Meme and AI token indices plummet 50% from December peaks while US and DeFi indices show resilience
The GMMEME and GMAI indices, for example, are down nearly 60% from their peaks in December.The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter.
Various sectors of the crypto market, based on the GMCI indices, have fully retraced their post-U.S. election gains, as the market displayed its bearish wrath over participants in recent weeks.
Indices such as the GML2, GMMEME, GMDEPIN, GMGM, GMAI, GMSMALL, GMMID, GMSOL and GMSOLMEME were among those that fully returned to their pre-election levels. For example, the GMMEME and GMAI indices are down 60% and 56%, respectively, from their peaks in December 2024, with the remaining previously-mentioned indices experiencing similar drawdowns.
Meanwhile, some of the best-performing indices, relatively speaking, have been the GMUSA and GMDEFI indices.
The GMUS index is down just 29% since its peak in January 2025. It represents protocols with a legal entity based in the United States, which includes SOL, XRP, DOGE, ADA, LINK, LTC and XLM, among others.
The GMDEFI index is down 38% since its peak in December, and while it is a steeper decline compared to the GMUS index, it has fared better than its meme and AI counterparts. The GMDEFI index is composed of LINK, OM, UNI, ONDO, AAVE and MKR, among others.
The outperformance of these indices, relatively, since the U.S. election is not surprising considering how U.S. and DeFi-based protocols are likely to benefit from a pro-crypto government administration.
The GM30 index , which represents a selection of the top 30 cryptocurrencies, has also performed relatively well, with it down just -24% from its peak in December.
Though the majority of this “outperformance” can be attributed to just BTC, XRP and BNB, which have maintained roughly the same price levels they had since December, with all the other coins in this list performing poorly since. This is another evidence of the altcoin annihilation seen in the market over the past several months, with TOTAL2 down 28% since its peak in early December 2024, while BTC is down just 6% since the time of TOTAL2’s peak, with BTC.D up 13% since.
This is an excerpt from The Block's Data & Insights newsletter . Dig into the numbers making up the industry's most thought-provoking trends.
Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.
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