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C100 monthly report: April 2025

Backtested — before index launch. The index went live on Nov 1, 2026; this month applies the same rules to the market data of the time.

C100
+7.01%
Bitcoin
+14.12%
Ethereum
−1.55%
C100 year to date
−26.09%

C100 closed the month at 9,660.80 (May 1, 2025, 00:00 UTC), −3.3% from its all-time high of 9,994.08 (Feb 27, 2025).

Summary

These figures are a backtest: the index went live on November 1, 2026, and earlier values apply the same rules to the market data of the time.

The C100 rose 7.0% in April 2025, underperforming Bitcoin (+14.1%) by 7.1 pp and outperforming Ethereum (−1.6%) by 8.6 pp.

The equal-weight C100-EW rose 15.0%, so the larger constituents did worse than the average constituent.

Layer 1 added most to the return (+4.77 pp) and Exchange detracted most (−0.33 pp).

Among the constituents at month end, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) had the largest gain (+173.8%) and MANTRA (OM) the largest loss (−92.2%).

Year to date the index is down 26.1%; it ended April 3.3% below its all-time high of 9,994.08 (February 27, 2025).

At the rebalance on May 5, 2025, weights were reset to target with one-way turnover of 1.9%. Membership is reviewed quarterly, so no assets were added or removed.

After the review, the ten largest constituents made up 65.5% of the index and Bitcoin and Ethereum together 28.0%; 8 assets' weights were set by a cap rule.

April 2025: C100 vs Bitcoin and Ethereum

Returns

Monthly and year-to-date returns
Index or assetAprilYear to date
C100+7.01%−26.09%
C100 Equal Weight+14.98%−38.04%
C25+5.62%−25.65%
C100 ex-BTC+5.63%−30.13%
Bitcoin+14.12%+0.85%
Ethereum−1.55%−46.15%

Best and weakest constituents

Largest gains (price return; contribution to the C100 return)
AssetReturnContribution
Fartcoin FARTCOIN+173.78%+0.17 pp
Virtuals Protocol VIRTUAL+166.01%+0.14 pp
Bonk BONK+72.91%+0.14 pp
Raydium RAY+63.83%+0.07 pp
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance FET+62.52%+0.15 pp
Largest losses (price return; contribution to the C100 return)
AssetReturnContribution
MANTRA OM−92.19%−1.17 pp
Movement MOVE−39.22%−0.04 pp
DeXe DEXE−26.01%−0.02 pp
Jito JTO−23.07%+0.02 pp
Gram (prev. Toncoin) GRAM−23.01%−0.55 pp

Sectors

Sector contribution to the monthly return and sector weights
SectorContributionWeight start → end
Layer 1+4.77 pp64.78% → 65.40%
Exchange−0.33 pp10.88% → 8.21%
Memes+0.87 pp6.84% → 7.57%
Payments+0.40 pp6.44% → 6.87%
DeFi+0.22 pp3.72% → 3.92%
Layer 2+0.17 pp2.73% → 2.59%
AI+0.43 pp1.19% → 1.70%
Privacy+0.23 pp1.27% → 1.40%
Oracles & Infra+0.11 pp1.04% → 1.04%
Other+0.11 pp0.63% → 0.70%
Gaming & Metaverse+0.04 pp0.48% → 0.60%

Contributions are in percentage points of the C100 return and add up to it.

Rebalance on May 5, 2025

One-way turnover 1.91%, 100 constituents. All rebalances

Largest weight changes: weight just before the review → target weight
AssetBeforeAfterCap
BNB BNB6.33%6.82%capped
Bitcoin BTC14.42%14.02%capped
TRON TRX4.10%4.50%capped
Solana SOL6.47%6.14%capped
Ethereum ETH13.73%14.02%capped
XRP XRP6.74%7.01%capped
GateToken GT0.36%0.52%
Dogecoin DOGE4.37%4.50%capped
Litecoin LTC1.37%1.27%
Hedera HBAR1.57%1.47%
Sui SUI2.24%2.15%
Chainlink LINK1.89%1.81%
Hyperliquid HYPE1.42%1.35%
Bittensor TAO0.64%0.59%
Stellar XLM1.66%1.61%

Concentration

Top 10 weight
65.46%
Bitcoin + Ethereum
28.03%
Weights set by a cap
8
Constituents
100

Target weights after the review.

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