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Developer velocity vs price

For each top-20 cryptocurrency by GitHub commits over the last 30 days, this chart plots commit count (x-axis) against the same coin's 30-day price change (y-axis). The four quadrants tell different stories. Reading the chart is descriptive — there are no buy/sell calls here.

17 data pointsGenerated May 5, 08:05 AM

Raw data

Coin	Commits in last 30 days	Price change last 30 days	Market cap
BTC	210.0	+21.40%	$1621.18B
ETH	93.0	+17.00%	$287.27B
SOL	0.00	+6.60%	$48.92B
LINK	216.0	+12.00%	$6.94B
AVAX	51.0	+5.90%	$4.03B
SUI	234.0	+11.20%	$3.79B
UNI	1.00	+8.80%	$2.11B
DOT	147.0	+1.60%	$2.10B
NEAR	102.0	+3.20%	$1.65B
AAVE	0.00	+0.20%	$1.41B
ATOM	66.0	+13.00%	$971M
APT	160.0	+16.80%	$785M
FIL	22.0	+16.20%	$739M
ARB	291.0	+30.30%	$726M
CRV	0.00	+15.10%	$362M
OP	259.0	+18.60%	$273M
COMP	0.00	+40.00%	$224M

How to read this chart

Top-right — many commits + price up. Devs are working AND market is rewarding them. Healthiest combination.
Top-left — few commits + price up. Market priced in something other than current development pace (narrative, ETF flow, hype). Worth checking why.
Bottom-right — many commits + price down. Developers are working through a price drawdown. Historically this combination has preceded recoveries — but not always.
Bottom-left — few commits + price down. Both signals weak. Project may be losing momentum on multiple fronts.

We're not saying any quadrant is "good" or "bad" for an investor — that depends entirely on your thesis, time horizon, and risk tolerance. The chart shows what the data is, full stop.

Data sources

Commits: GitHub public repository commit counts, last 30 days, fetched daily.
Price change: CoinGecko daily close prices, computed as percentage change from 30 days ago to now.

Caveats

GitHub commit count doesn't measure code quality. Some projects make many tiny commits; others fewer but more substantive.
Forks and infrastructure projects may not have an obvious "main" repo. We use the canonical repo where one is established.
Closed-source projects (some L1s have private repositories) won't appear here at all — absence is not a signal of inactivity.
Price change is total, not risk-adjusted. A coin up 50% on 80% volatility tells a different story than the same gain on 20% volatility.