Crypto Sector Performance in 2025

All other crypto sectors underperformed Bitcoin this year, with average declines ranging from nearly 50% to as high as 85%.

Sector Performance Overview

According to data available from Delphi Digital, various crypto sectors such as AI frameworks, agent-based projects, meme coins, and others have crashed this year. Their performances have been worse compared to the benchmark assets of the industry: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL).

• AI frameworks and platforms have seen the worst decline, falling by 84.05% on average.
• Agent-based projects are down 70.27% on average compared to last year.
• The meme coin sector saw a major decline of 51.74%, disappointing many traders.

These results come as a surprise, as many traders were confident that AI-based projects and meme coins would be leaders in the crypto market by 2025. A Binance survey conducted last December showed that nearly 45% of users believed AI projects and meme coins would emerge as strong players in the coming year.

Performance decline of various crypto industry sectors, February 26, 2025 | Source: Delphi Digital

Other Sector Performances

• Gaming infrastructure sector: down 51.54% this year.
• Modular solutions sector: down 47%.
• AI and DePIN sector: lost 42.41%.
• Layer 1 sector: better performance with only a 26% decline.

Bitcoin’s Performance

Despite falling below the $90,000 threshold, Bitcoin’s performance experienced minimal damage, with a 5.23% decline in return percentage. Compared to other benchmark assets:
– Ethereum has seen a 25.5% decline.
– Solana suffered a 24.8% loss.

On average, benchmark assets have declined by 18.53% in returns, indicating that while not ideal, they fared better than other crypto sectors.

Market Crash

On February 25, the crypto market suffered a significant crash as Bitcoin fell below $90,000 for the first time since November 2024. Crypto liquidations exceeded $1 billion, with long positions constituting the majority of liquidations.

Read more: [Crypto liquidations tally over $1b, why is crypto crashing?]