2026-01-14 12:44:49

The crypto landscape witnessed a significant shakeout in 2025, with over 11.6 million cryptocurrencies failing throughout the year. This staggering figure underscores the brutal market selection happening across the industry—a mix of speculative projects, abandoned tokens, and experimental initiatives that couldn't sustain traction or utility. While large numbers might seem alarming, the reality reflects a maturation process: the sector is naturally filtering out low-quality assets and hollow concepts. For traders and investors, this reinforces an important lesson: due diligence matters. The survivors tend to be projects with genuine use cases, active development, and real community engagement. It's a reminder that in crypto, survival isn't guaranteed—only those with solid fundamentals and staying power tend to endure.

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RektButStillHere

· 9h ago

1. 11.6 million coins have died, basically a knockout competition, deservedly so. 2. The people who hoarded a bunch of meme coins are probably crying now, haha. 3. Reliable projects have indeed survived, all the trash has been eliminated, there's nothing wrong with that. 4. Due diligence has been so important for a long time, it's a bit late to mention it now. 5. Survival rule is just like that; projects without real applications will eventually fail. 6. 11.6M? I believe it, most of them are scam coins anyway. 7. From this perspective, it's actually quite healthy for the entire ecosystem, less trash. 8. Projects that have survived until now are truly worth paying attention to. 9. This is what market selection is called, only the fittest survive. 10. It seems someone will jump in again to buy a bunch of new meme coins... cycle repeats.

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PerpetualLonger

· 9h ago

1. 16 million coins died? That's reasonable, they were all just air coins anyway. I've said it before, bottoming out on quality projects is the way to go. 2. Oh my, this round of cleansing is so brutal... But it's okay, the few big coins and small coins I hold will definitely survive, keep the faith and stay put. 3. The air force is probably starting to spread rumors again, claiming all the dead coins are trash. The ones with solid fundamentals I already selected long ago, just waiting for the rebound to break even. 4. 11.6m coins? This is helping us do due diligence haha, the market is automatically filtering. Now you can safely get on board. 5. The last chance to buy the dip, brothers! After this shakeout, only the leaders will survive. My current holdings are definitely breaking through levels. 6. Basically, it's a knockout tournament. Instead of obsessing over how many coins died, look at how perfect my adding-to-position logic is... As long as the fundamentals are solid, hold on tight. 7. This shakeout is actually a good thing for someone with vision like me. The trash coins are cleared out, and the market becomes pure. I believe in holding.

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PessimisticLayer

· 10h ago

11.6 million coins have died... Honestly, it was about time. Trash projects should be cleared out. 2. This is natural selection; only the fittest survive. Keep an eye on those that are truly useful. 3. The bankrupt ones are just air coins; there's really nothing to regret. 4. Why do I feel like these numbers might still go up... 5. Alright, at least we can weed out those pure hype projects. 6. The problem is most people still don't look at the fundamentals; they just chase the hot trends. 7. Only the projects that survive are truly worth paying attention to. 8. So, doing research is really important; don't buy blindly. 9. 11.6 million... Now the market can be a bit more refreshing. 10. It's a bit harsh, but this is what the market should do.

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FlippedSignal

· 10h ago

10 million coins have died? Normal, trash projects should be cleared out The big reshuffle in 2025, in simple terms, is just the end of a cycle after a round of profit-taking The survival rule is very simple, why would coins without real utility stay alive? This is the way the crypto world should be, survival of the fittest Honestly, most new coins are created just to harvest retail investors; only when they die are they healthy Due diligence should have been a mandatory course long ago, but most people simply don't listen Those who survive are the ones with genuine teams and real development; others? Hehe Survival is not a right, it's about deserving this position

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fren.eth

· 10h ago

11.55 million coins are dead, now that's real talk. Garbage projects should be eliminated to prevent newbies from getting wrecked.

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HashBandit

· 10h ago

bruh 11.6M tokens dying? ngl that's just natural selection doing its thing... back in my mining days we'd see this constantly, projects pumping then dumping into oblivion. gas fees were wild but at least the survivors had real tech lol

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