CoinGecko, one of the largest data sources in the industry, published the first quarter performance of some of the biggest cryptocurrencies. According to Coingecko, Terra (LUNA) and Pancakeswap (CAKE) gained 2900% in three months.
CoinGecko published its first quarter report today, divided the major crypto coins into four different categories and evaluated their performance from January 1 to March 31.
Categories with 5 tokens in each consisted of DeFi tokens, centralized exchange tokens, decentralized exchange tokens, and the largest market cap cryptocurrencies.
0/ Q1 has been an amazing time and the @Coinbase listing really put the cherry on top! #Crypto is finally getting the recognition it deserves!
Now buckle up for a sneak peek at our Q1 report ?
Grab the full report here: https://t.co/j01MhMwdt0
— CoinGecko (@coingecko) April 15, 2021
DeFi Tokens
Uniswap (UNI)
- January: +241%
- February: +26%
- March: +27%
- Year-to-date: +442%
ChainLink (LINK)
- January: +101%
- February: + 9%
- March: +19%
- Year-to-date: +159%
Terra (LUNA)
- January: +125%
- February: +265%
- March: +248%
- Year-to-date: +2761%
AAVE
- January: +239%
- February: +17%
- March: +9%
- Year-to-date: +332%
Synthetix Network Token (SNX)
- January: + 140%
- February: + 8%
- March: -5%
- Year-to-date: + 145%
Central Exchange Tokens
Binance Coin (BNB)
- January: +18%
- February: +374%
- March: +44%
- Year-to-date: +710%
Crypto.com (CRO)
- January: +6%
- February: +117%
- March: +60%
- Year-to-date: +268%
OKEx (OKEX)
- January: -26%
- February: +172%
- March: +9%
- Year-to-date: +118%
FTX Token (FTT)
- January: +92%
- February: +133%
- March: +54%
- Year-to-date: +591%
Huobi Token (HT)
- January: +57%
- February: +100%
- March: +14%
- Year-to-date: +257%
Decentralized Exchange Tokens
Uniswap (UNI)
- January: + 241%
- February: + 26%
- March: + 27%
- Year-to-date: + 442%
PancakeSwap (CAKE)
- January: + 222%
- February: + 372%
- March: + 94%
- Year-to-date: + 2843%
THORChain (RUNE)
- January: + 256%
- February: + 48%
- March: -3%
- Year-to-date: + 412%
SushiSwap (SUSHI)
- January: +207%
- February: +21%
- March: +82%
- Year-to-date: +578%
0x (ZRX)
- January: +97%
- February: +73%
- March: +56%
- Year-to-date: +431%
Largest Cryptocurrency By Market Cap
Bitcoin (BTC)
- January: +14%
- February: +36%
- March: +31%
- Year-to-date: +103%
Ethereum (ETH)
- January: + 78%
- February: + 8%
- March: + 35%
- Year-to-date: + 159%
Binance Coin (BNB)
- January: +18%
- February: +374%
- March: +44%
- Year-to-date: +710%
Cardano (ADA)
- January: + 90%
- February: + 77%
- March: -9%
- Year-to-date: +555%
Polkadot (DOT)
- January: + 72%
- February: + 107%
- March: + 10%
- Year-to-date: + 294%
Main Points Of CoinGecko Report
- Cryptocurrency Market Capitalization broke past $2 trillion.
- Bitcoin continues to soar as it broke its previous ATH to $62,907 in April 2021.
- In Q1 2021 alone, CAKE and LUNA rose up to 2,900% return.
- BSC’s TVL three-fold to $20 billion within 3 months, CAKE leading the way.
- PancakeSwap became the second-largest DEX .
- NFT flipped DeFi in term of Google Trends.
- CEXs spot trading volume recorded $1.44 trillion, 59% of which belongs to Binance.

