Crypto markets ended the latest weekly reading broadly lower, with 24 of 25 tracked categories losing ground by Oct. 20, while data availability was positive at 13.5%.
The Bitcoin ecosystem category had the sharpest slide, down 19.1%. File storage fell 12.4%, perpetual decentralized exchanges dropped 11.5%, and gaming lost 10.9%. Memecoins and DeFi each decreased 6.1%, while real-world assets were down 8.5%.
DePIN declined 6.0%, data services 6.2% and bridges 6.6%. Oracles were down 7.3%, staking services fell 7.5%, and first-generation smart contracts declined 7.6%.
Privacy coins had the smallest loss at 1.2%; social declined 1.6%, while the Bitcoin category fell 2.0%. Exchange tokens lost 2.1%, AI fell 2.3%, and store of value declined 3.0%. Smart contract platforms fell 3.7%, NFT applications 4.0%, Ethereum 4.5%, and XRP 4.8%.
The Bitcoin and Bitcoin ecosystem readings are separate categories in the comparison. Artemis data covered the weekly figures dated Oct. 20; the comparison weighted each sector by its fully diluted market capitalization.
