Apparently, this is the screenshot of Coinmarketcap and it is interesting to see how much has changed, but yet how much has remained the same. I think the biggest surprise to me is how well Litecoin has performed from a USD standpoint and how far Dash has fallen in terms of market cap rank, but more below.
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Bitcoin has pretty much gone up 8x from the screenshot above. For all those who are complaining about the price and the bear market, it's hard to be upset (at least for those who had invested a year ago) is still up over 8x it's value. It's hard to compare that kind of performance to anything outside of crypto unless your name is Litecoin who is up around 33x its USD value a year ago.
Not counting last December when all alts were taking a beating, Maid is now at the lowest BTC price it has been since December of 2015. I'm not sure if this coin is dead or not, but I haven't heard much from a development standpoint and its price seems to reflect it. It's just barely hanging in the top 100 at rank 90 and is probably if not the largest loser.
I have a feeling this time next year Bitcoin Cash will take the throne for the largest loser that is currently in the top 20. Cardano, Qtum, EOS, and NEO have joined ETC and ETH as some of the top smart contract currencies (I believe Tron is as well correct?). I could be completely wrong, but I expect some of these will fall out of the top 20 as a select few leaders in this area will begin to break away from the pact (my bet is NEO and QTUM with Cardano maybe needing an additional year to truly show it's capabilities).
It's also scary or interesting to see that Tether has gone from a market of $44 million to $1.8 billion. The question is will the implosion of this printing press be the collapse of the crypto "bubble" and what will be the market supply this time next year?
In the comments down below let me know what's been the biggest surprise to you over the past year seeing these two screenshots?