How old is each coin, and how many crashes has it survived?
Only 6 out of 40 coins have made it through all four crashes. Here's the full list:
SURVIVED ALL FOUR
$BTC → 2010
$LTC → 2011
$XRP → 2013
$DOGE → 2013
$XMR → 2014
$XLM → 2014
SURVIVED THREE
$ETH → 2015
$ETC → 2016
$ZEC → 2016
$BCH → 2017
$BNB → 2017
$TRX → 2017
$LINK → 2017
$ADA → 2017
$FIL → 2017
SURVIVED TWO
$FET → 2019
$ATOM → 2019
$HBAR → 2019
$AVAX → 2020
$DOT → 2020
$SOL → 2020
$UNI → 2020
$AAVE → 2020
$NEAR → 2020
$SHIB → 2021
$INJ → 2021
$ICP → 2021
$OP → 2022
$APT → 2022
ONLY SAW THE LATEST ONE
$BONK → 2022
$SUI → 2023
$ARB → 2023
$PEPE → 2023
$SEI → 2023
$TIA → 2023
$TAO → 2023
$WIF → 2023
$ONDO → 2024
$ENA → 2024
$HYPE → 2024
The year is when the coin started trading. By "crash" I mean the four periods when Bitcoin fell at least 50% from its peak: 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026.
Here's what actually matters.
Every coin tells a great story in good times. Bad times show what it really is.
Six coins made it through all four crashes. Every time people said "it's over," and every time they came back.
The 11 coins in the last group have only been through one. Nobody knows how they'll hold up in the next one, not you, not me.
This doesn't mean "don't buy new coins." New coins sometimes deliver the biggest gains.
But if you're putting most of your money into coins that have never seen a crash, do it with your eyes open.
Don't forget: picking the coin that survives is harder, and more important, than picking the coin that pumps the most.
When the next crash comes, remember the first group on this list.
Only 6 out of 40 coins have made it through all four crashes. Here's the full list:
SURVIVED ALL FOUR
$BTC → 2010
$LTC → 2011
$XRP → 2013
$DOGE → 2013
$XMR → 2014
$XLM → 2014
SURVIVED THREE
$ETH → 2015
$ETC → 2016
$ZEC → 2016
$BCH → 2017
$BNB → 2017
$TRX → 2017
$LINK → 2017
$ADA → 2017
$FIL → 2017
SURVIVED TWO
$FET → 2019
$ATOM → 2019
$HBAR → 2019
$AVAX → 2020
$DOT → 2020
$SOL → 2020
$UNI → 2020
$AAVE → 2020
$NEAR → 2020
$SHIB → 2021
$INJ → 2021
$ICP → 2021
$OP → 2022
$APT → 2022
ONLY SAW THE LATEST ONE
$BONK → 2022
$SUI → 2023
$ARB → 2023
$PEPE → 2023
$SEI → 2023
$TIA → 2023
$TAO → 2023
$WIF → 2023
$ONDO → 2024
$ENA → 2024
$HYPE → 2024
The year is when the coin started trading. By "crash" I mean the four periods when Bitcoin fell at least 50% from its peak: 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026.
Here's what actually matters.
Every coin tells a great story in good times. Bad times show what it really is.
Six coins made it through all four crashes. Every time people said "it's over," and every time they came back.
The 11 coins in the last group have only been through one. Nobody knows how they'll hold up in the next one, not you, not me.
This doesn't mean "don't buy new coins." New coins sometimes deliver the biggest gains.
But if you're putting most of your money into coins that have never seen a crash, do it with your eyes open.
Don't forget: picking the coin that survives is harder, and more important, than picking the coin that pumps the most.
When the next crash comes, remember the first group on this list.