When the bullrun reached its climax in late 2017 and early 2018, the rate of almost all cryptocurrencys was at their peak. From that moment on, however, things quickly went downhill. One coin after the other kept showing red numbers.
This also reduced the enthusiasm of many people. The hairdresser who recommended you to Stellar earlier that month came home from a cold fair. FOMO was officially over.
That is now almost two years ago. In this article we look at the top 50 cryptocurencys and how far or near they are from their all-time high. All data comes from athcoinindex.com.
First the top 10 under the microscope
| Name | ATH | Since ATH | Date ATH | Days |
| Bitcoin | $ 19,665.39 | -62.84% | 16-12-2017 | 717 |
| Ethereum | $ 1,448.18 | -89.75% | 13-1-2018 | 689 |
| XRP | $ 3.40 | -93.54% | 7-1-2018 | 695 |
| Tether | $ 1.32 | -24.40% | 7/24/2018 | 497 |
| Bitcoin Cash | $ 3,785.82 | -94.36% | 20-12-2017 | 713 |
| Litecoin | $ 360.66 | -87.37% | 18-12-2017 | 715 |
| EOS | $ 22.71 | -88.16% | 29-4-2018 | 583 |
| Binance Coin | $ 39.68 | -61.61% | 22-6-2019 | 163 |
| Bitcoin SV | $ 252.09 | -60.59% | 22-6-2019 | 163 |
| Cardano | $ 1.18 | -96.77% | 1/4/2018 | 698 |
Above you can see the top 10 coins of Coinmarketcap. First the name of the coin. ATH stands for all time high. In the next column you can see how many percent the ATH deviates from the current price. Date ATH speaks for itself and by days we mean how many days ago the ATH was achieved.
Binance Coin and Bitcoin SV both achieved their highest rating ever on 22 June this year. That is because these two coins are relatively young and have not (fully) experienced the 2017 bull run.
Cardano, XRP and Bitcoin Cash are the worst off. All three are more than 90% away from their all-time high. Bitcoin Cash has of course suffered from the split-off with Bitcoin SV. A common complaint about Cardano is that there is so little communication and that a real, usable application takes a long time. In 2020, Cardano wants to reinvent itself by going for a rebrand. That can turn out positively.
And XRP, the currency that would turn the world upside down and that every bank would crave, is almost 94% off the ATH. It is guessing why this ever so popular coin is not yet #XRPtheStandard has become.
These altcoins from the top 50 perform the worst since ATH
In the list below, Cardano, XRP and Bitcoin Cash have been removed because they are already in the list above.
| Name | ATH | Since ATH | Date ATH | Days |
| Zcash | $ 3,191.93 | -99.14% | 29-10-2016 | 1130 |
| Bitcoin Gold | $ 456.25 | -98.70% | 20-12-2017 | 713 |
| Qtum | $ 100.22 | -98.26% | 6-1-2018 | 696 |
| NEM | $ 1.87 | -98.12% | 7-1-2018 | 695 |
| Lisk (LSK) | $ 34.92 | -98.07% | 7-1-2018 | 695 |
| Nano | $ 33.69 | -97.49% | 2-1-2018 | 700 |
| OmiseGO | $ 25.62 | -97.13% | 13-1-2018 | 689 |
| Augur | $ 341.85 | -96.97% | 10/02/2016 | 1392 |
| Dash | $ 1,493.59 | -96.55% | 20-12-2017 | 713 |
| IOTA | $ 5.25 | -96.07% | 19-12-2017 | 714 |
| NEO | $ 198.38 | -95.50% | 1/15/2018 | 687 |
| Ontology | $ 10.92 | -94.31% | 3-5-2018 | 579 |
| Stellar (XLM) | $ 0.87556 | -93.65% | 1/3/2018 | 699 |
| TRON (TRX) | $ 0.23167 | -93.36% | 5-1-2018 | 697 |
Zcash is at the top of the list, but that’s not entirely fair. The ATH price is the introduction price of Zcash. When this coin was launched, it was quoted for more than $ 3,000 for a moment. Zcash did not reach this value during the 2017 bull run, unlike all other coins in this list.
The list above comes from athcoinindex.com. The data from Augur does not match data from other sources.
It is interesting to see that many altcoins still have a long way to go if they want to reach their ATH again. A glass half full approach would be that these coins have the potential to grow.
You can give substance to a glass half-empty approach.
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