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Crypto in 2025: year in review

How the 20 largest coins that traded for the whole of 2025 performed: every coin's return and deepest fall, the month-by-month picture, and how each technical signal that fired in 2025 was followed by the next 30 days.

What stands out

  • In 2025 the median coin among the 20 with a full year of data returned −39%; 4 of 20 finished the year higher, and Bitcoin returned −6%.
  • Zcash was the strongest coin (+810%) and NEAR Protocol the weakest (−69%).
  • The strongest month for the median coin was July (+24%) and the weakest February (−31%).
  • The deepest fall inside 2025 was NEAR Protocol's −76% from a high to a low within the year.
  • By the median coin's return, 2025 ranks 6th of the 7 full years in our data.

Counted from daily closes on Binance for the 20 largest coins that traded for the whole of 2025. The coins move together, so these are not 20 independent observations.

Every coin in 2025

Return is the change from the last close of 2024. “Deepest fall” is the biggest drop from a high to a later low inside the year. Hover a return for the detail.

ZEC+810%−55%Oct +444%Jun −24%7/12
BCH+38%−45%Jun +22%Feb −26%7/12
BNB+23%−37%Jul +19%Nov −20%6/12
TRX+12%−26%Jul +16%Oct −11%7/12
BTC−6%−32%Apr +14%Feb −18%6/12
ETH−11%−60%Jul +49%Feb −32%3/12
XRP−12%−49%Jan +46%Feb −29%5/12
LTC−26%−50%Jan +24%Mar −35%5/12
SOL−34%−60%Jan +22%Feb −36%6/12
LINK−39%−59%Aug +37%Feb −41%4/12
XLM−40%−60%Jul +68%Feb −31%4/12
TAO−50%−67%Apr +59%Nov −40%5/12
UNI−57%−69%Jul +31%Feb −36%5/12
HBAR−60%−72%Jul +67%Feb −30%3/12
ADA−61%−71%Jul +29%Feb −33%6/12
DOGE−63%−72%Jul +27%Feb −39%6/12
AVAX−65%−74%Sep +28%Oct −39%4/12
SUI−67%−75%Apr +55%Nov −37%3/12
SHIB−67%−72%Jul +8.9%Feb −26%2/12
NEAR−69%−76%Jul +18%Feb −34%2/12

Strongest first. Select a column heading to sort by it.

Month by month

The bars show the median coin each month; the grid shows every coin. Italic months are still running.

-20%0%20%+0.7Jan−31Feb−14Mar+4.1Apr+5.1May−7.1Jun+24Jul+2.3Aug+1.4Sep−12Oct−19Nov−6.7Dec
ZEC−23−13+4.7−8.3+39−24−3.4+9.4+84+444+5.8+20
BCH−2.4−26−3.9+21+13+22+11−3.1+3.0−4.5+1.1+11
BNB−3.5−13+2.8−0.8+9.7−0.2+19+9.5+18+8.0−20−1.3
TRX−0.4−8.0+2.4+3.2+7.8+5.3+16+4.9−2.2−11−5.0+1.1
BTC+9.5−18−2.1+14+11+2.4+8.0−6.5+5.4−3.9−18−3.0
ETH−1.1−32−19−1.6+41−1.7+49+19−5.6−7.2−22−0.7
XRP+46−29−2.6+4.8−0.8+2.9+35−8.2+2.6−12−14−15
LTC+24−0.0−35+0.7+4.2−1.2+23+2.6−1.8−11−14−6.7
SOL+22−36−16+18+6.0−1.0+11+16+4.0−10−29−6.6
LINK+26−41−8.8+5.8−2.3−4.2+26+37−8.2−19−25−5.7
XLM+24−31−7.8+2.7−2.5−9.9+68−12+3.2−16−19−19
TAO+1.9−27−31+59+21−22+5.5−11−4.0+59−40−24
UNI−11−36−20−12+15+18+31+2.9−21−25+5.2−6.7
HBAR+14−30−24+12−8.1−10+67−13−1.8−6.5−30−25
ADA+12−33+4.6+3.0+0.6−17+29+9.8−0.5−25−32−20
DOGE+4.1−39−17+3.3+12−14+27+1.9+9.0−20−22−20
AVAX−3.6−35−16+11−0.6−14+25+4.1+28−39−25−10
SUI−4.6−31−20+55−7.4−14+30−10+0.3−28−37−6.2
SHIB−11−26−11+6.9−3.2−11+8.9−2.1−3.0−15−17−17
NEAR−6.0−34−18−1.8−1.7−11+18−6.6+11−20−14−16
Median+0.7−31−14+4.1+5.1−7.1+24+2.3+1.4−12−19−6.7

Percent. Strongest year-long coin first; select a month to sort by it.

How 2025 compares

The median coin's return in each year of our data. The hollow bar is a year still running.

0%200%−14%2019+211%2020+339%2021−73%2022+94%2023+95%2024−39%2025−7%2026 YTD

Signal scorecard for 2025

Every time one of our signals fired on one of these coins in 2025, and how the coin did over the next 30 days. “Any day” is the yardstick: what followed every day of 2025, signal or not. Signals from the last 30 days of the data are still pending.

Entered oversold73−1.6%45%bullish
Entered overbought90−2.5%43%bearish
Bullish cross343−6.2%36%bullish
Bearish cross324−1.7%45%bearish
Golden cross21+1.4%52%bullish
Death cross38−6.2%34%bearish
Any day7,300−4.0%41%–

Pooled across the coins. A year holds only a few market moves, so a gap between a signal and “any day” is not evidence of an edge.

The always-current, all-years version is the signal track record.

Questions

How did crypto do in 2025?
the median of the 20 largest coins with a full year of data returned −39% in 2025, and 4 of them ended higher. Bitcoin returned −6% and Ethereum −11%.
Which crypto performed best in 2025?
Zcash (ZEC), at +810%, among the coins in our data. The weakest was NEAR Protocol at −69%.
What was the best month for crypto in 2025?
July, when the median coin returned +24%. The weakest was February at −31%.
How did technical signals do in 2025?
The table above grades every RSI, MACD and golden or death cross signal that fired in 2025 across 20 coins by what followed over the next 30 days, against what followed an ordinary day in the same year. Signals cluster in a few market moves, so a year is a small sample.

Disclaimer: This page is educational and does not constitute financial advice. It describes past price moves from daily closes on Binance and leaves out fees, taxes and staking rewards. Past performance does not predict future results. Cryptocurrency prices are volatile; never invest more than you can afford to lose.