Developers Are Leaving Crypto for AI



Since the beginning of 2025, developer activity in blockchain projects has sharply declined:
— the number of commits dropped approximately 75% — from 850,000 to 210,000;
— the number of active developers decreased by 56%, to approximately 4,600.

The decline is observed across almost all networks:
Ethereum −34%, Solana −40%, Base −52%, Aptos −60%, BNB Chain −85%.

The main reason — the artificial intelligence boom.
GitHub already has around 4.3 million AI repositories, and generative AI projects attract over 1 million developers per month.

Meanwhile, mostly newcomers are leaving the crypto industry, while most of the code is now being written by experienced developers.
$SUI $APT $WLD
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APT8,49%
WLD7,92%
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