By May 24, 2021, at least 2,047 cryptocurrencies have failed , according to Coinopsy which tracks such failures. That is a significantly large number of dead coins, even when compared to the 10,025 cryptocurrencies that have been in existence so far.
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The total value erased would go beyond the market capitalisation of digital assets . A crash would also wipe out private investments in crypto firms such as exchanges ($37bn since 2010, reckons PitchBook, a data provider) as well as the value of listed crypto firms (worth about $90bn).
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