That being said, a handful of altcoins performed extremely well in 2019, with 15 coins up over 100% on the year. So, if you were lucky enough to own one of these bags, drinks are on you tonight.
The top-3 gainers in 2019, all up over 2,000%, were Molecular Futures (MOF), Seele (SEELE) and Synthetix Network Token (SNX). Notably, ChainLink (LINK) came in fifth, gaining over 490% on the back of several major partnership announcements.
Exchange tokens turned out to be one of the best investment categories in 2019, with OKB (OKB), Huobi Token (HT), BINANCE Coin (BNB) and KUCOIN Shares (KCS) up 280%, 151%, 127% and 47% on the year, respectively.
Tezos (XTZ), Enjin Coin (ENJ), THETA Token (THETA), Ravencoin (RVN), Tomochain (TOMO), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Litecoin (LTC) and VeChain (VET) all made the list as well.
The Best-Performing Cryptocurrencies of 2019:
As we recently reported, the majority of 2019’s major IEOs performed very poorly after being listed, with the exception of Matic Network (MATIC).
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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and should not be taken as investment advice. Always conduct your own due diligence before making investments.
