{"id":92686,"date":"2025-12-26T17:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92686"},"modified":"2025-12-26T17:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T14:20:15","slug":"coingecko-identifies-most-profitable-sectors-in-the-crypto-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/coingecko-identifies-most-profitable-sectors-in-the-crypto-market\/","title":{"rendered":"CoinGecko Identifies Most Profitable Sectors in the Crypto Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since January, RWA<\/a> tokens have shown the highest increase in value at 185.8%, according to a study by CoinGecko<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Source: CoinGecko.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The narrative of tokenized real-world assets emerged as the most profitable. Keeta Network (+1794.9%), Zebec Network (+217.3%), and Maple Finance (+123%) were the main contributors to this result.<\/p>\n

In 2024, RWA tokens ranked third in profitability. However, the current figure is four times lower than the previous one \u2014 819.5%.<\/p>\n

The average growth of first-layer blockchain coins was 80.3% \u2014 this segment rose from fourth to second place in the rankings over the year. The leaders were privacy cryptocurrencies from Zcash<\/a> and Monero<\/a>. Since the beginning of the year, ZEC has increased by 691.3%, and XRM by 143.6%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Cash, BNB, and Tron<\/a> also showed positive dynamics. This year, the coin associated with the Binance ecosystem reached<\/a> a new all-time high above $1300.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another profitable narrative was Made in USA \u2014 tokens launched by American crypto projects. The average profitability reached 30.6%. According to analysts, this achievement was “entirely due to the strong performance of Zcash.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Underperformers\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Meme coins and artificial intelligence remained the most popular directions, but ended the year with losses of -31.6% and -50.2%, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The largest “funny coins” plummeted by up to 82.5%, except for Ribbita from the Virtuals project.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the most capitalized AI tokens fell by up to 84.3%. Only Alchemist AI and Kite recorded positive returns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier, experts also calculated that the combined value of AI-related coins plummeted<\/a> by 75% over the year. The sector lost more than $53 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The average profitability of the DeFi<\/a> sector was -34.8%, while DEX<\/a> was -55.5%. Last year, tokens from the decentralized finance segment brought investors 101%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The narrative of second-layer solutions<\/a> dropped to -40.6%, which is twice as bad as the previous year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Third from the bottom was the blockchain ecosystem Solana<\/a>, showing a negative return of -64.17%. The worst results were demonstrated by the GameFi<\/a> and DePIN<\/a> sectors, losing about 75-77%.<\/p>\n

Back in 2025, Solana maintained<\/a> its status as the most popular network among global investors for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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