More than 50% of all cryptocurrencies are already inactive, according to CoinGecko data.
🟠 In the first quarter of 2025, 1.8 million tokens were unsuccessful — this is almost half of all failures of cryptocurrency projects since 2021 (49.7%).
🟠 Overall, 3.7 million out of approximately 7 million listed coins are now considered dead.
🟠 Most failures occurred in 2024–2025, especially after Trump's inauguration and during a broader market cooling period.
🟠 A key factor is Pump.fun, with a failure rate of 98%. This project flooded the market with meme coins and low-quality projects.
🟠 Dead coins by year:
2021 — 2,584
2022 — 213,075
2023 — 245,049
2024 — 1,382,010
2025 — 1,821,549 (as of March)