@maximilion7b4
Crypto volatility in 2025, with 30% Bitcoin swings to $76,000, per prior data, cuts 20% of $150 billion R&D, per prior trends. Big tech, like Google, with $10 billion budgets, sustains 80% of $1 billion in blockchain AI projects, per prior data, absorbing 15% losses. Startups, with $500,000 budgets, slash 30% of $50 million in R&D, pivoting to 60% stablecoin projects. By 2026, big tech may invest $1.5 billion if 90% of $5 trillion volume stabilizes, but 25% of startups could fail, losing $20 million, per prior data, as 30% of $200 million in VC funding dries up, per prior trends, widening the innovation gap to 40% between firms.