Bitcoin Cash has climbed nearly 40% in 2025, emerging as the top-performing Layer-1 blockchain asset of the year. The gain comes as most competing networks remain deep in negative territory, with several major platforms down more than 50%.
What Happened: Market Performance
Data shared by analyst Crypto Koryo shows Bitcoin Cash outpacing BNB, Hyperliquid, Tron and XRP, which posted only modest gains.
Other Layer-1 networks including Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Cardano and Polkadot remain in negative territory for the year.
Koryo attributed the performance to Bitcoin Cash's supply structure.
The network has no token unlocks, no foundation treasury and no venture capital overhang. "Entire supply is circulating. No unlocks. No foundation, [no] VCs dumping," Koryo wrote.
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Price Outlook For Big Brother Bitcoin
In the meantime, Bitcoin is in a much more controversial situation.
BTC may dip to $87,000 before rebounding toward $100,000, according to trader Michaël van de Poppe. He outlined a scenario where Bitcoin sweeps recent lows ahead of next week's Federal Reserve meeting before resuming its uptrend.
Van de Poppe expects a breakout above $92,000 could trigger a move to $100,000 within one to two weeks, supported by reduced quantitative tightening, upcoming rate cuts and an expanding money supply.
Technical analyst TXMC noted Bitcoin's "liveliness" indicator is climbing again. The metric, which measures on-chain coin spending versus holding, historically rises during bull market phases. TXMC said liveliness is increasing even as prices remain muted, suggesting stronger underlying demand than current price action reflects.
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