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If you've tuned into the many ongoing discussions about the future of artificial intelligence (AI), you may have encountered an interesting idea as it pertains to cryptocurrency investments. In short, so the idea goes, the AI agents of the very near future may have a need to hold resources and transact with each other, and to do that, cryptocurrencies are the obvious way that they'll prefer (or...

Since January 2023, Bitcoin (BTC -2.22%) is up a mind-blowing 533%. That includes triple-digit returns in 2024, when Bitcoin was the best-performing asset in the world, and it wasn't even close.

Cryptocurrencies are back in vogue. The entire industry's market cap sits just under $3.5 trillion (as of Jan. 28), with investors adopting a risk-on approach.

With an ongoing crypto bull market and widespread interest in the asset class among everyone from retirement investors to the government, now's a great time to think about starting a position in some of the sector's leaders.

In 2024, the crypto market saw the launch of new spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the rise of crypto as a political campaign issue, and a new all-time high for Bitcoin above the $100,000 mark. 2025 could be even better, especially given the new pro-crypto optimism surrounding the Trump administration.

In the evening of Jan. 17, then President-elect Donald Trump took an action that's one of the largest green flags possible for the future of the Solana (SOL 1.95%) blockchain and its merits as a cryptocurrency.

After a run-up of more than 160% during the past three years, Solana's (SOL 9.11%) price is near $270 (as of Jan. 22). But, there's a solid set of arguments for why it can go much higher -- perhaps even as high as $500 or more, and perhaps as soon as before the end of the year.

Solana (SOL -1.08%) was losing ground in Thursday trading, having dropped by 3.2% over the previous 24 hours as of 12:15 p.m. ET. Over the same period, Bitcoin was up 0.5% and Ethereum was down 1.5%.