Bitcoin has taken the lead among cryptocurrencies in 2025, outperforming other sectors, including meme coins and AI, which have faced significant losses.
Market Trends Reverse
According to the latest findings by Delphi Digital, significant declines were observed in AI-related sectors, with AI Frameworks suffering an 84.05% drop, followed by Agents at 70.27%. The meme coin sector also experienced volatility, losing an average of 51.74%, while gaming infrastructure fell by 51.54%. The Modular sector, focusing on blockchain scalability, also saw a decline of 47.48%. These results contradict earlier optimistic predictions that AI and meme coins would lead the crypto space by 2025.
Meme Coins Struggle to Recover
Several top cryptocurrencies have lost their post-2024 US Presidential Election gains, with meme coins hit hardest. Their market capitalization has returned to November 2024 levels, reversing the surge seen during the winter 'meme coin season.' Dogecoin rose following Trump's victory but has since dropped to $0.2. Shiba Inu, Pepe, Bonk, and FLOKI have also faced similar declines, with WIF suffering an 86% loss from $4.20 to $0.55.
Expert Opinions
Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise, believes that the crypto market is currently experiencing the decline of the meme coin boom. In a recent tweet, he pointed to several factors contributing to this downturn, including the use of meme coins by Melania, Libra, and the Lazarus Group to launder stolen Ethereum. Hougan suggests these developments have severely damaged investor confidence in the sector and predicts that meme coins will collapse entirely within the next six months.
Bitcoin continues to show resilience and outperform amidst significant losses in the meme coin and AI sectors, reflecting its robustness in the volatile crypto market.
