Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Today in crypto, a new report from CoinGecko revealed crypto investor interest has yet to rotate into new narratives as memecoins and artificial intelligence continued to occupy mindshare during the first quarter of 2025, Coinbase has distanced its blockchain network Base from a token it was highly criticized for sharing, and a US appeals court paused the SEC’s case against Ripple amid settlement talks.

The cryptocurrency market is recycling old narratives, with few new trends emerging to replace the leading themes in the first quarter of 2025.

Artificial intelligence tokens and memecoins were the dominant crypto narratives 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.

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