Old-School Crypto Assets Are Outpacing AI and DeFi Tokens in 2025, Data Show
It turns out that the “dinos” of crypto, like LTC, XRP and BCH, are outperforming hyped sector assets so far this year.
Everyone was all in on AI tokens and scaling tech for 2025, yet new data show a pack of crypto “dinos” are actually holding up better than most of the market, year to date.
According to data from Delphi Digital, which tracks sector-specific asset performance, the so-called dinos — older crypto assets like Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), XRP (XRP), IOTA (IOTA), and Cardano (ADA) — together held up surprisingly well since early January.
On average, this group lost just over 16% from early 2025 to June 24. Some assets are even in the green, with BCH up over 4% year-to-date and XRP up nearly 6%.
The market…
