Top Best Performing Crypto Projects of October 2025, $XPIN Leads the Pack
Phoenix Group, a prominent crypto news and analytics platform , has revealed the list of the top-performing crypto projects for the previous month. In this list, $XPIN leads with a clear distinction from other projects. Furthermore, many projects are in this queue one after another: $COAI, $H, $RAIL, $ZEC, $CLANKER, $RIVER, $UB, $WRX, $PIVX, $FIRO, $STO, $ZEN, $DASH, and $TAO.
BEST PERFORMING PROJECTS IN THE LAST MONTH$XPIN $COAI $H $RAIL $ZEC $CLANKER $RIVER $UB $WRX $PIVX $FIRO $STO $ZEN $DASH $TAO pic.twitter.com/N5kSwxFLYk
— PHOENIX – Crypto News Analytics (@pnxgrp) November 1, 2025
$XPIN is leading the pack with a price change of 747.5% over the past month, holding a market cap of $108.5M on the Gate exchange. In the same way, $COAI is the runner-up with a market cap of $294.1M, on the same Gate exchange, with a price change of 351.2%.
In addition, $H is struggling with a market cap of $502.3M and getting a price change of 309.9% on the Gate exchange. Similarly, $RAIL is running at the fourth position with a market cap of $242.1M on Uniswap exchange, after getting a change of 230.5% in price over the last 30 days.
$ZEC Tops with 199.2% Growth, $CLANKER and $RIVER Close Behind
$ZEC is making an effort on the Binance exchange with a price change of 199.2% over the last month and has a market cap of $6.9B. $CLANKER is also standing in this line, having a market cap of $89.9M, getting a change of 193.2% on the Coinbase exchange. Next one is $RIVER, which is standing almost in the middle position of the whole list. It is holding a market cap of $142.2M, over the Bitget exchange, with a 190.5% change in price.
$UB is closely located with $RIVER in change of price change, $UB is holding a market cap of $181.1M on KuCoin exchange with a price change of 185.9%. Moving forward, $WRX is standing with a market cap of $54.6M over the Gate exchange after getting a price change of 170.0%. $FIRO is standing at the last fifth position over the famous exchange Binance, holding a market cap of $28.6M with a change price of 112.8% on MEXC exchange.
$STO and $ZEN Lead Binance Mid-Tier Gainers with Strong Monthly Growth
$STO and $ZEN are fighting closely like $RIVER and $UB in terms of change in price, so after getting a change of 95.6% and 91.7%, respectively, on the same Binance exchange, and holding a market cap of $39.4M and $347.9M. These figures show the value of certain projects in the previous 30 days.
Last but not least, $DASH and $TAO are struggling with a market cap of $8755.2M and $5.1B over the same exchange, Binance, as the previous two projects. $DASH has a clear change in price of 89.4% and $TAO has 65.9% over the past month.
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