The market performance of altcoins during 2025 followed Bitcoin because investors chose to invest in digital assets that operated under established frameworks and demonstrated practical applications.

Algorand is down 66% year to date as of Dec. 18, 2025, after a sharp pullback from earlier enthusiasm. Circle's USDC support on Algorand gives developers easy access to a popular dollar-pegged asset.

Crypto markets got more institutional and more regulated in 2025, but the familiar “altcoin season” many traders expected never fully arrived. Bitcoin (BTC) hit fresh highs earlier in the cycle, yet ...

Initially, we had idealistic notions about pure proof-of-stake: everyone was welcome to join in, there were no minimum requirements, no locks, and no chance of slashing. But ultimately, we ended up ...