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Year in Review: Bitcoin Outperformed 40 of the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies in 2018

December 25, 2018

It’s been a long year for many cryptocurrencies. After reaching a high of nearly $20,000 in December of 2017, Bitcoin dropped below $10,000 in early March and has yet to revisit that level. In the ongoing bear market, BTC has lost over 84% of its value, reaching a low for the year of $3,200. But Bitcoin’s precipitous plunge wasn’t the biggest in crypto.

XRP, for example, lost about 93% of its value in 2018. After much internet hype, multiple TV appearances and an abundance of rumors about partnerships, both confirmed and unconfirmed, the digital asset shot up to a staggering high of $3.38 in 2018. Since then, XRP has dropped to as low as $0.26 over the course of the year.

Ethereum, once on track to overtake Bitcoin in total market capitalization, slid in the opposite direction. After reaching an all-time high of just under $1,400 on January 13th, 11 months later Ethereum shed 94% of its value, touching a new yearly low of under $84 on December 15th. It has since increased to about $130, at time of publishing.

Overall, data from CoinMarketCap shows Bitcoin outperformed 40 cryptos in the top 50.

Bitcoin Outperformed 40 of the Top 50 Cryptos in 2018

  • Chainlink

  • Basic Attention Token

  • Dogecoin

  • Factom

  • Decred

  • 0x

  • Stellar

  • EOS

  • Litecoin

  • XRP

  • Monero

  • Waves

  • Ethereum Classic

  • Digibyte

  • Aeternity

  • Zilliqa

  • Ethereum

  • Tron

  • Zcash

  • Iota

  • Tezos

  • Ontology

  • Dash

  • Omisego

  • Revain

  • BitShares

  • Bitcoin Gold

  • Lisk

  • Nem

  • Neo

  • Verge

  • Bitcoin Cash

  • Cardano

  • Siacoin

  • Nano

  • Qtum

  • Bytecoin

  • Icon

  • Bitcoin Diamond

10 Cryptos That Outperformed Bitcoin in 2018 (including stablecoins)

  • Bitcoin SV

  • Maker

  • Binance Coin

  • Aurora

  • VeChain

  • Gemini Dollar (Stablecoin)

  • Paxos (Stablecoin)

  • Tether (Stablecoin)

  • USD Coin (Stablecoin)

  • TrueUSD (Stablecoin)

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