A decade ago, the list of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap: Bitcoin at $610.89, Ethereum at $13.20, and XRP at only $0.008165—followed by Litecoin, Monero, Dash, and others.
Ten years later, the most striking thing isn’t the rate of growth, but the list itself—the ten names that once made up the top ten. Only half of them can still be called by name today; the rest were long since replaced.
Anyone can be a prophet in hindsight. Back at that moment, no one knew which one would make it. The rankings have always been changing—whether you can hold on to them is your own business.
Ten years later, the most striking thing isn’t the rate of growth, but the list itself—the ten names that once made up the top ten. Only half of them can still be called by name today; the rest were long since replaced.
Anyone can be a prophet in hindsight. Back at that moment, no one knew which one would make it. The rankings have always been changing—whether you can hold on to them is your own business.
