A recent report by CoinGecko found that the cross-border token Ripple is the only cryptocurrency besides the market leader to remain among the top 10 cryptocurrencies every year for a decade.
This came despite the assets’ highs and lows, some of which pushed them to new lows.
XRP is still in the top 10
Before we delve deeper into the report, we have to make a confession. It’s not really a new report. It was actually released over a month ago, but we somehow missed it. However, we still think it’s a fun read on a Sunday morning, so here we are.
Queen Gekko shown The cryptocurrency market has changed beyond recognition since 2014. Hundreds of projects have entered and exited the spotlight, with former industry heavyweights, such as Peercoin, Namecoin, NXT, Dash, EOS, and Litecoin, spending years among the elite top 10 before eventually declining.
But this is not the case with Ripple XRP. The report analyzed annual market cap snapshots between 2014 and 2026 and found that XRP is the only cryptocurrency (besides Bitcoin) to remain in the top 10 in the industry each year. This streak runs for 13 straight years, and unless there is a major collapse in 2026, it will likely conclude its 14th year soon.
The asset has managed to stay on top through the painful 2018 bear market, the COVID-19 collapse, the collapse of Terra, the FTX bankruptcy, and perhaps most impressively, Ripple’s years-long battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This was particularly threatening as XRP It has been deleted Of countless stock exchanges after the SEC attack began, they immediately fell sharply.
Meanwhile, Ripple recently celebrated one year since reaching an all-time high of $3.65. marked Last July. However, it has declined by 70% since then.
Different crypto market
That BTC and XRP have remained in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap for nearly a decade is one of the very few constants. Everything else has fundamentally changed, the report said. For example, Bitcoin’s market share was around 87% in 2014. Now, it’s less than 57% on CoinGecko.
Stablecoins have become a fixture within the top 10 and 20 altcoins, while exchange tokens like BNB have established themselves alongside traditional layer-one networks.
This year also marked another milestone when Hyperliquid’s HYPE was announced become It is only the second DeFi project to enter the top 10, surpassing Dogecoin.
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