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Crypto Graveyard: 50% Of Tokens Have Failed In the Past 5 years – Report
Crypto Graveyard: 50% Of Tokens Have Failed In the Past 5 years – Report
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A CoinGecko report reveals a stark reality for cryptocurrency tokens: over half have failed within five years of launch. The study, analyzing tokens tracked on GeckoTerminal, found that 52.7% of the nearly 7 million listed since 2021 are now defunct. Notably, 86.5% of these failures occurred between 2024 and early 2025, signaling accelerating attrition rates.
Market Darwinism appears to be intensifying in the decentralized exchange space. While established assets like BTC and ETH continue to dominate, the data suggests an increasingly hostile environment for speculative tokens. The report implies that survivability windows are shrinking—a trend that could reshape project funding strategies and investor due diligence processes.
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