A new CoinGecko review shows XRP▲$1.16 today has outlasted nearly every early crypto rival, keeping a top 10 market cap ranking since 2014.
The crypto top 10 has changed almost beyond recognition since 2014, but one non-Bitcoin token has stayed in the group through every cycle, analysts at CoinGecko noticed.
As per the findings published in the recent research report, XRP is the only token that, together with BTC▲$63,567.00, has consistently been in the top 10 coins on the basis of market capitalization between 2014 and 2026.
- 2013 was excluded from the study, as CoinGecko argues its historical market cap data for that year was “too sparse and incomplete” for a reliable top 10 ranking.
The data is based on market cap rankings from June 1 of each year, so the study compares annual snapshots rather than full-year averages or daily rankings across the period.
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In 2014, XRP came in at the number eight position with a market cap of $32 million and a 0.3% share of the top 10 market cap rankings. In 2026, XRP had become the number five with a $82.5 billion market cap, and a share of 3.6%.
The all-time high position of XRP in the ranking was achieved in 2015, when XRP was in the second position, after Bitcoin. XRP was also in third place in 2017, 2018, and 2019 until stablecoins, exchange native tokens, and Layer-1 tokens took over.
“Sustained Institutional Demand”
Most of the big currencies from the early days of the crypto industry lost their position in the top 10 according to the study. For example, Litecoin was the third-biggest token in 2014 and maintained its place in the top 10 until 2020.
Besides Litecoin, altcoins such as Solarcoin, Peercoin, Namecoin, Blackcoin, and NXT were in the 2014 top 10 too but have lost their place there.
XRP, however, remained in the top 10 even during the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Ripple, the payments company tied to the XRP ecosystem, from 2020 to 2023. CoinGecko wrote:
“Its [XRP] resilience reflects sustained institutional and cross-border payments demand that has kept it relevant across every market cycle.”
The wider ranking shows the market structure has changed, too. Bitcoin’s share of the top 10, for example, fell from 87% in 2014 to just around 65% in 2026, while stablecoins entered the top 10 in 2020 and now account for more than 11% of the group’s combined market cap.
As of press time, XRP is the sixth-largest token by market capitalization, trading around $1.14, down 68.7% from all-time high reached in July 2025, per CoinGecko data.
