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As the year ends, the crypto market tells a story of dramatic divergence, with a handful of winners standing against a sea of red. We analyze the wreckage and spotlight the rare survivors.

The final weeks of 2025 have crystallized a harsh reality for crypto investors: this year's most-hyped narratives largely failed to deliver. A brutal market reset, driven by a flight to quality and institutional capital, left most altcoins in the dust. While the total crypto market cap fell roughly 10% for the year, the pain was not evenly distributed.

Beyond the major cryptocurrencies, the carnage was severe. The CoinDesk 80 Index, tracking the next 80 largest cryptocurrencies, plunged 46.4% in the first quarter alone, setting a grim tone. Popular assets like Solana, Cardano, and Dogecoin saw year-to-date declines ranging from 37% to over 60%. The situation was even worse for new token launches. A staggering 84.7% of the 118 tracked projects that launched in 2025 are trading below their initial token generation event (TGE) price, with a median decline of over 70%. Sectors like Infrastructure and AI, which saw the most new projects, were among the hardest hit.

The Lone Bright Spots: BNB and Monero

Amid the widespread downturn, two notable altcoins defied the trend and held their ground or even gained in 2025. Their resilience offers a lesson in what the market rewarded this year.

BNB (Binance Coin): With a market cap exceeding $115 billion, BNB proved its strength as the utility engine of the massive Binance ecosystem. Its performance underscores the value of deep integration, real-world use cases for transaction fees and applications, and a proven, large-scale platform.
Monero (XMR): While specific percentage gains for Monero aren't detailed in the provided data, it is explicitly named as one of the exceptions that "held their ground or even gained". Its standout performance highlights a strong and persistent market demand for privacy-centric cryptocurrencies, especially in a year of increasing regulatory scrutiny.

Beyond these two, the "perpetual contract decentralized exchange (Perp DEX)" category, led by projects like Hyperliquid, was a notable thematic winner, with an average increase of 213% among its small sample of projects.

Why 2025 Become the "Great Reset"

Several converging factors created the perfect storm for most altcoins:

The Institutional Takeover: 2025 marked a fundamental shift from retail-driven speculation to institutional allocation. As long-term holders sold an estimated 1.4 million BTC, institutions absorbed the supply through spot ETFs, which saw net inflows of $25 billion. This capital is inherently conservative, flowing toward established, "institutional-grade" assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum, not speculative small-cap tokens. A Flight to Quality and Liquidity: With rising macroeconomic uncertainty, investors fled to safety and liquidity. Bitcoin, with its $1.74 trillion market cap, acted as the market's anchor. This left altcoins, particularly smaller ones, starved of capital and vulnerable to massive sell-offs.The End of "Hype Cycle" Valuations: The data reveals a clear penalty for overvaluation. Every single one of the 28 projects that launched in 2025 with an initial valuation of $1 billion or more is currently down, with a median drop of 81%. The market aggressively repriced projects that lacked fundamental utility or sustainable models.

What This Means for 2026

The lessons of 2025 are likely to define the coming year. The focus will sharpen further on real utility, sustainable fundamentals, and clear regulatory compliance. The era of easy gains from narrative-driven altcoins appears to be over, replaced by a market that demands proof of value. Analysts suggest this institutionalization phase could set the stage for the next bull cycle, but it will be one led by quality, not quantity.

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Bitcoin's Dominance long-term chart, weekly timeframe. Volume was rising and green until April 2025, then it simply stopped. The longest uptrend ever is coming to an end.

The peak in trading volume coincided with a peak in the value of the index. Later on a shy higher high appeared by mid-June and then a correction or bear market. BTCDOM started to crash.

Notice how trading volume continues to decrease. This is the same signal we saw with USDT.D. Both these indexes are the best indicators for marketwide action. When Bitcoin Dominance goes down, the Cryptocurrency market goes up—including Bitcoin.

Another signal comes from the lower highs, mainly three. June 2025 (top), October, November and December. The last three, all were rejected at the 0.382 Fib. retracement level. A major resistance. This level being confirmed as resistance, over and over, fully confirms a bearish continuation.

This is super important if you are part of this market because lives are about to change, for the better. A continuation of a correction on this index can be something truly big, because the "C wave" here can be something major. A major crash would translate as the biggest bullish cycle in many, many years for the altcoins market. Look at all the room that is available for Bitcoin Dominance to go down.

As Bitcoin Dominance goes down, Bitcoin and the altcoins market will grow really strong. All those BTC trading pairs I showed you in the last two months will produce the best of growth. We are talking about 10X, 20X, 30X and so on.

This is a friendly reminder.

Thanks a lot for your continued support.

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This is a very interesting chart. Today you can see the biggest bearish candle since 12-October. This is a major signal. Yesterday marked the third lower high since 10-October and the fourth coming from the peak late June 2025.

This is the strongest signal supporting a marketwide bullish wave across the altcoins market. The Bitcoin Dominance (BTCDOM) index itself turning bearish.

The bearish bias on this index is anything but new, it has been in the making for months. We already looked at this index multiple times and I also shared for you a full SHORT. It is going down and while it goes down the entire Cryptocurrency market will grow. It will be beautiful.

Just a quick update. Thanks a lot for your continued support.

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The same resistance zone that was first activated in early August continues to stand today. BTCDOMUSDT is now moving within a strong resistance zone. We sell at resistance; buy at support.

Here also we see decreasing volume. This decreasing volume is a bearish signal.

The resistance zone in question has been challenged multiple times but it isn't getting weaker. The lower highs and decreasing volume reveals the bears getting weaker not the resistance.

This signal has been active for months but mainly since 4-November 2025. Here Bitcoin Dominance signaling a crash continues to reinforce a bullish bias on the altcoins market. This chart clearly shows a lack of bullish momentum. A lack of bullish momentum points toward a reversal. As BTCDOM moves down, the altcoins will start to move up.

You can SHORT this index while going LONG on Bitcoin and the altcoins.

Full trade-numbers for a BTCDOMUSDT 6X SHORT.

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