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Analysis: Over 60% of the top 100 tokens by market capitalization have experienced a "death" within 5 years, with the expected mortality rate reaching 84.7% after 10 years.

Aug 5, 15:44

August 5th, CryptoRank published an article stating that an analysis of 1,539 tokens that had once entered the Top 100 market capitalization in the crypto market found that 71.9% had been classified as "operationally dead."


The research defined "death" as: the token being delisted from major exchanges and maintaining a daily trading volume below $10,000 for more than 90 consecutive days. The data shows that about 62% of the Top 100 tokens will lose their activity within 5 years, with the projected death rate reaching 84.7% after 10 years. The median lifespan of a token is only 2 years and 4 months.

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