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Bitcoin Went Mainstream in 2024. Are Ether, Solana and Other Risky Tokens Next?

Asset managers hoping to seize on the momentum of bitcoin funds are jockeying to put smaller tokens into ETFs

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, launched in January, is the world’s largest bitcoin fund.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, launched in January, is the world’s largest bitcoin fund. Photo: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News

Bitcoin went mainstream in 2024 thanks to the roaring launch of the first U.S. exchange-traded funds to hold the cryptocurrency and Donald Trump’s surprise embrace of digital assets. Some investors are skeptical that smaller tokens such as solana and XRP will follow the same path. 

Bitcoin prices have more than doubled this year and soared 40% since Election Day on hopes that a second Trump administration will usher in a golden age for digital currencies.

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