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This Week’s Summary

• The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $3.3 trillion.
• Bitcoin continues to trade at around $104,000.
• Ethereum is down by 1% to trade at around $2,500.
• XRP is down by 1%, Solana by 2%, and Dogecoin by 5%.
• Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with nearly no exceptions.
• The DeFi sector decreased the total value of protocols (TVL) to around $115 billion.

Crypto Trends 12 – 18 May 2025: Market Analysis and Performance

The crypto market closes a largely uneventful week with minor movements. For the past seven days, many cryptocurrencies have protected their recent gains. However, as the week’s end looms, they started bleeding, especially the altcoins. This steady decline could come from increasing concerns regarding the commercial relationship between the US and China. Meanwhile, the market capitalization dropped by $30 billion, thus remaining above the $3 trillion threshold.

Bitcoin is among the few cryptocurrencies that maintain stability. The king of cryptocurrencies continues to trade at around $104,000. Moreover, it didn’t drop below the daunting $100K level all week, which shows that investors’ trust remains strong.

Ethereum shows minor signs of decline. The second crypto in command lost nearly 1% this week, mainly toward the end. ETH follows in the footsteps of other altcoins that struggle to hold on to their hard-earned gains. Currently, Ether is trading at around $2,500.

Altcoins & DeFi

Most altcoins are trading in the red, with almost no exceptions. For example, XRP is down by 1%, Solana by 2%, Cardano by 6%, BNB by 2%, Avalanche by 8%, Sui by 4%, Chainlink by 6%, and Stellar by 5%. TRON is among the few climbers, following a 4% value boost.

The memecoins are not faring any better either. For instance, Dogecoin is down by 5%, Shiba Inu by 9%, and Pepecoin by 1%.

The Metaverse sector has also seen notable movements in the past week. For instance, Axie Infinity is down by 5%, Stacks by 15%, and Floki by 7%. Meanwhile, Decentraland is down by 12%, Render by 11%, and ApeCoin by 2%. The Sandbox decreased by 13%, MultiversX by 5%, and Virtuals by 4%.

The DeFi sector decreased the total value in locked protocols (TVL) by nearly $2 billion to reach $115.46 billion.

Crypto Market Analysis – What’s in the News?

• The FTX Recovery Trust has announced it will begin disbursing more than $5 billion to creditors on May 30.

Next Week’s Crypto Market Forecast 

The crypto market is slowing down after last week’s spectacular surge. This is normal for a market that reacts so suddenly and with extreme volatility to every political and economic event. Hopefully, the trend will turn starting next week.

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