POPA ReconNearly 4 in 5 coins ended H1 2026 in the red
Nearly 4 in 5 coins ended H1 2026 in the red We took the top 1000 coins (stablecoins excluded) and measured how they actually did year-to-date. It's a bloodbath. — 789 of 1000 (79%) finished the half in the red — The typical coin lost 35.7% (median) — not a tail, the middle of the pack — The single biggest group: 325 coins down 25–50% — 288 coins (nearly 1 in 3) lost half or more; 48 lost 75%+ — On the other side, just 71 coins (7%) managed a 2x Benchmark check: only 41% beat simply holding Bitcoin (−26.9% YTD), and 56% beat ETH (−39.3%). The deeper you go down the cap ladder, the worse it…
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