A comparison of the top 20 coins, excluding stablecoins, on 25 January 2021, 25 January 2023, and today.

Each coin preceded by by it’s rank number in coin market cap, and opposite of it is its price at the time, compared to today and along with today’s rank by market cap in (*), followed by the % change.

The purpose of this little research is to show how quickly coins die, and how little of them go up and stay up. But most importantly, how many of them stagnate, returning a loss over time when you factor in your country’s or the global inflation.

Finally I added GOLD and Silver prices, not for their value, but as indication to inflation to take into consideration, and to show that compared to crypto, it’s not as dramatic as some imagine. BTC while in bear now is up as much as gold is over 5 years.

What I learned is chasing high % in a short time in ALTS, will kill most people.

Go check the CMC Web Archive and you’ll see how quickly they come up and die or just stagnate.

25 January 2026 (Today)

Coin Price 1- BTC 89,153 2- ETH 2,953 4- BNB 884 5- XRP 1.91 7- SOL 127 8- TRX 0.29 9- DOGE 0.12 10- ADA 0.35 11- BCH 594 12- XMR 505 13- LINK 12 14- LEO 8.98 15- HYPE 23 16- XLM 0.21 18- ZEC 362 19- CC 0.15 20- SUI 1.48

25 January 2023 (3 years ago)

Coin Price % 1- BTC 22,654 > NOW (1) 89,153 +293% in 3 years 2- ETH 1,548 > NOW (2) 2,953 +90% in 3 years 4- BNB 301.26 > NOW (4) 884 +193% in 3 years 6- XRP 0.40 > NOW (5) 1.91 +377% in 3 years 8- ADA 0.354 > NOW (10) 0.358 +1% in 3 years 9- DOGE 0.084 > NOW (9) 0.12 +42% in 3 years 10- SOL 22.97 > NOW (7) 127 +453% in 3 years 11- MATIC 0.96 > NOW (54) 0.12 -87% in 3 years 12- DOT 6.18 > NOW (31) 1.92 -68% in 3 years 13- LTC 87.71 > NOW (22) 68 -22% in 3 years 14- SHIB 0.0411 > NOW (27) 0.0577 -31% in 3 years 16- TRX 0.06 > NOW (8) 0.29 +383% in 3 years 17- AVAX 17.01 > NOW (23) 12 -29% in 3 years 18- UNI 6.28 > NOW (32) 4.84 -22% in 3 years 19- ATOM 12.75 > NOW (57) 2.31 -81% in 3 years 20- LINK 6.72 > NOW (13) 12.13 +80% in 3 years

25 January 2021 (5 years ago)

Coin Price % 1- BTC 33,661 > NOW (1) 89,153 +165% in 5 years 2- ETH 1,424 > NOW (2) 2,953 +107% in 5 years 4- DOT 18.58 > NOW (31) 1.92 -89% in 5 years 5- XRP 0.27 > NOW (5) 1.91 +607% in 5 years 6- ADA 0.359 > NOW (10) 0.358 -0.27% in 5 years 7- LINK 25.31 > NOW (13) 12.13 -52% in 5 years 8- LTC 146.73 > NOW (22) 68 -53% in 5 years 9- BCH 454 > NOW (11) 592 +30% in 5 years 10- BNB 42.70 > NOW (4) 884 +1970% in 5 years 11- XLM 0.27 > NOW (16) 0.21 -22% in 5 years 14- UNI 12.36 > NOW (32) 4.84 -60% in 5 years 16- AAVE 269 > NOW (36) 156 -42% in 5 years 17- EOS 2.7 > NOW (4034) 0.11 -95% in 5 years 18- XMR 139 > NOW (12) 503 +261% in 5 years 19- XTZ 3.1 > NOW (79) 0.58 -81% in 5 years 20- TRX 0.030 > NOW (8) 0.29 +866% in 5 years

Worthy mentions

IOTA was $0.46 in 2021, and $0.22 in 2023, now 0.087. -81% in 5 years

HBAR was $0.093 in 2021, and $0.07 in 2023, now 0.107. +15% in 5 years

SOL was $3.5 in 2021 and out of the top 20, now 127. +3528% in 5 years

GOLD was $1855 in 2021, and $1936 in 2023, now $4,988. +169% in 5 years

SILVER was $25 in 2021, and $23.63 in 2023, now $103. +312% in 5 years

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