CoinGecko: Bitcoin Turned Out Not to Be the Main Trend of the Past Year
In the study, the authors considered user traffic on the portal from January 1 to December 21, 2024. According to the results obtained, meme coins accounted for 14.36% of the traffic share. However, if all categories are taken into account, for example, mentions of meme coins in connection with the Solana network, the total share will be 30.67%, experts noted.
The second most popular narrative turned out to be projects with artificial intelligence (15.67%). In addition to direct interest in them (12.58%), user queries related to five other related categories.
In 2024, investors' attention was also attracted by tokenized real-world assets (RWA). With a figure of 8.64%, this topic took third place in the ranking.
The combined figure for the Solana network was 14.3%, although a significant portion of the share came from meme coins related to the network. The blockchain Base reached a share of general interest of 4.87%, while Ethereum with 1.82% surpassed Sui (1.04%) and TON (0.85%), the authors of the study summarized.
Earlier, experts from the company Santiment stated that the sentiment index of Bitcoin traders dropped to its lowest value in a year, which may be explained by the recovery of the asset's price above $100,000.
