Crypto Weekly Code Submissions Drop 75% Since Early 2025 as Developers Shift to AI

According to CoinDesk, since early 2025, developer activity in the cryptocurrency space has continued to decline, with weekly code commits dropping sharply from approximately 850,000 to around 210,000—a 75% decrease—and the number of active developers falling by 56% to roughly 4,600. Meanwhile, AI-related projects are attracting a significant share of developer resources. Major blockchains have all experienced developer attrition. Ethereum’s weekly active developers declined by 34% over the past three months to 2,811; Solana dropped by 40% to 942; Base fell by 52% to 378; Aptos lost about 60% of its developers; BNB Chain saw an 85% decline in code commits; and Celo declined by 52%. The only category showing modest growth is wallet infrastructure, with approximately 308 weekly active developers—an increase of about 6%. In contrast, GitHub added approximately 36 million new developers in 2025, with overall platform code commits rising by about 25% year-over-year. AI-related repositories have surpassed 4.3 million, and monthly active contributors to generative AI projects exceed one million.