How far the top 40 crypto assets are below their all-time highs
A −92.7% drawdown needs a +1265% rally to get back to even. That is the median position of the 40 largest crypto assets as of 2026-09-07 — not the worst case, the middle one.
The distribution
Of 40 assets: 32 are at least 80% below their all-time high, and 36 are at least 50% below. Only 4 sit within half of their record.
| Asset | Below all-time high | Gain needed to reclaim it | ATH set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filecoin | −99.7% | +28845% | 2021-04-01 |
| Starknet | −99.3% | +14218% | 2024-02-20 |
| Fantom | −99.2% | +12052% | 2021-10-27 |
| Polkadot | −98.2% | +5516% | 2021-11-04 |
| Celestia | −97.9% | +4706% | 2024-02-10 |
The arithmetic in the third column is the part that gets skipped. Losses and recoveries are not symmetric: down −90% needs +900% back, down −50% needs +100%. An asset −99.7% from its high is not "one good year" away from its peak.
The other end
| Asset | Below all-time high | Gain needed |
|---|---|---|
| TRON | −21.9% | +28% |
| Bitcoin | −37.0% | +59% |
| BNB | −45.7% | +84% |
| Ethereum | −49.7% | +99% |
| XRP | −61.6% | +161% |
These are the assets that held the most. Note what they have in common: they are the oldest and largest names in the set, not the highest-beta ones.
The 30-day rally does not change the position
In the 30 days before 2026-09-07, 38 of the 38 assets in this set were up. Over one year, 1 of 40 was — with a median one-year change of −60.4%. A month of green candles and a year of drawdown are not in conflict; they are the same market seen at two zoom levels, and a screenshot of the first one is how most crypto marketing works.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is a column in the open coin snapshot dataset: pct_from_ath, ath_date, change_30d_pct, change_1y_pct. Harvested from the CoinGecko public API on 2026-09-07, licensed CC BY 4.0, no sign-up. Per-asset pages with the same data: Filecoin, Starknet, Fantom.
*A snapshot, not a live feed. Nothing here is investment advice.*
The figures in this post come from the open dataset behind this site. Download the raw CSV and JSON — CC BY 4.0, no sign-up.