In the crypto market, 2025 stands out as a period when capital flows between ecosystems will accelerate.
According to on-chain data, some altcoin networks are recording strong net inflows, while others are facing significant net outflows. This chart provides important clues to how investor preferences and liquidity rotation have shaped over the year.
Strongest capital inflow in Ethereum
2025 saw the strongest net inflows on the Ethereum front. The Ethereum network had net capital inflows of $4.21 billion during the year. After Ethereum, HyperLiquid appeared. Hyperliquid Network particularly stood out for derivatives and high volume transaction traffic, with net inflows of $2.88 billion.
Sonic: +$1.25 billion
World Chain: +$671 million
Solana: +$625 million
Starknet: +$613 million
EdgeX: +$334 million
Ink: +$224 million
Injection amount: +$174 million
Bitcoin: +$155 million
On the other hand, some large ecosystems faced significant capital outflows in 2025. The most notable negative picture was seen at Arbitrum, which experienced net outflows of $5.13 billion during the year.
Other networks that showed negative performance after Arbitrum include:
- Unichain: −$1.34 billion
- BNB Chain: -$1.23 billion
- Base: -$942 million
- Polygon PoS: -$852 million
- Details: -$410 million
- Veratin: -$347 million
- Blast: -$303 million
- Avalanche C-chain: -$267 million
- Sui: -$206 million
*This is not investment advice.
