge, with 102K new wallets joining the race to grab the top crypto asset. Ethereum turned out to be the biggest gainer among all. Ether network added 645K wallets while the recently trending token, XRP, added fresh 58k wallets. Dogecoin (DOGE), the biggest meme crypto, reportedly added 29K new wallets. Cardano has been lagging behind in the bull run but the new year brought fresh 2.8K wallets to the network. Meanwhile, Chainlink was in the negative column, losing 3.3K wallets. 📊 As 2025 has kicked off with roller coastering prices for crypto’s top assets, the amount of hodlers have fluctuated wildly since the new year: 🪙 Bitcoin $BTC: +102K Wallets 🪙Ethereum $ETH: +645K Wallets 🪙XRP Ledger $XRP: +58K Wallets 🪙Cardano $ADA: +2.8K Wallets… pic.twitter.com/W07x43GgW4 — Santiment…