This surge ends a three-day losing streak. Despite being down 1.47% month-to-date – the worst since March 2025 when it plummeted by 2.03%, the index is up by 10.5% year-to-date.

However, it’s worth noting that the index is down by 7.82% from its highest ever intraday peak of $111,986.44 on May 22, 2025. This is compared to a 74.39% rise from the same date 52 weeks ago (June 24, 2024), when Bitcoin traded at $59,191.39.

From its 52-week intraday low of $49,314.04 on August 5, 2024, the index has surged by 99.26%. The day saw the index peak at $103,342.75, an intraday rise of 4.47%, the highest since the 5.72% rise on May 8, 2025.

Note: The CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX) reflects the value at 4 p.m. ET close. Data is compiled by Dow Jones Market Data.

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The index evaluated 20 cities on their crypto-acceptance considering several factors such as regulatory environment, tax-related aspects, lifestyle attributes, and digital and crypto-related infrastructure. Criteria like city licensing frameworks, capital gains tax rates, GDP per capita, housing affordability, and internet speeds were taken into account during evaluations.

Multipolitan further placed emphasis on the presence of crypto ATMs and the rate of retail adoption to gauge the embedded cryptocurrency culture in each city. Cities with high concentrations of these attributes garnered the top scores.

Following the tie for second place, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, took the fourth and fifth positions respectively. These cities have always been appealing to businesses due to their low or zero-tax policies and have further lured crypto companies with industry-specific licensing and regulatory systems.

The only city from the Americas to feature on the index was Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, USA, which shared the 11th position with Riga (Latvia), Doha (Qatar), and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).

In addition to its favorable crypto environment, Slovenia also dominated Multipolitan’s Crypto Wealth Concentration Index. This index amalgamates crypto ownership rates and trading volumes. It reported that an average Slovenian crypto owner possesses around $240,500 worth of assets, surpassing second-place Cyprus by over $65,000. The United States ranked 17th with average crypto holdings of around $23,300.

As a member of the European Union, Slovenia regulates crypto under the bloc’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), which has been mostly positively received within the industry. Ljubljana is also home to the Blockchain Alliance Europe advocacy group and blockchain real estate platform Blocksquare.

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