AI tokens, memecoins dominate crypto narratives in Q1 2025: CoinGecko

Crypto investor interest has yet to rotate into new narratives as memecoins and artificial intelligence continued to dominate mindshare during the first quarter of 2025.

The cryptocurrency market is still recycling old narratives, with few new trends yet to emerge and replace the dominant themes in the first quarter of 2025.

Artificial intelligence tokens and memecoins were the dominant crypto narrative in the first quarter of 2025, accounting for 62.8% of investor interest, according to a quarterly research report by CoinGecko. AI tokens captured 35.7% of global investor interest, overtaking the 27.1% share of memecoins, which remained in second place.

Out of the top 20 crypto narratives of the quarter, six were memecoin categories while five were AI-related.

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