Since the start of 2024, only 42 of the top 300 altcoins have outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of returns. Notably, memecoins account for 11 of the top 15 gainers.
Leading the way was memecoin POPCAT (POPCAT) with a gain of 7,552%. Other memecoins such as MOG, NPC and MAGA also saw gains of 2,206%, 1,163% and 1,129% respectively. Some other notable coins were WIF (976%) and TURBO (931%).
The report shows that the 20 best-performing altcoins were listed on Binance in the previous year, and another five were listed in 2024.
Here is a list of notable altcoins that have outperformed Bitcoin in terms of YTD returns, sectors, fully diluted market capitalization (FDV), and year-to-date (YTD) growth:
POPCAT (Memecoin): $601M FDV, 7,552% return
MOG (Memecoin): $333M FDV, 2,206% return
OM (RWA): $857M FDV, 1,550% return
NPC (Memecoin): $109M FDV, 1,163% return
MAGA (Memecoin): $143M FDV, 1,129% return
WIF (Memecoin): $1,649B FDV, 976% return
TURBO (Memecoin): $247M FDV, 931% return
ABT (Infrastructure): $315M FDV, 680% return
OSAK (Memecoin): $263M FDV, 525% return
PEPE (Memecoin): $3,087B FDV, 466% return
PEOPLE (Memecoin): $309M FDV, 377% return
BNX (Launchpad): $862M FDV, 387% return
VELO (Layer 1): $543M FDV, 374% return
FLOKI (Memecoin): $1.245B FDV, 266% return
ZIG (AI): $200M FDV, 279% return
BANANA (DeFi): $409M FDV, 247% return
JASMY (IoT): $964M FDV, 194% return
PEPECOIN (AI): $280M FDV, 190% return
AIOZ (AI): $432M FDV, 172% return
PENDLE (DeFi): $767M FDV, 149% return
AGI (AI): $362M FDV, 130% return
TON (Layer 1): $26,405B FDV, 122% return
CKB (Layer 1): $405M FDV, 122% return
AR (AI): $1,358B FDV, 113% return
DEXE (Infrastructure): $757M FDV, 98% return
ALPH (Layer 1): $1,655B FDV, 83% profit
ARKM (Infrastructure): $1,054B FDV, 79% return
FET (AI): $3,148B FDV, 77% return
VANRY (Layer 1): $231M FDV, 76% return
RSR (DeFi): $557M FDV, 72% return
CORE (BTC Eco): $1,924B FDV, 66% return
ENS (Infrastructure): $1.685B FDV, 65% yield
BNB (CEX): $75,564B FDV, 65% profit
GOMINING (Infrastructure): $169M FDV, 62% return
BGB (CEX): $1,870B FDV, 61% return
LPT (AI): $406M FDV, 48% return
GT (CEX): $2,251B FDV, 46% return
TRX (Layer 1): $13,404B FDV, 43% profit
KAS (Layer 1): $4,556B FDV, 41% return
RARE (Infrastructure): $168M FDV, 41% yield
LEO (CEX): $5,348B FDV, 36% return
MX (CEX): $3,748B FDV, 35% profit
The prominent altcoins in areas such as memecoin, infrastructure, DeFi, AI, and Layer 1 platforms, show significant growth potential.