Wildcard2013–2025
Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap
The wildest leaderboard on the site: crypto market caps from Bitcoin's lonely early years through the ICO mania of 2017 and the 2021 mega-bull run. Bitcoin's dominance is repeatedly challenged by Ethereum and a rotating cast of alt-coins and stablecoins that surge and vanish. A snapshot race — fortunes here are made and unmade in months.
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Source: CoinMarketCap Market cap in $ billions at approximate period snapshots. Crypto is extremely volatile; values represent point-in-time estimates, not peaks. Updated 2026-07-03
The race in numbers
0lead changes
12years covered
14contenders
Bitcoinlongest reign — 12 yrs at #1, wire to wire
Final standings · 2025
- 1Bitcoin$2.10T
- 2Ethereum$440B
- 3Tether$155B
- 4XRP$150B
- 5BNB$100B