In the cryptocurrency market, 2025 stands out as a period in which capital movements between ecosystems will accelerate.
On-chain data shows that while some altcoin networks are recording strong net inflows, others are facing significant net outflows. This picture offers important clues about how investor preferences and liquidity rotation have shaped up throughout the year.
Strongest Funding Inflow in Ethereum
In 2025, the strongest net inflow was seen on the Ethereum front. The Ethereum network experienced a net capital inflow of $4.21 billion throughout the year. Ethereum was followed by Hyperliquid. The Hyperliquid network stood out particularly with its derivatives and high-volume transaction traffic, with a net inflow of $2.88 billion.
Sonic: +$1.25 billion
WorldChain: +$671 million
Solana: +$625 million
Starknet: +$613 million
edgeX: +$334 million
Ink: +224 million dollars
Injective: +174 million dollars
Bitcoin: +$155 million
On the other hand, some large ecosystems faced significant capital outflows in 2025. The most striking negative picture was seen in Arbitrum, which experienced a net outflow of $5.13 billion throughout the year.
Other networks that showed negative performance following Arbitrum were:
- Unichain: −$1.34 billion
- BNB Chain: −$1.23 billion
- Base: -$942 million
- Polygon PoS: -$852 million
- Linea: -$410 million
- Berachin: -$347 million
- Blast: -$303 million
- Avalanche C-Chain: -$267 million
- Sui: -$206 million
*This is not investment advice.
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