In a recent publication titled the “May 2022 market recap and outlook”, Kraken, a leading cryptocurrency exchange in the United States provided interesting insights into the performance of some metaverse tokens in the month of May.
According to the report, a major highlight for the month of May was the fact that with a YoY return of over 395%, the Metaverse sector significantly outperformed the rest of the market and coins such as Decentraland [MANA], The Sandbox [SAND], Axie Infinity [AXS], ApeCoin [APE], and STEPN [GMT] outshined the rest of the crypto markets.
As this report provides a general insight into the performance of the crypto market and the general web3 space this past month, come along as we take a look.
The king of coins
In its findings, the Kraken exchange reported that the price correction that plagued the cryptocurrency market in April extended into May. According to the report, Bitcoin [BTC] suffered a total of 16% decline in price during the month. This caused the largest cryptocurrency to mark a 10-month low of $28,646 on 27 May before a retracement that caused it to close the month at $31,866.
Furthermore, with the month marked with a higher volatility rate than did April, Kraken found that BTC’s annualized volatility suffered a spike throughout the month of May. Starting the month at a volatility rate of 49%, it closed the month at a volatility rate of 79% after a momentary dip on 27 May to 74%.
Source: Kraken Intelligence
Maintaining its dominance in the crypto market, Kraken found that BTC’s dominance rose in May from 39% to 43%.
Source: Kraken Intelligence
As regards monthly performance, BTC was also found to have performed below historical averages for the month of May with a 16% decline in return. On a broader outlook, it was reported that May was generally a positive month for BTC’s performance as it registered a historical median return of 10%.
Source: Kraken Intelligence
How about the most famous altcoin?
According to the report, Kraken found that hitting a 10-month low of $1,724, the performance of Ethereum [ETH] mirrored that of BTC during the month of May. Posting a loss of 29%, larger than BTC’s 16% loss for the month, ETH registered a 10-month low of $1,724 on 27 May, before undergoing a retracement and ending the month at an index price of $1,944.
Source: Kraken Intelligence
As regards annualized volatility, it was reported that ETH started off the month at the annualized volatility rate of 59% and proceeded to end the month at a 7-month high of 100%.
Source: Kraken Intelligence
