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RWA Leads 2025 Crypto Growth with 185% Average Return: CoinGecko

Key Crypto Narratives in 2025

CoinGecko's report highlights significant trends and performances within the crypto market:

  • The Real-World Asset (RWA) sector leads with an average price return of 185.8% YTD, driven by tokens like Chainlink (LINK), Stellar (XLM), Tether Gold (XAUT), and BlackRock’s BUIDL.
  • Standout performers include Keeta Network (1,794.9% YTD), Zebec Network (217.3%), and Maple Finance (123.0%).
  • The RWA sector has a Distributed Asset Value of $18.88 billion, marking a 2.56% monthly increase, while Represented Asset Value declined to $407.93 billion (-2.36%).
  • Layer-1 solutions achieved an average price gain of 80.3% YTD, highlighted by gains in privacy-focused blockchains like Zcash (691.3%) and Monero (143.6%).
  • The "Made in USA" narrative showed a 30.6% YTD gain, led by Zcash.

Challenges for Meme Coins and AI Tokens

  • Meme coins and AI tokens have underperformed, with returns of -31.6% and -50.2% YTD respectively.
  • Leading meme coins such as Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB) suffered losses exceeding 60% YTD.
  • AI-focused crypto assets saw declines ranging from 49.8% to 84.3%, except for Alchemist AI and Kite.

DeFi and Other Segments

  • The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector experienced a tough year with average returns of -34.8%.
  • Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) recorded average losses of -55.5%, while layer-2 (L2) solutions saw returns of -40.6% for the second consecutive year.
  • Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $88,960, showing a 10% YTD loss.

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