Top 10 cryptocurrencies by Market Capitalization in 2019(Latest data)
March 8, 2019 | Investopaper
Cryptocurrency has been the trending topics in the investment community in last 5 years. The sky rocketing of prices of all cryptocurrencies until January 2018, led the hot topics for discussion everywhere. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, gained 1,824% in a year since 1 January 2017. The price of bitcoin rose from $750 to 19,783.06 within a year(2017) attracting millions of investors worldwide. However, the bubble in the cyptocurrency market was set to burst after reaching all time high. Bitcoin fell from its all-time high to $ 3,709.50 at December 31st, 2018 with decline in price by more than 80%.
As of current date, there has been huge deduction in the market capitalization of several crytocurrencies. The total market cap of cryptocurrency market is $133.68 billion. Here is the list of top 10 cryptocurrency on the basis of their market capitalization. Bitcoin, with $68.87 billion market cap, leads the list followed by Ethereum (market cap $14.64 billion)
| Rank | Cryptocurrency | Current Market Capitalization(‘billion’) |
| 1. | Bitcoin (BTC) | $68.87 |
| 2. | Ethereum (ETH) | $14.64 |
| 3. | Ripple (XRP) | $13.14 |
| 4. | EOS (EOS) | $3.44 |
| 5. | Litecoin (LTC) | $3.43 |
| 6. | Bitcoin Cash (BCH) | $2.36 |
| 7. | Tether (USDT) | $2.17 |
| 8. | Binance Coin (BNB) | $2.02 |
| 9. | Stellar Lumens (XLM) | $1.65 |
| 10. | TRON (TRX) | $1.56 |
