
{"id":204160,"date":"2026-07-25T21:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=204160"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:36:29","slug":"the-harsh-reality-of-new-crypto-just-7-of-major-tokens-beat-their-launch-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=204160","title":{"rendered":"The Harsh Reality of New Crypto: Just 7% of Major Tokens Beat Their Launch Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The firm tracked 113 coins since their token generation event (TGE) price, with only 8 of them now above that price, a median return of -95.7%.<\/p>\n<p>The sample is limited to projects with a market capitalization above $100 million as of July 21, CryptoRank told CryptoPotato.<\/p>\n<h2>CryptoRank Study: Eight Exceptions to the Rule<\/h2>\n<p>Eight coins included in the survey are in profit, led by HYPE, ONDO, EVA, and NIGHT.<\/p>\n<p>Hyperliquid\u2019s HYPE was up 1,519% from its launch price at the time of the survey\u2019s publication on July 21st. Ondo Finance\u2019s ONDO followed at 101.4%, with EverValue Coin (EVA) and Midnight Network (NIGHT) up a more modest 20.3% and 16.5% respectively.<\/p>\n<p>These figures are revealing, as we can see that even among those that are up, only a small handful showed outsized performance, with six of the eight achieving double-digit increases at best. It\u2019s worth noting that HYPE was also listed in the new S&amp;P Pantera Digital Asset Index, which excluded many high-performing crypto assets, including Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<h2>Why the Decline?<\/h2>\n<p>CryptoRank <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptorank.io\/news\/feed\/91205-crypto-tokens-trade-below-launch-price\">states<\/a> that sell-offs, thin liquidity, and regulatory uncertainty were the main causes of major drawdowns in these projects, although the market has also <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/balance-coin-blc-crashes-99-after-42dao-suffers-exploit\/\">observed<\/a> major crashes due to exploits and other factors in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>Only 7.1% of Tokens Launched Since 2024 Are Still in Profit<\/p>\n<p>Out of 113 projects with a market capitalization above $100M, only 8 are trading above their TGE price, while 105 are already in the red.<\/p>\n<p>This highlights how difficult it has been for newly launched tokens to sustain\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PbjCiBD5Jd\">pic.twitter.com\/PbjCiBD5Jd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CryptoRank.io (@CryptoRank_io) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoRank_io\/status\/2079545233096712515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tokens studied spanned a wide range of niches in the crypto industry, including DeFi, gaming, and various infrastructure projects. The findings come as the broader market recovers, with bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/4-key-reasons-behind-bitcoins-btc-rally-above-66k\/\">climbing<\/a> above $66,000 this week on higher ETF inflows and weaker US inflation data.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/the-harsh-reality-of-new-crypto-just-7-of-major-tokens-beat-their-launch-price\/\">The Harsh Reality of New Crypto: Just 7% of Major Tokens Beat Their Launch Price<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The firm tracked 113 coins since their token generation event (TGE) price, with only 8 of them now above that price, a median return of -95.7%. The sample is limited to projects with a market capitalization above $100 million as of July 21, CryptoRank told CryptoPotato. CryptoRank Study: Eight Exceptions to the Rule Eight coins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}