Zinger Key Points
- Benzinga readers pick which of five cryptocurrencies will gain the most from now until the end of 2025.
- While Bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies have hit recent all-time highs, some cryptocurrencies trade below their 2021 highs.
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Benzinga readers see more gains for Bitcoin BTC/USD after the leading cryptocurrency passed multiple new all-time highs after Donald Trump's re-election.
The current all-time high for Bitcoin is $93,434.36, which was reached on Nov. 13. Before that, Bitcoin knocked out various prices in the $80,000s.
Benzinga recently asked its readers: "Which cryptocurrency do you think will see the biggest price increase by the end of 2025?"
The results were:
- Bitcoin: 40%
- Dogecoin DOGE/USD: 36%
- Ethereum ETH/USD: 11%
- Pepe Coin PEPE/USD: 8%
- Shiba Inu Coin SHIB/USD: 7%
The poll found Bitcoin to be the winner, which comes with the cryptocurrency already up significantly over the last year and trading near all-time highs.
Dogecoin finished in second place getting 36% of the vote. While Dogecoin is up significantly over the past week and year, the coin still trades below its all-time highs.
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Bitcoin winning the poll shouldn't come as a huge surprise. Another recent Benzinga poll saw 73% of readers say they believed Bitcoin would hit $100,000 before the end of 2024, adding to the year-to-date gains.
Here are the current prices, seven-day returns, year-to-date returns and all-time highs for the cryptocurrencies in the poll.
| Price (11/15/24) | 7-Day Return | Year-to-Date Return | All-Time High Price and Date | |
| Bitcoin | $90,570.10 | +17.4% | +105.2% | $93,434.36, 11/13/24 |
| Dogecoin | $0.3720 | +88.9% | +304.3% | $0.7376, 05/08/21 |
| Ethereum | $3,052.10 | +2.8% | +29.9% | $4,891.70, 11/16/21 |
| Pepe | $0.0000221 | +106.1% | +1,481.9% | $0.00002524, 11/13/24 |
| Shiba Inu | $0.00002429 | +28.7% | +127.6% | $0.00002517, 10/27/21 |
The chart shows that Bitcoin and Pepe have hit all-time highs in recent days. Dogecoin, Ethereum and Shiba Inu all still trade below their all-time high levels, which were reached in 2021 during a year to remember for the cryptocurrency sector.
Time will tell if Benzinga readers are right in predicting Bitcoin as the likely top gainer by the end of 2025 of the five cryptocurrencies.
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The study was conducted by Benzinga from Nov. 14 through Nov. 15, 2024, and included the responses of a diverse population of adults 18 or older. Opting into the survey was completely voluntary, with no incentives offered to potential respondents. The study reflects results from 124 adults.
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