In 2023, crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and metaverse coins have made decent gains.
12 AI and metaverse coins that have been making profits since the start of the year
Bitcoin has increased by 17.2% in the last 30 days and Ethereum has increased by 9.3% in the same time frame, according to cryptokoin.com data. However, year-to-date statistics show that Bitcoin has lost 38.3% and Ethereum has lost 39.3% against the US dollar. Metaverse coin and AI coins recovered in 2023 and are doing much better than last year.
Only 9.6% of the top 125 cryptocurrencies in terms of largest market capitalization, or 12 cryptocurrencies, saw year-to-date gains. The leader among 12 cryptoassets is the native token of the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) game Cyberdragon. The token, called Binary x (BNX), has gained 613% against the US dollar since this day last year. BNX is followed by the artificial intelligence crypto-asset network (AGIX), which has gained 277% since the beginning of the year.
AGIX is followed by OKX exchange token OKB, which saw an increase of around 169% last year. OKB is followed by Trust Wallet Token (TWT), with TWT gaining 162.34% in 12 months against the US dollar. Last year Lido dao (LDO) increased 116% and Rocket Pool (RPL) increased 80%. AI crypto token Fetch.ai (FET) is up 30.26% over the 12-month period, and Quant Network (QNT) is up 27.12%.
Tron (TRX) is up 10.61% year-to-date and Cdai (CDAI) is up nearly 1.65% last year. Finally, Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and Monero (XMR) tokens have also increased by 0.54% to 0.77% over the past 12 months. Most other crypto assets in the top 125 are down between 10% and 73% compared to this time last year. Also, while BTC has lost 38% since this time last year, the 12 cryptocurrencies mentioned above have much higher percentage gains against Bitcoin than the dollar.
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