Bitcoin Outperforms Crypto AI as Market Struggles in 2025

• Delphi Digital data shows all crypto sectors underperformed Bitcoin this year, with AI frameworks dropping 84.05% and memecoins falling 51.74%.
• Despite market turbulence, Bitcoin remains relatively stable while other sectors struggle, including GameFi infrastructure and modular solutions, which fell over 50%.

This year appears to be a difficult period for the cryptocurrency market. While Bitcoin has survived with a quite minor drop, other sectors have really dropped rather drastically.

Delphi Digital’s most recent data reveals a sharp drop in the crypto AI sector, followed by agent projects, memecoins, GameFi infrastructure, and modular solutions. But is there anything more going on or is this only a normal cycle?

All sectors have underperformed BTC this year

Average Biggest Losses

– AI Frameworks (-84.05%)
– Agents (-70.27%)
– Memecoins (-51.74%)
– Gaming Infra (-51.54%)
– Modular (-47.48%) pic.twitter.com/HK0yRIpS7d

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The Crypto AI Boom That Didn’t Go as Planned

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry in the crypto space was hailed as the next technological surge at the start of the year. Still, that hope was insufficient to offset the latest 84.05% drop.

However, as CNF has reported, the AI industry has lately seen fascinating advancements such as Fetch.ai’s ASI-1 Mini, the first Web3 LLM model especially meant for agent-based AI. Being lighter than other artificial intelligence systems, this one may be used by everyone without requiring costly tools.

On paper, this sounds like a revolution capable of turning around things. Actually, the market has not shown the anticipated increase. Before crypto artificial intelligence settles in more steadily, some time will still be needed.

Memecoin: From Hype to Market Reality

Once a market star with sudden success tales of traders winning millions, Memecoin has dropped more than 51%. Thanks to their robust communities, certain tokens are still able to endure; yet, generally, their speculative attraction is decreasing. When we contrast it with a viral fashion craze that finally must confront reality: not everyone can wear the same model always.

GameFi: Optimism Remains, But Challenges Are Getting Real

The GameFi industry likewise witnessed a comparable drop of about 51.54%. In fact, according to a prior CNF report, this sector is predicted to expand by 68% annually and reach $301.5 billion by 2030. AAA games and a decentralized blockchain-based economic system are the key drivers of this expansion.

Key for GameFi to remain relevant are a stable community and a blockchain network capable of handling big data. Still, the buzz has not been sufficient to stop further market pressure. The industry could be ready to show that it is more than merely a whitepaper promise.

Bitcoin: The Anchor Amid Crypto Chaos

Among this volatility, Bitcoin stays the gold standard and shows a far less drop than other industries. The proportion of the decline was still more under control even if the BTC price dropped below $90,000. Although Solana and Ethereum underwent greater corrections, Bitcoin stays a more steady asset in the crypto market.

Still, this does not mean that Bitcoin presents no difficulties. A significant hack at one of the exchanges lately led to a huge sell-off. Conversely, some analysts think the market is merely in a correcting phase before picking a positive trend.

At the time of writing, BTC is swapped hands at about $86,326.89, corrected 2.62% in the last 24 hours and 10.90% in the last 7 days.