Global Crypto Market Cap Plunges 16% in Q1 2025
Global Crypto Market Cap Plunges 16% in Q1 2025
馃帰 Altcoin Winter Hits Hard
CoinMarketCap's Q1 2025 report reveals significant market shifts:
- Global crypto market cap dropped 16.26% to $2.73T
- Bitcoin maintained above $78K while ETH fell 48.4%
- Layer 2s saw TVL decline but transaction volumes exceeded Ethereum
- Stablecoins grew 8.6% to $209.9B total market cap
- BlackRock's BUIDL fund grew 226% monthly
- AI tokens crashed, with average losses of 67%
The quarter was marked by a rotation from memecoin/AI narratives back to fundamentals, with infrastructure plays like Celestia gaining favor. Market sentiment remained fearful despite BTC's relative stability.
The numbers from @CoinMarketCap's Q1 2025 report aren't all that surprising... Global crypto market cap plunged 16.26% to $2.73T while trading volumes collapsed 20.75%. But here's what's fascinating: Despite $BTC holding above $78K, fear dominated the entire quarter. 馃У馃憞
Trump Meme Coin Announces Dinner Incentive for Top Holders
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Raydium Launches LaunchLab to Challenge Pump.fun's Memecoin Dominance
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