934 dead digital currencies – 934 dead digital currencies

Published on: January 9, 2019 / Update from: January 9, 2019 - Author: Konrad Wolfenstein

The success of Bitcoin has led to a global boom in digital currencies over the last two years. The coinmarketcap.com currently lists over 2,000 active cryptocoins. deadcoins.com is committed to the dark side of hype. The site currently lists 934 failed digital currencies, sorted by the reasons for their demise. According to this, 72.9 percent of the “death cases” have been delisted from exchanges, no longer have any trading volume or nodes, or have been abandoned by their developers due to financial failure; another 19.4 percent turned out to be fraud.

The success of Bitcoin has led to a worldwide boom in digital currencies over the past two years. The coinmarketcap.com site currently lists over 2,000 active cryptocoins. In contrast, deadcoins.com has dedicated itself to the dark side of the hype. The site currently lists 934 failed digital currencies, sorted by the reasons for their end. Accordingly, 72.9 percent of the “deaths” were listed by stock exchanges, no longer have any trading volume or nodes, or were abandoned by their developers due to financial failure; a further 19.4 percent turned out to be fraud.

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