Crypto Returns in 2022
The 2022 return of each coin on this site's returns list, measured on its Binance spot USDT market from the 31 Dec 2021 daily close to the 31 Dec 2022 daily close (UTC). Only coins with every daily candle of the year are ranked.
0 of 22 coins with a complete 2022 closed it above the previous year-end close (median -73.95%, 31 Dec 2021 close to 31 Dec 2022 close). Best: PAX Gold (-0.71%); worst: Solana (-94.13%).
Survivorship limit. These are the 40 coins this site covers today on Binance spot, not the full market as it stood in 2022: coins that were delisted or lost their place since are not here, and the ranking is not a complete list of 2022 winners and losers.
Complete-year returns in 2022 (%)
31 Dec 2021 close → 31 Dec 2022 close · Binance spot USDT · UTC| # | Coin | Return | 31 Dec 2021 close | 31 Dec 2022 close | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAX Gold PAXG | -0.71% | 1,835 | 1,822 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 2 | TRON TRX | -27.71% | 0.07539 | 0.05450 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 3 | BNB BNB | -51.84% | 511.40 | 246.30 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 4 | Litecoin LTC | -52.06% | 146.30 | 70.140 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 5 | Dogecoin DOGE | -58.75% | 0.1703 | 0.07025 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 6 | XRP XRP | -59.15% | 0.8297 | 0.3389 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 7 | Bitcoin BTC | -64.21% | 46,216.9 | 16,542.4 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 8 | Ethereum ETH | -67.46% | 3,676.2 | 1,196.1 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 9 | Uniswap UNI | -69.61% | 17.000 | 5.166 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 10 | Chainlink LINK | -71.42% | 19.510 | 5.575 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 11 | Stellar XLM | -73.36% | 0.2665 | 0.07100 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 12 | Zcash ZEC | -74.54% | 146.50 | 37.300 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 13 | Bitcoin Cash BCH | -77.45% | 430.20 | 97.000 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 14 | Aave AAVE | -79.52% | 253.90 | 52.000 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 15 | Cardano ADA | -81.21% | 1.308 | 0.2458 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 16 | Polkadot DOT | -83.84% | 26.660 | 4.309 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 17 | Injective INJ | -84.54% | 8.246 | 1.275 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 18 | Hedera HBAR | -87.43% | 0.2904 | 0.03650 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 19 | Avalanche AVAX | -90.04% | 109.43 | 10.900 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 20 | Filecoin FIL | -91.21% | 34.240 | 3.010 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 21 | NEAR Protocol NEAR | -91.41% | 14.625 | 1.256 | Returns · 2022 prices |
| 22 | Solana SOL | -94.13% | 169.99 | 9.970 | Returns · 2022 prices |
How it is measured. Each return is the 31 Dec 2022 daily close divided by the 31 Dec 2021 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 2022 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 2022 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: 22 complete, 0 partial, 18 with no 2022 candles (listed later: Hyperliquid, Sui, Ethena, Worldcoin, ASTER, Pump.fun, Pepe, Bittensor, World Liberty Financial, Ondo, Tether Gold, Arbitrum, LayerZero, Official Trump, Plasma, 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.