At the end of 2021, a myriad of people thought a handful of smart contract platform tokens, often referred to as ‘Ethereum killers,’ would flip the second-largest crypto asset in terms of market capitalization in 2022. Som 2022 comes to an end, statistics show that none of the so-called ‘Ethereum killers’ have surpassed the leading smart contract platform token, and a number of these tokens have lost considerable amounts of value during the crypto winter.
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Ethereum Outperformed Its Competitors in terms of Market Cap, Decentralized Finance Action, and Non-Fungible Token Sales
Den dec. 23, 2021, the top smart contract platform coins held an overall valuation of around $823 milliard and at that time, ethereum’s (ETH) market capitalization represented 59.42% of the aggregate. I dag, on dec. 30, 2022, the crypto economy’s top smart contract platform coins are valued at $239 milliard, og ETH’s market cap is roughly $144 milliard. Data indicates that ETH’s market cap equates to 60.25% of the aggregate value of all the top smart contract platform tokens listed today.
Last year, when the smart contract platform coin economy was a lot more valuable, many people thought ETH could get ‘flipped’ by a bunch of ‘Ethereum killers.’ Roughly a year ago, the publication Forkast published an editorial called “The Top Five Ethereum Killers,” and it included tokens like BNB, solana (SOL), cardano (DER ER), avalanche (AVAX), and polkadot (DOT). While some of these coins were top ten contenders in Dec. 2021, only BNB og DER ER remain, and Polygon (MATIC) recently entered the top ten standings.
On dec. 24, 2021, BNB was exchanging hands for $547.12 pr. enhed, and it was the second largest smart contract platform coin at the time. I dag, it still is the second-largest smart contract platform token, but the digital currency’s value has dropped 55.19% from the $547 price point recorded in Dec. 2021. Last year, solana (SOL) was the third largest smart contract platform token and over a year ago, it was trading for $189.43 per unit at the end of Dec. 2021. I dag, SOL holds the seventh-largest smart contract coin market cap and SOL holds the 19th-largest capitalization in the entire crypto economy.
Metrics show the smart contract coin SOL has lost 94.81% of its U.S. dollar value since Dec. 23, 2021. Cardano (DER ER) was the fourth-largest smart contract asset and on Dec. 23, 2021, og DER ER was trading for $1.48 pr. enhed. DER ER also was the seventh-largest market cap in the entire crypto economy. I dag, on Dec. 30, 2022, cardano is trading for $0.24 pr mønt, and it’s moved down to the ninth largest market valuation. Den dec. 23, 2021, Terra’s LUNA was the fifth largest smart contract coin at the time, and LUNA (now called LUNC) was trading for $93.24 pr mønt. LUNA was also the ninth-largest market cap in the entire crypto-economy during the last month of 2021.
LUNA’s price has been completely obliterated, and it is now down to $0.000140 per unit on Dec. 30, 2022. Polka prik (DOT) was the sixth largest smart contract token; i dag, it’s moved up to the fifth position. Imidlertid, last year DOT was the tenth largest crypto market cap, but DOT is now in the 13th largest position. Dengang, DOT was trading for $29.39 per unit on Dec. 23, 2021, but today, DOT is down 85.30% and trading for $4.32 pr mønt. Lavine (AVAX) was the seventh largest smart contract coin but today, AVAX now resides in the eighth position. Den dec. 23, 2021, AVAX exchanged hands for $121.88 per coin and on Dec. 30, 2022, it’s down to $10.83 pr. enhed.
Til sidst, polygon was the seventh largest smart contract coin last year but today, its now in the fourth largest top smart contract token position. desuden, polygon (MATIC) was in the 14th largest position overall in Dec. 2021 and today it has managed to enter the tenth position. MATIC was trading for $2.67 per coin last year and today, it’s down to $0.75 pr. enhed, which is a loss of around 71.91%. While none of the so-called ‘Ethereum killers’ managed to knock ETH down a notch, ETH has lost a bit of dominance since Dec. 23, 2021. At that time, ETH dominance was around 19.5% and today, the second-leading crypto asset’s dominance is down to 17.4%.
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