On the surface, the crypto market barely moved in the first half of 2025.
In spite of all the tantrum about tariffs, upcoming backwards, war, and increased expectations of crypto friendly policies and a digital asset strategic reserve along with Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the total capitalization of the cryptocurrencies market, measured by tradingview, increased a measuring 3% to $ 3.27 trill Moon.
Looking closer, performance is unevenly, along with bitcoin
Holding the rest of the market.
The BTC rose 13% in the first six months of 2025, continuing to cover the broader market. Meanwhile, Ether of Ether
The second largest crypto asset, collapsed by 25%, and Solana dropped almost 17%.
The smaller and riskier tokens endure even the Sharper’s losses: the other tradingview index, which does not include the 10 largest possession by the market cap, dropped by 30%.
What’s next?
Despite the moderate start of the year, some analysts see the room for updated upside down. Joel Kruger, a market strategist in the LMAX Group, noted that July is a history that has become a strong month for crypto, which has been averaging 7.56% back since 2013.
“We entered a time that traditionally delivered a stronger return,” Kruger said. “In the second half of the year in the history of making outsized gains, the broader deposition remains encouraging.”
Kruger also featured that the treasures of the Crypto treasury approach are further expanding beyond Bitcoin, with companies expressing plans to accumulate digital assets such as ETH.
Coinbase Analyst It also maintains a positive outlook for the crypto in the second half of the year, driven by the desired macroeconomic backdrop, potential reduction of federal reserve rate and increasing the clarity of US regulation with lawmakers who are promoting law for stablecoins and greater crypto market structure.
However, the next few months of the wilderness could be a shortage, Bitfinex analysts warned. The next quarter-year starting in July has been the weakest for Bitcoin, which has been averaging only 6% of those earnings since 2013, they said in a Monday report.
“This is also where the average volatility is covered, increasing our bias of the scope of price action that continues for longer,” said those who set.
