Crypto Returns in 2018
The 2018 return of each coin on this site's returns list, measured on its Binance spot USDT market from the 31 Dec 2017 daily close to the 31 Dec 2018 daily close (UTC). Only coins with every daily candle of the year are ranked.
0 of 4 coins with a complete 2018 closed it above the previous year-end close (median -77.55%, 31 Dec 2017 close to 31 Dec 2018 close). Best: BNB (-28.36%); worst: Litecoin (-86.63%). 4 coins were listed during 2018 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 2018: coins that were delisted or lost their place since are not here, and the ranking is not a complete list of 2018 winners and losers.
Complete-year returns in 2018 (%)
31 Dec 2017 close → 31 Dec 2018 close · Binance spot USDT · UTC| # | Coin | Return | 31 Dec 2017 close | 31 Dec 2018 close | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BNB BNB | -28.36% | 8.530 | 6.111 | Returns · 2018 prices |
| 2 | Bitcoin BTC | -73.00% | 13,716.4 | 3,702.9 | Returns · 2018 prices |
| 3 | Ethereum ETH | -82.09% | 733.98 | 131.45 | Returns · 2018 prices |
| 4 | Litecoin LTC | -86.63% | 223.69 | 29.900 | Returns · 2018 prices |
Partial 2018 history, not ranked
Observed return between the dates shown| Coin | Observed | From | To | Why partial | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XRP XRP | -30.30% | 4 May 2018 first open | 31 Dec 2018 close | listed on Binance spot 4 May 2018 | Returns · 2018 prices |
| Cardano ADA | -84.13% | 17 Apr 2018 first open | 31 Dec 2018 close | listed on Binance spot 17 Apr 2018 | Returns · 2018 prices |
| TRON TRX | -62.64% | 11 Jun 2018 first open | 31 Dec 2018 close | listed on Binance spot 11 Jun 2018 | Returns · 2018 prices |
| Stellar XLM | -60.74% | 31 May 2018 first open | 31 Dec 2018 close | listed on Binance spot 31 May 2018 | Returns · 2018 prices |
How it is measured. Each return is the 31 Dec 2018 daily close divided by the 31 Dec 2017 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 2018 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 2018 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: 4 complete, 4 partial, 32 with no 2018 candles (listed later: Solana, Hyperliquid, Zcash, NEAR Protocol, Dogecoin, Uniswap, Sui, Chainlink, Ethena, Worldcoin, ASTER, Avalanche, Pump.fun, Pepe, Bittensor, World Liberty Financial, Aave, Bitcoin Cash, PAX Gold, Ondo, Tether Gold, Arbitrum, Filecoin, LayerZero, Official Trump, Plasma, Hedera, 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.