Crypto market in Q1 2025:-

The first quarter of 2025 saw the crypto market experience a decline, with the total market cap decreasing by 18.6% to reach $2.8 trillion at the end of Q1, according to the latest report by CoinGecko.

Despite the decrease, Q1 was marked by major pro-crypto political actions and subsequent market reactions, such as the US President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the launch of his own memecoin on Solana.

The total market cap reached its high on two days before Trump’s Inauguration Day—at $3.8 trillion on January 18—only to end Q1 at $2.8 trillion.

This fell was lead by Ethereum which saw drastic fall of 45.3%. Completely erasing its gains from 2024, it fell from $3,336 to $1,805.

Bitcoin followed this decline at -11.8% . Though it reached all-time high at $106,182 on Jan 22, it ended Q1 at $82,514.

Among these, the report highlights that Gold emerged as the strongest asset class in Q1 2025—with 18% gain. This comes as many analysts like Peter Schioff consider Gold and not Bitocin as a hedge against inflation.

“Despite Bitcoin’s higher returns, gold’s consistent performance and lower volatility make it an attractive option for risk-averse investors seeking capital preservation,” the report notes.

The launch of $TRUMP and $MELANIA token did spark a meme coin frenzy. However, the Quarter ended with -53% trading volume in memcoins—from its ATH of 72k on pump.fun. Also, the number of memecoins deployed on the memecoin platform came down to 31K by the end of 2025 Q1.

One of the first direct crypto bet that US Prez Donald Trump and his wife Melania Turmp made were the memecoins.

On January 17, Donald Trump launched his $TRUMP meme coin as a “digital collectible” on the Solana blockchain.

The initial coin offering (ICO) released 200 million tokens to the public, while 800 million remained under Trump-affiliated entities. The token’s value surged rapidly, reaching a market capitalization of over $14 billion within 24 hours.

Just two days later, Melania Trump also launched her own token, $MELANIA, on the Solana blockchain. Promoted as a means to “support” and “sincere engagement with her fanbase,” the coin quickly achieved a huge interest amassing a market cap of approximately $13 billion. H

Following their initial peaks, both tokens experienced substantial declines. By early February 2025, $TRUMP had lost about 75% of its value, while $MELANIA had dropped by nearly 90%.

In the past 8 days, the $Melania project team has continued to sell 9.99 million MELANIA (around 4.65 million USD).