Crypto Returns in 2019
The 2019 return of each coin on this site's returns list, measured on its Binance spot USDT market from the 31 Dec 2018 daily close to the 31 Dec 2019 daily close (UTC). Only coins with every daily candle of the year are ranked.
3 of 8 coins with a complete 2019 closed it above the previous year-end close (median -10.36%, 31 Dec 2018 close to 31 Dec 2019 close). Best: BNB (+124.4%); worst: Stellar (-59.14%). 5 coins were listed during 2019 or have gaps in the daily record, and are listed separately without a rank.
Survivorship limit. These are the 40 coins this site covers today on Binance spot, not the full market as it stood in 2019: coins that were delisted or lost their place since are not here, and the ranking is not a complete list of 2019 winners and losers.
Complete-year returns in 2019 (%)
31 Dec 2018 close → 31 Dec 2019 close · Binance spot USDT · UTC| # | Coin | Return | 31 Dec 2018 close | 31 Dec 2019 close | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BNB BNB | +124.4% | 6.111 | 13.716 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| 2 | Bitcoin BTC | +94.31% | 3,702.9 | 7,195.2 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| 3 | Litecoin LTC | +38.13% | 29.900 | 41.300 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| 4 | Ethereum ETH | -1.74% | 131.45 | 129.16 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| 5 | Cardano ADA | -18.97% | 0.04054 | 0.03285 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| 6 | TRON TRX | -28.80% | 0.01868 | 0.01330 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| 7 | XRP XRP | -44.63% | 0.3485 | 0.1930 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| 8 | Stellar XLM | -59.14% | 0.1100 | 0.04495 | Returns · 2019 prices |
Partial 2019 history, not ranked
Observed return between the dates shown| Coin | Observed | From | To | Why partial | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zcash ZEC | -52.92% | 21 Mar 2019 first open | 31 Dec 2019 close | listed on Binance spot 21 Mar 2019 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| Dogecoin DOGE | -55.16% | 5 Jul 2019 first open | 31 Dec 2019 close | listed on Binance spot 5 Jul 2019 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| Chainlink LINK | +230.0% | 16 Jan 2019 first open | 31 Dec 2019 close | listed on Binance spot 16 Jan 2019 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| Bitcoin Cash BCH | -7.07% | 28 Nov 2019 first open | 31 Dec 2019 close | listed on Binance spot 28 Nov 2019 | Returns · 2019 prices |
| Hedera HBAR | -67.00% | 29 Sep 2019 first open | 31 Dec 2019 close | listed on Binance spot 29 Sep 2019 | Returns · 2019 prices |
How it is measured. Each return is the 31 Dec 2019 daily close divided by the 31 Dec 2018 daily close, minus one, the same close-to-close year as the yearly table on each coin's returns page. The annual price pages (for example 2019 prices) instead show the first daily open of the year to its last close, so their figure can differ slightly. A coin is ranked only when all 2019 daily candles and the prior year-end close are present; one listed during the year, or with missing days, is in the partial table, without a rank.
Coverage: 8 complete, 5 partial, 27 with no 2019 candles (listed later: Solana, Hyperliquid, NEAR Protocol, Uniswap, Sui, Ethena, Worldcoin, ASTER, Avalanche, Pump.fun, Pepe, Bittensor, World Liberty Financial, Aave, PAX Gold, Ondo, Tether Gold, Arbitrum, Filecoin, LayerZero, Official Trump, Plasma, Polkadot, Injective, Aerodrome Finance, GRAM, Pudgy Penguins). Coins without data are left out, not counted as losses. Source: Binance spot USDT daily candles (public API). Not financial advice.