Beam Delivers 225% Gain Over 90 Days as Bitcoin Rises 13.81%: The Top-Performing Altcoins
Key Takeaways
- •Beam ($BEAM) posted the strongest 90-day performance among altcoins that beat Bitcoin, gaining 225.07% in dollar terms versus Bitcoin's 13.81% rise.
- •Quant, Midnight, Raydium, Stacks, and NEAR Protocol each delivered 90-day gains exceeding 100%, ranging from 111.71% to 177.99%.
- •Large-cap cryptocurrencies lagged the broader market, with Solana up 8.06%, Ethereum up 7.86%, and XRP up 3.11%, all falling short of Bitcoin's return.
- •Other significant 90-day outperformers included Pieverse (+99.63%), Arbitrum (+94.87%), Zcash (+93.82%), LayerZero (+93.36%), UNI (+86.49%), and INJ (+71.18%).
- •CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index, which signals an altcoin season above 75 and a Bitcoin season below 25, rose to 42 from 39 but remains below its readings of 45 a week ago and 61 a month ago.
Beam ($BEAM), the native token of the Beam gaming ecosystem, posted the strongest performance among the altcoins that outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days, according to CoinMarketCap's 90-day performance chart. While Bitcoin gained 13.81% in value over the same period, $BEAM's return in dollar terms reached 225.07%.
Quant, Midnight, and Raydium were also among the altcoins that more than doubled in price during the period. Quant (QNT), an interoperability project focused on connecting enterprise systems and public blockchains, followed $BEAM with a 177.99% increase. Midnight (NIGHT), a privacy-focused blockchain developed by Input Output, the team behind Cardano, rose 169.58%, while Raydium (RAY), a decentralized exchange built on Solana, advanced 150.88%. Stacks (STX), which brings smart contracts to Bitcoin, completed the top six with a 137.42% gain, and NEAR Protocol ($NEAR), a smart-contract platform, added 111.71%.
Several other cryptocurrencies significantly outperformed Bitcoin as well. Pieverse (PIEVERSE) gained 99.63%, Arbitrum (ARB), an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network, rose 94.87%, Zcash (ZEC), a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, climbed 93.82%, and LayerZero (ZRO), an omnichain interoperability protocol, advanced 93.36%. Uniswap's UNI token, tied to the decentralized exchange of the same name, increased 86.49%, while Injective's INJ token, built for finance-oriented applications, rose 71.18% over the same timeframe.
Large-Cap Altcoins Lag Bitcoin
The picture was different for some altcoins with larger market capitalizations. Solana, Ethereum, and XRP each rank among the largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, and their valuation size makes outsized moves comparatively rarer. Over the same 90-day period, Solana gained 8.06%, Ethereum rose 7.86%, and XRP added 3.11%. All three posted gains in dollar terms, but each fell short of Bitcoin's 13.81% return.
Altcoin Season Index Rises to 42
Meanwhile, CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index climbed to 42, up from 39 the previous day. The index measures the share of leading altcoins that have outperformed Bitcoin over the prior 90 days, with readings above 75 signaling an altcoin season, values below 25 pointing to a Bitcoin season, and levels in between treated as neutral. The index stood at 45 one week ago and 61 one month ago. Despite the one-day recovery, the percentage of altcoins outperforming Bitcoin remains lower compared with last month.
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