2026-01-18 08:01:17

#美国核心物价涨幅不及市场预估 2025 Cryptocurrency Market Seven Data Truths: Understand Why Everyone Is Still Playing After Reading

How are the market conditions? Let the numbers speak:

The total market cap shrank by 10.4% throughout the year, ending at $3.0 trillion. It doesn’t sound great, but this is the first annual decline since 2022. Especially in Q4, the downturn was brutal—down 23.7% in a single quarter, evaporating $946 billion. After reaching a peak of $4.4 trillion, the market was hit by the $1.9 billion liquidation event in October, which crushed prices.

The stablecoin sector, on the other hand, surged against the trend. Growth of 48.9%, adding $102.1 billion, bringing the total to a record high of $311 billion. PYUSD also became the fifth-largest stablecoin, with its position becoming more solid.

Comparing Bitcoin to gold reveals the trend—gold rose 62.6% throughout the year, firmly a market favorite. Meanwhile, $BTC declined 6.4%, also dragged down by traditional assets like the dollar and oil.

What about institutional buyers? Data Asset Trust Companies (DATCos) have deployed at least $49.7 billion in assets, holding over 5% of the Bitcoin and Ethereum supply. That’s a significant volume.

Trading is the bright spot. Predicted market trading volume surged by 302.7%, reaching a total of $63.5 billion for the year. Centralized exchanges’ perpetual contract trading volume increased by 47.4%, totaling a historic record of $86.2 trillion. Decentralized exchanges’ perpetual trading volume grew even more—up 346%, hitting a new high of $6.7 trillion, and their share of CEXs rose from a low to 7.8%.

Overall: prices haven’t escaped the bear market, but infrastructure, trading volume, stablecoin ecosystem, institutional participation, and derivatives markets—these practical sectors—either hit new highs or saw explosive growth. The industry’s resilience is stronger than expected. $ETH $SOL also fits into this logic.

PYUSD-0.04%

BTC-0.66%

ETH0.27%

SOL-1.55%

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OnChainDetective

· 7h ago

Wait, Q4 evaporated 9.46 trillion, and the liquidation event on October 19 billion... All of these point to the same on-chain transfer path. I tracked it yesterday, and the funds haven't disappeared at all; they were absorbed by whale wallet clusters. Stablecoin increase of 48.9%? That's too suspicious. There must be big players quietly accumulating to prepare for a future rally. Institutions hold 5% of BTC supply, worth $49.7 billion... I need to mark this address and keep monitoring the fund flow. DEX perpetual contracts surged 346%, while CEX accounts only for 7.8%... indicating retail investors have all been pushed onto the chain, truly remarkable. Gold has risen 62.6% while BTC has fallen 6.4%. This comparison feels off. Is the Federal Reserve hinting at something?

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unrekt.eth

· 7h ago

Even in a bear market, so many tricks can still be played, indicating that everyone understands — the real opportunity is not in price, but in trading volume and infrastructure.

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TokenStorm

· 7h ago

The stablecoin surged by 48.9%. After looking at this data, I feel that major institutions are quietly positioning for risk hedging. Are retail investors still chasing highs and lows? It's a bit ironic.

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StableBoi

· 7h ago

Even in a bear market, there are so many ways to play; it must be said that on-chain infrastructure has really taken off. Stablecoins surged by 48.9%, and DEX perpetual contracts skyrocketed by 346%, this is true growth. BTC down 6.4% is indeed tough, but looking at trading volume and institutional deployment, the industry is far from dead.

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