We recently published a list of Why These 15 Crypto Stocks Have Been Plunging In 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Iren Limited (NASDAQ:IREN) stands against other crypto stocks that have been plunging In 2025.
Crypto stocks have fallen significantly off their peaks as Bitcoin (BTC-USD) cools. Many crypto investors hoped that Trump’s crypto national reserve announcement would be followed up by news announcing that the U.S. government will start buying BTC like El Salvador did to prop up these reserves.
Instead, the government will likely create the reserve out of previously seized cryptocurrencies from criminals. This led to Bitcoin falling even further. The biggest impact of this was on Bitcoin miners. These companies make a significant amount of their revenue from mining or stockpiling large amounts of Bitcoin and then benefiting from the increases in value as it also increases their assets on the balance sheet.
However, with Bitcoin cooling off recently and crypto mining companies not having that big of a spike in the current cycle, many have started to plunge significantly.
Methodology
For this article, I screened the worst-performing crypto-related stocks year-to-date.
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Iren Limited (NASDAQ:IREN)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 44
Iren Limited (NASDAQ:IREN) is mainly a crypto mining company. It is also trying to rebrand itself as an AI cloud services company.
The stock is down significantly so far in 2025 due to the broader crypto market declining and the company announcing a $1 billion at-the-market facility to fund expansion projects.
Moreover, the company has posted profits in Q4, but it is unlikely to keep being profitable if Bitcoin doesn’t make a substantial recovery.
The dilution has been significant here. The company’s outstanding shares amounted to about 55 million in Q1 2023. As of Q4 2024, that number sits at 213.5 million. Thus, there’s a good chance that shareholders face continuous dilution going forward.
That $1 billion at-the-market equity offering is not going to make dilution any better.
The consensus price target of $20.7 implies 168.83% upside.
IREN stock is down 21.59% year-to-date.
Overall, IREN ranks 7th on our list of crypto stocks that have been plunging In 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of IREN as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than IREN but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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