Bitcoin hit an all-time high this year, mainly thanks to the approval of spot ETFs in the U.S. and later after the election of Donald Trump—though other assets outperformed.
Decrypt conducted analysis using data from CoinGecko and Nasdaq to identify top-performing coins. To qualify, assets needed a starting market cap of at least $500 million, observed from January 1 to December 17.
Other digital asset-related investments, including those of major companies, also did quite well. Here’s a look at this year’s top-performing assets.
Pepe, this year’s winning meme coin
One of the newer meme tokens to sit near the top of the market, Pepe (PEPE), launched last year. The token is based on Pepe the Frog, an internet cartoon later labeled a hate…
Jan 10 2025
