The Coins That Lost Investors the Most Money

A July 2026 report on cryptocurrency losses found that Internet Computer has lost investors the most money. A new study by the online trading platform Taurex analyzed the price drop from peak to current value across 60 popular cryptocurrencies to see which coins have cost investors the most.

• Internet Computer has lost more than 99% of its value since its all‑time high, wiping out nearly all of its peak price.
• Despite falling nearly 96% from its high-water mark of $167, Ethereum Classic still trades at $7.09, the highest current price among the top ten.
• Flare has the lowest current price in the top ten at less than one cent, having lost more than 95% of its value.

The study looked at the all‑time high price and the latest available price for each cryptocurrency. The percentage decline from the peak was calculated to determine how much value each coin had lost. Coins with the largest percentage drops rank highest, meaning they have lost the most value relative to their peak.

Here are the 10 cryptocurrencies that lost investors the most money:

You can access the complete research findings here.

1. Internet Computer

• Symbol: ICP
• ATH: 700.7 USD
• Latest Price: 2.2 USD
• Loss From ATH: 99.69%
• ATH Date: 2021-05-10
• Market Cap: 1.21B USD

Internet Computer has lost more than 99% of its value since hitting $700, and now it trades at just over $2. Anyone who bought at that peak has seen their investment shrink to almost nothing. That all‑time high came in May 2021, during the last big crypto bull run, and the price has been falling ever since. Its current market cap is $1.2 billion, a fraction of what it used to be, which makes it the biggest loser in this study by a wide margin.

2. Filecoin

Filecoin comes second with a 99.7% drop from its peak of $236, and now it goes for less than $1. The coin is worth $616 million in total, way down from billions at its best, so early supporters have watched their holdings evaporate. Filecoin was once seen as a promising project for decentralized storage, but its crash has left early buyers with very little left.

3. Polkadot

Polkadot takes third place, down 98.5% from its high of $55, and now it trades below $1. That peak came in November 2021, and the price has fallen steadily since then, leaving its valuation at $1.4 billion. Polkadot was one of the most talked‑about projects in the last cycle, yet its price performance has been among the worst, proving that hype doesn’t always protect against steep declines.

4. Algorand

Algorand ranks fourth, down 97.6% from its peak of $3.56, and now it sits under $0.10. That record high was set back in June 2019, long before the last crypto boom, and it has never returned to that level, so its current market value of $773 million feels far from its early ambitions. Algorand was built as a fast blockchain, but its price has struggled to bounce back since the 2022 bear market.

5. Worldcoin

Worldcoin rounds out the top five, down 96.7% from its peak of $11.74, and now it trades under $0.40. It reached that high in March 2024, much later than the others, but has dropped sharply since, bringing its total worth down to $1.4 billion. Worldcoin had backing from well‑known investors, but even that wasn’t enough to keep the price from sliding.

A financial analyst from Taurex commented on the topic:

“The hardest decision in crypto is not when to buy. It is when to sell. Most investors hold onto a falling coin because they want to recover their losses. But a coin that has dropped 90% can still drop another 90%. The mistake is thinking that a price that used to be high means it will get there again. The best traders know that holding is not a strategy. It is a hope. A real strategy starts with a number. Decide before you buy what loss you are willing to take. When the price hits that number, sell. No exceptions. Discipline is the only thing that protects you from a 99% loss.”