When Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hit a new all-time high of $111,970 on May 22, many investors were convinced that the world's most popular cryptocurrency was about to go on another epic run. But that hasn't been the case.

In fact, Bitcoin pulled back to $105,000, and could even fall below $100,000 again. Should investors be concerned?

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Bitcoin's volatility

For much of its history, Bitcoin has been a very risky and volatile asset. In its early days, volatility was sky-high, and the price of Bitcoin tended to move up and down in jagged spikes.

However, Bitcoin is becoming less volatile over time. All you have to do is look at a chart of Bitcoin's volatility over the past decade. The change in volatility in recent years is striking.

According to data from CoinGlass, a cryptocurrency information site, Bitcoin's 30-day volatility during the previous crypto bull market rally of 2020-2021 ran as high as 9%. However, Bitcoin's volatility has been declining over the past two years. In May 2025, Bitcoin's 30-day volatility dipped below 2%.

This might be surprising, especially given this year's news cycle around trade, tariffs, and U.S. macroeconomic policy. Most investors likely assume that Bitcoin has been wildly volatile over the past five months, but that simply hasn't been the case.

And there's a good reason for this: Bitcoin is going increasingly mainstream. The more institutional investors and corporations line up to buy Bitcoin, the less volatile it will become over time. Short-term, speculative money is being crowded out by long-term, buy-and-hold money.

Thus, there's less reason to be worried about Bitcoin's recent pullback than there might have been in the past. By now, everyone realizes that Bitcoin is not going to zero. The prudent strategy now is to view Bitcoin as a long-term investment that will soar in value over the next decade.

Buy the dip

If anything, the pullback in Bitcoin is a signal to buy more, at a lower price. In crypto parlance, this is known as buying the dip. Any time Bitcoin falls by 10% or more, the thinking goes, you should scoop up Bitcoin at a new bargain price.

And, by and large, that is what has been happening this year. The easiest way to see this is with investor inflows into the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). While there was a brief period in April when Bitcoin inflows slowed to a halt and then reversed, money is once again flowing into the Bitcoin ETFs.

One big narrative that has emerged in 2025 is the willingness of both retail and institutional investors to buy the dip in Bitcoin, even at fantastically high prices. The reason is simple: In 10 of the past 13 years, Bitcoin has been the best-performing asset on the planet.

Even after massive market declines, like we saw in 2022, Bitcoin has always bounced back, better than before. In January 2023, Bitcoin was in the doldrums, trading for less than $17,000. Investors were warning that this was finally the end for Bitcoin. Just two years later, Bitcoin topped $100,000. The historical resilience of Bitcoin can't be dismissed anymore.

How much higher can Bitcoin go this year?

The good news is that Bitcoin might soar much higher in 2025. According to data from online prediction markets, Bitcoin has a 61% chance of hitting $125,000 this year. It has a 30% chance of hitting $150,000 this year. And it has a 12% chance of reaching $200,000 in 2025.

That basically lines up with what major Wall Street investment firms were predicting earlier in the year. In January, a popular prediction to make was that Bitcoin would double in value, to hit $200,000 this year.

All of this leads me to think that Bitcoin investors shouldn't be worried about the recent pullback. As long as money continues to flow into the spot Bitcoin ETFs, the overall upward trajectory should continue. While there's no guarantee that Bitcoin will double in price this year, there's a good chance it will hit yet another all-time high within the next six months.

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It's been a strange year for the crypto market. After a hot start to 2025, every major cryptocurrency continues to be whipsawed by the constant ups and downs of tariffs and global trade.

What can investors expect in the second half of the year? According to the new Motley Fool Money 2025 Cryptocurrency Investor Trends Survey, investors remain bullish on the future prospects of crypto, especially Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Let's take a closer look.

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Bitcoin could double in value in 2025

Bitcoin has been front and center throughout the year. Even with the volatility of the current tariff situation, investors remain very bullish about the cryptocurrency's prospects.

According to the Motley Fool Money 2025 Cryptocurrency Investor Trends survey, 68% of U.S. adults who currently hold crypto in their portfolio think that Bitcoin could hit $200,000 by the end of 2025. Based on its current price of $105,000, that suggests that Bitcoin could double in value over the next six months.

Even U.S. adults who don't own crypto in their portfolios are surprisingly bullish about Bitcoin. For example, 25% of them also think that Bitcoin could hit $200,000 by the end of 2025. Another 49% are undecided. Only 26% think it's unlikely.

As a result, investors are likely to continue to buy the dip for the rest of the year. Anytime Bitcoin loses 10% or more of its value, they'll view it as a buying opportunity. And, indeed, this is what we've already seen in the first half of the year, with money continuing to flow into the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from retail investors.

Solana and XRP could rally if new ETFs are approved

Currently, only Bitcoin and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) have spot ETFs. However, one big story of the year has been the potential for other major cryptocurrencies to get spot ETFs of their own. Two that are often mentioned are Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP).

These new spot ETFs could be a game changer. They make buying crypto as easy as buying your favorite tech stock. You can open up an app on your phone, hit a button, and get exposure to Bitcoin instantly. According to the Motley Fool Money crypto survey, "I don't understand how to buy it" remains one of the major barriers to investing in crypto, and spot ETFs help solve this problem.

That leads me to think there will be a rally in Solana and XRP later in the year. That's when the SEC is scheduled to sign off on new spot ETF applications for both cryptos. As soon as these start trading, it could lead to a wave of new investor money flowing into them.

Ethereum may continue to underperform

Ethereum is still the world's second-largest cryptocurrency, and continues to be an important part of the White House's crypto strategy. So why does Ethereum continue to lag the market? Even after a mini-rally in May, Ethereum is still down 20% for the year.

By parsing the data and responses in Motley Fool Money's crypto survey, I might have uncovered the answer: Investors just don't like Ethereum. They can't figure out what to do with it, and it doesn't generate the sort of big, splashy news headlines that can grab their attention.

According to the survey, 36% of respondents who don't own crypto said they "don't know what to do with it." Overall, only 11% of respondents said they understood how crypto works. Bitcoin is easy to explain -- it's "digital gold." But what, exactly, is Ethereum?

Moreover, survey respondents appeared to show a clear preference for big, splashy news headlines. For example, as soon as Bitcoin hit the $100,000 price level, it immediately helped to pull in investors who might have otherwise ignored crypto. Bitcoin hitting $100,000 is the type of headline that's tailor-made to float across the chyron of a TV.

Or, take the example of Elon Musk joining the Trump administration earlier this year. Even though Musk had no direct role in the White House's crypto policies, the overwhelming sentiment of survey respondents was that just having him aboard would somehow be good for crypto.

Ethereum hasn't been able to deliver anything close to a splashy $100,000 news headline or a high-profile public figure like Elon Musk. The biggest news this year has been a new blockchain upgrade in May. As a result, investors just aren't interested. Ethereum may continue to underperform the market until a new narrative emerges.

What happens next for crypto?

In the crypto market, sentiment can change on a dime. Now that Musk has left the White House, for example, will investors become more or less bullish on crypto? And how long are investors willing to wait for Bitcoin to double in value, if it shows signs of stumbling over the summer?

That being said, the new Motley Fool Money crypto survey is a great temperature check on what crypto investors are thinking right now. Using the survey response data, it's possible to put together some compelling narratives about where Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP might be headed in the second half of 2025.

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Warren Buffett has long preached the virtues of long-term investing. Buying for the long haul provides plenty of advantages, especially when it comes to compounding and minimizing tax implications. Right now, two Fidelity ETFs seem perfectly designed to provide maximum returns over a long time horizon.

Every investor should own this asset

Most investors don't own any cryptocurrency. And there's good reason for that. Volatility makes most cryptocurrency investments unviable for those seeking safe and reliable returns.

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Plus, the process of buying and selling cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can be far too complicated for most people. That's why the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (NYSEMKT: FBTC) is so attractive. For an expense ratio of just 0.25%, investors can get direct exposure to the crypto without the complex tasks of self-custody and tax tracking.

It can take a lot of education to wrap your head around cryptocurrencies and their potential. The industry is rife with misinformation and misleading promises. But Bitcoin, arguably the original cryptocurrency, is a proven and relatively simple asset. Think of it as digital gold.

There are only so many bitcoins in circulation at any given time. And while there is some marginal inflation over time, its total supply is capped, just as there is only so much gold in the ground to dig up.

To be sure, the crypto has significantly more volatility than gold. But it arguably has more upside as well. Its total market capitalization right now is around $2.2 trillion. Gold's total market cap, meanwhile, is above $23 trillion.

So compared to gold, Bitcoin could have 1,000% more upside to go. And that doesn't even include its value as a transactional currency, an advantage gold is fairly limited in.

Expect a lot of volatility here, but investing even just 1% of your assets into Bitcoin might boost your portfolio's total upside potential significantly. Fidelity's Wide Origin Bitcoin Fund makes adding that exposure as easy as buying any other exchange-traded fund (ETF).

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This Fidelity ETF has high upside potential

Looking to maximize your chances for long-term growth? Consider the Fidelity Cloud Computing ETF (NYSEMKT: FCLD). It's relatively new and shouldn't replace broad market indexes like those that track the S&P 500. But there's no denying that it could add huge long-term potential to any portfolio.

As its name suggests, the Fidelity Cloud Computing ETF invests primarily in businesses that operate cloud computing infrastructure, like Oracle and Microsoft. It also invests in cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) stocks like Salesforce.

Cloud computing is perhaps one of the biggest sectors that will benefit from the AI revolution. The United Nations predicts that the market will grow from $189 billion in 2023 to nearly $5 trillion by 2033. Much of that value will accrue to cloud computing businesses. Why? It has everything to do with how AI is trained and deployed.

Artificial intelligence requires a lot of computing power. Instead of building this infrastructure themselves, most developers and businesses outsource it to cloud infrastructure businesses like Microsoft's Azure division.

And when it comes to using AI features, most of them will be deployed via cloud SaaS like Salesforce. From hardware to software, cloud computing businesses will benefit strongly from rising AI demand, which is expected to increase at more than 30% per year for the next decade or more.

Fidelity's Cloud Computing ETF isn't perfect. It does have a relatively high expense ratio of 0.4%. And betting on a single sector isn't for every investor. But if you're looking to build a portfolio with high long-term potential without the complexity of managing individual positions, this ETF looks like a reasonable bet.

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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is about to experience an interesting tug of war over its supply. On one side are the predictable monthly coin supply releases from escrow by XRP's issuer, a company called Ripple. On the other side are the world's first XRP treasury companies, which are start-ups whose sole purpose is to stockpile the coin and sit on it to capture its price appreciation over time.

That second force is small today. But the very fact it now exists when it didn't before creates incremental, structural demand for a coin whose floating supply is otherwise set to expand. If you can handle a three-year holding window and an investment as small as $1,000, the odds are thus very favorable that demand will win out in your favor if you buy the coin. Let's explore why.

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Meet the new XRP treasurers

A crypto treasury company is a publicly traded business that raises capital, buys a digital asset like XRP, and thereby offers its shareholders levered exposure to the underlying asset's price. This approach was first used by Strategy with Bitcoin, and now the same model is being attempted by a few enterprising companies with XRP.

In late May, the solar power and storage business VivoPower pivoted to become the world's first XRP-focused treasury company, closing a $121 million private placement-funding round and then in early June specifically allocating $100 million to purchase XRP in an over-the-counter (OTC) deal. And it isn't alone in picking XRP as its treasury asset, at least not any more. Within 24 hours of VivoPower's announcement, two other small companies, Ault Capital Group and an Asia-based logistics holding business, disclosed plans to buy XRP as a strategic reserve asset.

Why bother with holding coins when there are other ways to make money that don't rely on the vagaries of the market to generate a return?

Although it's yet to be proven successful, except in the case of Strategy, generally crypto treasury companies argue they can outperform just holding their underlying assets directly by issuing equity or convertible debt, buying coins, and capturing any upside on behalf of shareholders. Those shareholders are effectively making a leveraged bet on the crypto by buying the company's stock, so it's true that their returns could be higher than just holding the coins directly.

Here's the math to know

How much impact will these new treasury companies have on XRP's supply relative to what's being released from escrow each month? If the answer is "close to zero," then the coin's critics can retain one of their arguments against buying it. On the other hand, if the treasurers are taking a large amount of supply off the table, it would be another argument in favor of buying and holding the coin.

Ripple still controls about 36.5 billion XRP in escrow and, by design, unlocks about 1 billion tokens on the first day of each month. Historically, roughly 800 million of that haul are relocked, leaving a net 200 million XRP that can hit the market and boost supply and depress prices. So there's an inflationary element of XRP that is relatively minor in the big scheme of things.

Compare that with VivoPower's initial $100 million purchasing goal for the asset. At today's XRP price of about $2.25, it can buy roughly 44 million XRP. In other words, a single new treasury entrant can sop up roughly 20% of a typical month's net supply increase. Layer in similar moves telegraphed by other aspiring crypto treasury companies, and supply can start to tighten rather quickly, at least for as long as there's a steady drumbeat of new entrants making big purchases.

Critics counter that treasury companies are leveraged, thinly capitalized, and prone to dumping if XRP's price plunges, which is a fair point. It's also the case that Ripple could decide to sell more of each month's escrow if prices surge.

Nonetheless, the key is that demand pressure from buyers now has a persistent, deep-pocketed corporate source instead of relying solely on retail traders and banks. And that's bullish.

The setup looks favorable here

Assuming the XRP treasury club grows, three tailwinds could reinforce the thesis for buying $1,000 of the coin and holding it for at least three years.

First, the approval of a U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) application is widely expected sometime in 2025. An approval would ignite institutional demand the way Bitcoin ETFs did. It's not guaranteed, but it's no secret that the new administration's leaders are very friendly toward crypto.

Second, the supply unlock schedule itself is finite and not very scary at all. If the unlocking pace persists as it has, Ripple's remaining stash of XRP will eventually run dry. The monthly supply drip could then end entirely, leaving crypto treasurers, remittance banks, and everyone else to fight over a fixed supply. That would drive prices up.

Finally, competition among treasurers is now accelerating. Corporate executives hunting for their own version of Strategy's moment of popularity may decide XRP's utility for making payments are safer than an all-Bitcoin bet.

Of course, none of this insulates investors from volatility. That's why a $1,000 starting stake is worthwhile; it keeps your exposure modest while still letting you participate in the upside if demand outruns new supply.

Patience is the key here. Give the tug-of-war three years to play out, and the coin's price will likely be a lot higher than it is right now.

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In March 2020, I outlined where I thought tech giant Nvidia's business and stock would be in five years, or in March 2025. It's now a little past the five-year mark, so how did I do?

Overall, I'd give myself a B or a B+. I was mostly correct in my business predictions and accurate about what investors care about the most, the stock price: "I feel very comfortable predicting that Nvidia stock will solidly outperform the market over the next half decade," I wrote.

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Indeed, from March 1, 2020 (when my five-year predictions article published) through March 1, 2025, Nvidia stock's total return was 1,760% -- nearly 15 times the S&P 500's return of 118%. In other words, Nvidia stock turned a $1,000 investment into a whopping $18,600 over this five-year period. (Nvidia stock's five-year return through the date of this writing, June 4, is a little lower, as the chart below shows. Shares are up since March 1; it's the change in the 2020 start date that slightly lowers their current five-year return.)

Nvidia stock's fantastic performance has largely been driven by the incredible demand for the company's graphics processing units (GPUs) and related technology that enable artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

Prediction 1: CEO Jensen Huang will still be leading the company

Status: Correct.

In March 2020, I wrote that "as long as [Huang] stays healthy, the odds seem in favor of his still being at Nvidia's helm in five years."

For context, Jensen Huang, who co-founded the company in 1993, turned 62 in February, according to public records.

Nvidia investors should certainly hope that Huang remains the company's leader for some time. As I wrote in June 2024:

Nvidia is many years ahead of the competition in AI-enabling technology thanks to Huang's foresight. Starting more than a decade ago, he began to steadily use profits from Nvidia's once-core computer gaming business to position the company to be in the catbird seat when the "AI Age" truly arrived.

Prediction 2: Nvidia will still be the leading supplier of graphics cards for computer gaming

Status: Correct.

Here's part of what I wrote in the March 2020 article:

Nvidia dominates the market for discrete graphics processing units (GPUs) -- the key component in graphics cards for desktop computer gaming. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the company controlled 68.9% of this market.

Nvidia has increased its leadership position over the last five years. In the fourth quarter of 2024, it had an 82% share of the desktop discrete GPU market, compared with longtime rival Advanced Micro Devices' 17% share, according to Jon Peddie Research. Intel, which entered this market in 2022, had a 1% share.

Growth in Nvidia's gaming market platform will be covered below.

Prediction 3: The global gaming market will continue its robust growth

Status: Correct.

In March 2020, I wrote: "In 2025, the gaming market should be much bigger [relative to 2020]."

By all counts -- the number of global gamers, total computer gaming market revenue, and computer gaming PC revenue -- the computer gaming market has grown solidly over the last five years.

And Nvidia has benefited nicely from this growth. In fiscal year 2020 (ended late January 2020), the company's gaming market platform generated revenue of $5.52 billion. In fiscal 2025 (ended in late January), this platform's revenue was $11.35 billion. This increase amounts to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.5%.

This is strong growth for such a huge market. It might not seem so only because Nvidia's data center market platform's growth has been phenomenal over this same period.

In fiscal 2020, gaming was Nvidia's largest platform, accounting for 51% of its total revenue. In fiscal 2025, gaming was its second-largest platform behind data center, contributing about 9% of its total revenue.

Prediction 4: Nvidia's GPUs will still be the gold standard for AI training

Status: Correct.

In March 2020, I wrote:

The company's GPU-based approach to accelerating computing is considered the gold standard for DL [deep learning, the dominant type of AI] training, the first step in the two-step DL process. [The second step is inferencing.] This statement is extremely likely to hold true in 2025, in my opinion.

Since 2020, both AMD and Intel have launched GPUs for AI-powered data centers, but Nvidia's grip on this market -- which is growing like wildfire -- remains tight. IoT Analytics, a technology market research firm, estimates Nvidia had a 92% share of the data center GPU market in 2024.

As an added plus, since 2020, Nvidia's GPUs have gone from having very little share of the AI inferencing chip market to having the largest chunk of this market. Inferencing is the running of an AI application.

In fiscal 2020, Nvidia's data center platform's revenue was $2.98 billion. It skyrocketed to $115.2 billion in fiscal 2025, equating to about a 107% compound annual growth rate (CAGR). This amazing growth powered the data center to account for 88% of Nvidia's total revenue in fiscal 2025, up from 27% in fiscal 2020.

Prediction 5: The legalization of driverless vehicles will turbocharge its auto platform's growth

Status: My timeline was too optimistic.

In March 2020, I wrote: "In 2025, fully autonomous vehicles should be legal -- or very close to being so -- across the United States. Nvidia is well positioned to majorly profit from [this event]."

I wouldn't say that fully autonomous vehicles are "very close" to being legal across the U.S. This event seems at least a few years away. But I continue to believe this watershed event will "turbocharge" Nvidia's growth thanks to its widely adopted AI-powered DRIVE platform.

Prediction 6. The X factor

Status: Correct.

In March 2020, I wrote: "Nvidia is incredibly innovative, so there seems a great chance that the company will introduce at least one major new technology that takes nearly everyone by surprise."

Over the last five years, Nvidia has launched a good number of major new technologies that have likely taken most investors and Wall Street analysts by surprise.

One example is its Omniverse platform, which launched in 2021. This is a simulation platform that enables the creation of virtual worlds and digital twins. It's been widely adopted by a broad industry range of large enterprise companies -- including Amazon, PepsiCo, and BMW Group -- for uses such as designing products and optimizing facility workflow.

2020 article ending: And Nvidia's stock price in 2025?

Status: Correct.

Here's what I wrote in March 2020:

It's impossible to predict a company's stock price in five years because so many unknowns ... can have a huge influence on the market in general. That said, given the projections made in this article, I feel very comfortable predicting that Nvidia stock will solidly outperform the market over the next half decade.

Stay tuned. I'm planning on a predictions article similar to my 2020 one. Hint: It's going to be optimistic, as Nvidia's highly profitable strong revenue growth is far from over, in my opinion.

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If you want to achieve significant gains in the stock market, you'll probably want to plan to hold on and remain invested for many years, or even decades. But in some cases, big payoffs can come much faster than that. The benefit of investing in growth stocks is that they have the potential to deliver some terrific returns.

For example, growth stocks Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), Mara Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA), and Verona Pharma (NASDAQ: VRNA) have yielded fantastic gains for investors over the past five years. If you had invested $15,000 into each one of these stocks just five years ago and held on, you would have a portfolio worth more than $1 million today. The question is, do they still have the potential for further significant gains for investors who buy them right now?

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Strategy

A $15,000 investment made five years ago into the company that at that time called itself MicroStrategy would now be worth around $458,000. That's a staggering return when you consider that its core technology business hasn't been taking off. The company, which earlier this year shortened its name to Strategy, has actually experienced a decline in revenue in recent years. While it's nominally involved in providing business intelligence solutions, the reason its stock skyrocketed was tied to its aggressive moves in the cryptocurrency space.

Strategy is the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), with a stash that now totals more than 500,000 coins. The company routinely updates investors on its position and Bitcoin holdings. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor is incredibly bullish on the popular digital currency's potential value, predicting that its token price will climb to well over $1 million in the future, and suggesting that it could potentially top $13 million by 2045.

Strategy stock could still rise higher if Bitcoin does well. But it's a highly speculative buy: Its valuation is not tied to its overall performance, but is instead contingent on how strong the crypto market is. If you're bullish about that, you may feel that the stock could be a good buy. But for the majority of investors, this investment is likely to be too risky and speculative to hold.

Mara Holdings

Bitcoin mining company Mara has also benefited from the cryptocurrency's rising value over the past five years. During that stretch, a $15,000 investment into the stock would have grown into a holding worth approximately $290,000. Remarkably, that result includes a steep drop that it hasn't fully recovered from yet: The crypto stock is down by more than 50% from where it began 2022.

In the past three years, the company's bottom line has fluctuated drastically, from a loss of more than $694 million in 2022 to a profit of $541 million in 2024, and the stock has been similarly volatile. Its performance inevitably hinges on the changes in the market value of the digital assets it mines and holds.

As with Strategy, this is a speculative buy, as Mara's valuation will ultimately depend on how well Bitcoin is doing. This isn't a stock I'd suggest owning unless you have an extremely high risk tolerance.

Verona Pharma

The only stock on this list that hasn't amassed its gains due to crypto is Verona Pharma. However, the biopharmaceutical company has still generated impressive returns for investors. A $15,000 investment in the business five years ago would now be worth $267,000. Add that to the gains from your hypothetical $15,000 investments in the other two companies mentioned, and you'd have around $1.02 million.

Shares of Verona started to take off in June 2024 after the company obtained Food and Drug Administration approval for Ohtuvayre as a maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Analysts believe Ohtuvayre can become a blockbuster drug, generating more than $1 billion in annual revenue for Verona by 2029.

Verona incurred a loss of more than $173 million last year, but with Ohtuvayre already beginning to generate sales, the business is on a much more positive trajectory. The stock's valuation isn't cheap, as its market cap is hovering around $7 billion. But given its promising growth prospects and its possible path to profitability, it's the only stock on this list that I'd consider buying today.

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Heading into 2025, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) was the hottest crypto on the planet. But after hitting a 52-week high of $3.39 in January, XRP has fizzled out. It's now down 35% from its 2025 peak, and investors are understandably concerned.

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Pro-crypto euphoria

Heading into November, XRP had basically flatlined at the $0.50 price level. However, after the presidential election, it suddenly surged, eventually reaching a multi-year high.

This makes sense, of course, because XRP was the one cryptocurrency destined to get the biggest bounce from a pro-crypto Trump presidency. Up until November, dark regulatory clouds were hanging over Ripple, the company behind the XRP token. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claimed that XRP was a "security" and not a "commodity." This asset class is subject to stricter regulations regarding trading, ownership, and reporting requirements.

However, as soon as Trump was elected, XRP skyrocketed. The logic was simple: a Trump presidency would likely lead to a shakeup at the SEC, which would then help lift all the regulatory clouds hanging over Ripple and XRP. And that's exactly what happened.

The problem is that this development has been replaced by a new narrative around global trade and tariffs. All of last year's pro-crypto euphoria has already been priced into XRP, and investors are looking for a new narrative to drive XRP higher.

Spot ETFs incoming

The most likely new catalyst is SEC approval of spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Already, there are several spot XRP ETF applications in the pipeline, including ones from Franklin Templeton (NYSE: BEN) and WisdomTree (NYSE: WT).

The thinking here is that a new pro-crypto approach at the SEC will give it the freedom to sign off on at least one of these ETF applications. The timing has been pushed back to the fourth quarter (Q4), but prediction markets are giving this a 93% chance of happening by the end of 2025. It's almost just a matter of "when," not "if."

If the success of the spot Bitcoin ETFs is any guide, then these new spot XRP ETFs could result in a tsunami of new investor money flooding into XRP, helping to push up its price.

XRP as a treasury asset

As further proof of just how mainstream XRP has become, some publicly traded companies are now thinking about adding XRP as a treasury asset to their balance sheets. This is a strategy that was first popularized with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), and now it looks like the same strategy could be coming for XRP as well.

One example is sustainable energy producer VivoPower International (NASDAQ: VVPR), which plans to buy $100 million of XRP for its treasury. And a Chinese company recently filed with the SEC to buy $300 million of XRP for its treasury. It remains to be seen if other companies will follow their lead, but XRP bulls are understandably enthusiastic about this development. The coin was never meant to serve as a long-term value storage system, but XRP investors aren't complaining about this new idea.

But what about the fundamentals?

That's the good news. The bad news, unfortunately, is that usage of the XRP token has fallen off a cliff over the past two months. As demand for XRP falls, it means that there will likely be downward pressure on its price.

Keep in mind: XRP is essentially a bridge currency. That means it's primarily used to facilitate cross-border payments and transfer value between different fiat currencies. Typically, users convert one fiat currency into XRP, send it across the XRP blockchain to a user in another country, who then converts it into another fiat currency. It might sound complex, but it's cheaper and more efficient than using traditional finance tools.

However, now that global trade has been turned upside down, the growing consensus is that XRP may no longer be as needed as it once was. After all, who's sending money across borders these days? That could help to explain why the fall in demand for XRP has been so dramatic over the past two months. This time period lines up perfectly with the announcement of the Liberation Day tariffs on April 2.

Stablecoins vs. XRP

Moreover, there appears to be another factor at work here, and that's the emergence of stablecoins as yet another way to send cross-border payments. Stablecoins are now a $250 billion industry, and it's clear that they are here to stay.

In fact, Ripple recently launched a stablecoin of its own. While it was originally intended to help stoke demand for XRP, this stablecoin could end up cannibalizing some of the transaction activity of XRP, further reducing demand for the token.

And that, of course, is going to further keep a lid on future price gains for XRP. In fact, a growing number of investors are now warning that XRP could drop below the $2 mark soon.

Should you buy XRP?

The decision of whether or not to buy XRP is more complicated than you might think. While there are definitely near-term catalysts waiting to send XRP higher, it all comes amid a backdrop of macroeconomic uncertainty.

Thus, before you decide to buy XRP, you need to be comfortable with the current situation involving global trade and tariffs. Even though XRP has enormous upside potential going forward, it may continue to trade sideways until the tariff situation is resolved once and for all.

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The loose regulatory nature of the cryptocurrency market has led to an influx of meme coins, cryptocurrencies that lack meaningful real-world utility but can attract investors due to their appeal as a joke, because they are affiliated with someone or something popular, or for some other superficial reason.

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is the original meme coin. It was created as a joke, but Dogecoin's price has risen by more than 50,000% since 2014. Those returns are no joke.

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It's been a volatile journey, though. Dogecoin is currently on a slide, having dropped to less than $0.20 after soaring to more than $0.46 in late 2024. With Bitcoin setting new highs recently, should investors buy Dogecoin at less than $0.25 and ride the train?

Here is what you need to know.

Dogecoin has surpassed $0.25 several times before

Dogecoin was around for a while before its popularity exploded in 2021. The meme coin has a large and supportive community and is a fully functioning cryptocurrency -- meaning people can use it as a digital currency at the few places where it's accepted.

During the past five years, Dogecoin's price has surged to $0.25 or higher a number of times. However, it has struggled to stay there. Previous rallies have occurred during periods of high cryptocurrency optimism, such as 2020-2021, and immediately after the 2024 election, when investors cheered an incoming president who had campaigned on a pro-cryptocurrency message.

Remember, investor sentiment is crucial to Dogecoin's price because cryptocurrencies lack underlying earnings or tangible assets to support their value. Their prices depend on the market's willingness to pay more for tokens.

Three factors working against Dogecoin's long-term price potential

That willingness, or the demand for the cryptocurrency, stems from three key factors: utility, tokenomics, and competition.

Dogecoin has problems in all three areas, which could continue to work against it over time.

First, Dogecoin lacks significant utility. Its popularity has resulted in some adoption: For example, some investment firms hope to launch Dogecoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which is a step in the right direction, and some merchants will accept it as payment. Still, Dogecoin is used for trades, tips, and donations primarily within its community. Meme coins generally aren't intended for much else.

Second is Dogecoin's tokenomics. Many view Bitcoin as an anti-inflationary digital asset due to its increasing adoption and capped supply. But Dogecoin has an unlimited maximum supply, and miners earn about 10,000 tokens per minute. This ever-increasing supply has much the same effect on Dogecoin's price that share dilution has on a company's stock.

Third, there is competition from newer meme coins. Many investors invest small sums in meme coins for fun. They typically aren't a serious component of a portfolio. Dogecoin's name recognition helps it, but investors may opt for different meme coins when newer, hotter tokens go viral. Less investor interest means lower prices.

Should you buy Dogecoin at less than $0.25?

The main points of Dogecoin and other meme coins are to have fun and build community around your favorite tokens. So it's perfectly fine to buy Dogecoin today, as long you're not spending a meaningful amount of money or seriously expecting a profit.

Of course, Dogecoin could spike and go to $0.25 and beyond, just as it has before. And if you buy Dogecoin and it happens to make you money, then that's great! Just don't count on it.

Dogecoin, like other meme coins, should not be considered a bigger deal than it is. It's all about going in with the proper expectations.

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During the past five years, MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) stock is up almost 2,900%. No other company even comes close. Nvidia, for example, is up a little more than 1,400% during that same time period.

What's particularly remarkable about the performance of MicroStrategy, which is now doing business as Strategy, is that it is based almost entirely on its relentless accumulation of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). The more Bitcoin Strategy buys, the higher its stock price goes.

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As a result, a number of companies are now jumping into the fray, attempting to become "the next Strategy" by embarking on Bitcoin buying campaigns. But do they even have a chance?

The rise of the Bitcoin treasury company

Strategy now holds 580,250 Bitcoins, making it by far the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in the world. By way of comparison, the next largest corporate holder of Bitcoin is MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA), a Bitcoin mining company, which holds 48,137 Bitcoins.

Strategy has gone all-in on its Bitcoin business model. In fact, in February, it rebranded itself as a Bitcoin treasury company. Essentially, this is a company that does nothing but buy Bitcoin. Even though Strategy still has a legacy enterprise software business, that's pretty much an afterthought these days.

If you go to the homepage for Strategy, it's hard even to find a mention of its software offerings. The entire website has been transformed into a Bitcoin dashboard.

Admittedly, the numbers are head-spinning. During the past 12 months, Strategy is up 139%. Bitcoin is up 53%. Gold is up 40%. Nvidia is up 22%. The only corporation that has even come close to Strategy's performance is Tesla, which is up 94%.

Potential rivals to Strategy

Potential Strategy rivals have a tall task ahead of themselves. They have to start buying Bitcoin at a hefty price of more than $100,000, and that requires a huge war chest. Strategy started its Bitcoin acquisition buying five years ago, when the price was much lower.

That said, there's one potential rival that's generating a lot of buzz these days, and that's Twenty One Capital. Most likely, you've never heard of the company, and for good reason. It only opened at the end of April, so it's only been around for a month.

In that brief time span, Twenty One Capital has managed to acquire 31,500 Bitcoins, making it the third-largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in the world. It has gone from zero to $500 million in 30 days.

You might be scratching your head here. If a single Bitcoin costs upward of $100,000, how did this company manage to snatch up 31,500 of these expensive coins in such a short period of time? The answer is simple: It has some friends with deep pockets.

Twenty One Capital launched with the support of Tether, the world's largest stablecoin, and SoftBank, the Japanese tech behemoth. It planning to go public with the help of Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which had a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) just waiting to be put to work.

There are more Bitcoin treasury companies on the way. For example, former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy recently said he plans to convert one of his companies into a Bitcoin treasury company. Every day, it seems, there's a new company that's ditching its previous business model and going all in on becoming a Bitcoin treasury company.

What could possibly go wrong?

The Bitcoin treasury company playbook seems easy to follow: Buy Bitcoin, see your stock price soar. As long as the price of Bitcoin continues to go up, this could be a very profitable strategy. Things get dicier, however, if the price of Bitcoin ever falls. All of a sudden, any company holding Bitcoin on its balance sheet is going to have to take huge write-downs every quarter.

Moreover, the stakes continue to rise. As Bloomberg points out, in order to one-up Strategy, you need to do something new. It is no longer enough just to buy up as much Bitcoin as you can -- you now need to do something with it to create additional value. At a minimum, you need to outperform Bitcoin by at least a slight margin, otherwise investors will simply move their money into relatively safe spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Should you buy Strategy?

If 2024 was the year that Bitcoin went mainstream, 2025 might be the year that the Bitcoin treasury company goes mainstream. I'm keeping a close eye on which new corporations are buying Bitcoin, as well as what their strategies are for outperforming Bitcoin over the long haul.

For now, Strategy is still the best option. You really can't argue with a company that is outperforming every single Magnificent Seven stock, and even Bitcoin itself. But, with the arrival of so many new Bitcoin treasury company copycats, it remains to be seen how much longer Strategy can remain the market leader.

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People love round numbers, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is a notable one, having reached $100,000 late in 2024. After some volatility, something you'll see occasionally when you invest in cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin has recrossed the $100,000 mark and is up 8% during the past month alone.

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Where Bitcoin's price goes tomorrow, or next week, is anyone's guess. However, some exciting catalysts are lining up at the right time that could send Bitcoin's price higher.

Here are four reasons Bitcoin could soar in June.

1. Investor enthusiasm has risen since Bitcoin's price hit $100,000

It's remarkable to think about how far Bitcoin has come. Bitcoin's price crossed the $100,000 marker roughly 15 years after an early Bitcoin investor famously traded 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas. The Motley Fool conducted research that found that 30% of respondents who had never owned cryptocurrencies were more likely to invest for the first time due to Bitcoin hitting $100,000.

The Motley Fool's research also found that 68% of cryptocurrency investors surveyed believe that Bitcoin's price will reach $200,000 in 2025. Market sentiment has a direct impact on Bitcoin's price movement, so such high enthusiasm bodes well for Bitcoin's current momentum.

2. Government spending takes a turn in Bitcoin's favor

The Trump administration and Elon Musk created the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to help reduce federal spending. However, pushback from politicians and the courts has effectively thwarted DOGE's efforts, which also turned out not to do much to reduce spending. Musk has stepped back from his government role, and the looming One Big Beautiful Bill, the Trump administration's budget bill, will likely continue the U.S. government's pattern of running a fiscal deficit.

Bitcoin is a popular anti-inflationary investment. After months of headlines about DOGE's efforts, the pivot back to the government's overspending ways is likely to continue fanning the flames of inflation, which is a tailwind for Bitcoin's price.

3. Trump's latest sign of Bitcoin support

President Donald Trump campaigned on cryptocurrency support, and followed through with an early executive order to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve. In late May, Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Trump's Truth Social media app, announced a deal to raise $2.5 billion that will help the company begin accumulating Bitcoin.

The Motley Fool's 2025 Cryptocurrency Investor Trends Survey found that Trump's public support for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies moves the needle, and this announcement is a fresh instance of him putting his weight behind it.

4. Tariff shock is subsiding

Bitcoin rallied in late 2024 on the transition to a more pro-cryptocurrency Trump administration. However, Trump dumped cold water on Bitcoin's price action in early April by announcing aggressive tariffs that shocked and spooked the market. The VIX Index, a commonly used indicator of market fear, spiked to its highest mark since the COVID-19 pandemic.

VIX data by YCharts

Many investors see Bitcoin as a riskier asset than many others, so a fearful market generally works against Bitcoin's price. The market has since calmed down, despite Trump extending and retreating on tariffs on multiple occasions, and different courts issuing conflicting rulings.

Bitcoin has rallied on the perception that such high tariffs seem increasingly unlikely. Things could take a turn for the worse, but assuming that doesn't happen, a calmer market can help Bitcoin continue its rally.

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President Donald Trump's election victory in November has turned into a sweet dream for crypto investors, none more so than for those who invest in the world's most-valuable cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Since Trump's win last November, Bitcoin is up almost to 60% (as of May 29) and has surpassed $111,000 on several occasions.

Trump has surrounded himself with pro-crypto advisors and installed the former head of a financial and crypto consulting firm to run the Securities and Exchange Commission. He's also announced the creation of a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to hold Bitcoin currently in the government's possession, and perhaps even purchase more. And Trump just delivered more great news to Bitcoin investors.

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Will Bitcoin soon be in your retirement account?

During former President Joe Biden's tenure, the Labor Department issued guidance to U.S. companies warning them to use "extreme care" before allowing employees to invest in cryptocurrencies through their 401(k) savings accounts:

At this stage in their development, cryptocurrencies have been subject to extreme price volatility, which may be due to the many uncertainties associated with valuing these assets, speculative conduct, the amount of fictitious trading reported, widely published incidents of theft and fraud, and other factors. Extreme volatility can have a devastating impact on participants, especially those approaching retirement and those with substantial allocations to cryptocurrency.

Guidance from federal agencies isn't the law of the land but it tends to have a sobering effect, as companies often get concerned that by acting against official guidance they may find themselves under scrutiny.

The Trump administration has now rescinded this guidance, which is more or less a green light for employers to consider offering crypto or crypto-related investments to their employees, if they so choose. However, the current Labor Department added that it is "neither endorsing, nor disapproving of" crypto investments in 401(k) accounts.

Another potential tailwind

In 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that while some 401(k) plans were offering workers the ability to invest in crypto, actual investment remained low.

Still, the new guidance and friendly approach toward crypto by the Trump administration is likely to change this, and it presents yet another tailwind for Bitcoin and the sector. Most crypto experts think that wider adoption by more mainstream financial institutions will help move crypto prices higher. Retirement savings in 401(k) plans totaled more than $8.9 trillion as of late 2024, so even a gradual increase in crypto purchases by this group could make a big difference.

Now, whether investors should consider adding crypto to their 401(k) accounts is another question. Last year, BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, published a report on whether Bitcoin should be included in a multi-asset portfolio. It ultimately concluded that Bitcoin could consume a similar allocation as the high-flying "Magnificent Seven" stocks. According to the report:

Those stocks [the Magnificent Seven] represent single portfolio holdings that account for a comparatively large share of portfolio risk as with bitcoin. In a traditional portfolio with a mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, those seven stocks each account for, on average, about the same share of overall portfolio risk as a 1-2% allocation to bitcoin. We think that's a reasonable range for a bitcoin exposure.

Bitcoin is now viewed by many as the equivalent of digital gold and therefore a hedge against inflation and a flight to safety as U.S. fiscal concerns mount. For this reason, I think it does make sense to have some small exposure to Bitcoin in your portfolio because it offers a form of diversification away from stocks and bonds. Bitcoin has shown resilience and some similar attributes to gold such as its finite supply of 21 million tokens.

In my opinion, Bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency right now that deserves a small allocation in a 401(k) account. Every other crypto has proven volatile and shows no real attributes that make a multi-asset portfolio any safer.

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