Crypto Market Soars: Bitcoin Nears $100K, Altcoins Surge

Bitcoin rises 6% in 2025, nearing the $100K mark, while XRP, ADA, XLM, and SUI grow faster.
Crypto market cap hits $3.74T with Bitcoin dominance at 52.63%, showing 0.44% growth.
Smaller tokens like MLG and QBX soar, indicating strong growth prospects in the crypto market.

Bitcoin has been on the rise in 2025, increasing by 6%, and is almost close to the $100,000 mark. Despite being the cryptocurrency market’s most popular asset, altcoins like XRP, ADA, XLM, and SUI are growing at a faster rate. The Fear & Greed Index, a simple indicator of the market sentiment at the moment, hovers at 76, which is at the extreme greed level.

Crypto Market Growth

In an X post on Monday, analytical platform Crypto Rank revealed that the total market cap of cryptocurrencies has grown by 0.48% and has crossed $3.74 trillion. Bitcoin’s dominance still holds at 52.63%, with a 0.44% increase.

📈Market Overview

Since the beginning of the year, #Bitcoin has gained 6%, once again pushing to retake the $100K mark.

At the same time $XRP (+16%), $ADA (+25%), $XLM (+32%), $SUI (+26%), and other L1 assets, along with AI tokens, have demonstrated even stronger growth in… pic.twitter.com/ReRgnUSZVg
— CryptoRank.io (@CryptoRank_io) January 6, 2025

As of press time, Bitcoin is trading at $99,200, which is a 1.59% change within the last one day. At the same time, Layer 1 tokens such as XRP, ADA, and SUI have also posted a higher increase in value, with XRP up 16%, ADA 25%, SUI 26% and XLM 32%. These assets are amongst the fastest growing in the market.

Smaller Coins Surge

At the same time, the smaller coins and tokens have shown incredible growth rates. Some of the latest cryptocurrencies including 360noscope420blazeit (MLG) and qiibee foundation (QBX) have raised their prices hugely, with MLG advancing by 184.4% and QBX by 176.3%.

Other tokens such as FLORK CTO (FLORK) and Baby Shark Meme (BABYSHARK) have also seen their prices rise. This means that there are new investment prospects being developed in the crypto market.

The market continues to rise as Bitcoin gets closer to the $100K price point. Nevertheless, rising strength of altcoins particularly in the AI and Layer 1 categories may indicate that 2025 could be a breakthrough year for the crypto. Even more tokens are experiencing substantial gains, which makes the future of digital assets seem bright.