PANews reported on January 15 that Coingecko released the "2024 Crypto Industry Report", summarizing the following 7 highlights of the 2024 Crypto Industry Report.
- The total market value of cryptocurrencies increased by 45.7% in the fourth quarter of 2024, reaching US$3.91 trillion at the end of the quarter, and increased by 97.7% for the whole year.
- Bitcoin’s dominance has further increased and now accounts for 53.6% of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization.
- Bitcoin outperformed major asset classes both overall and in the fourth quarter of 2024.
- In the fourth quarter of 2024, the market capitalization of AI Agents tokens increased by 322.2%, from $4.8 billion to $15.4 billion.
- In the fourth quarter of 2024, the transaction volume of Ethereum's top ten Layer2 increased by 48.3%, of which the base network transaction volume accounted for 48.3%.
- In the fourth quarter of 2024, the spot trading volume of centralized exchanges reached 6.45 trillion US dollars, a month-on-month increase of 111.7%, setting a record high.
- Solana replaced Ethereum as the dominant chain for DEX transactions in Q4, accounting for more than 30% of all DEX transactions.


