XRP Has Kept Its Top 10 Streak Since 2014

XRP has made it through multiple market cycles and the SEC case, and its legal position in the U.S. has improved. That has helped keep it, alongside Bitcoin, a steady fixture in crypto’s top 10.

Key Takeaways

• XRP has ranked among crypto’s top 10 coins by market cap every year since 2014.
• That puts XRP, together with Bitcoin, in a class of its own as the only coin to keep that streak going without a break.
• Even with the SEC case and sharp swings in price, XRP stayed near the top of the market and is trading around $1.10.

XRP has reached a milestone that no other altcoin can match: it has finished in crypto’s top 10 by market cap every year since 2014. Along with Bitcoin, that makes XRP the only coin to stay in that group year after year without losing its place.

A Rare Survivor

That run looks even more impressive when you consider how much the market has changed over the past decade and more. New narratives, bull markets, brutal downturns, and the rise of stablecoins and Layer-1 tokens have pushed many older names out of the top 10. Litecoin, Dash, NEM, Namecoin, and Peercoin were all major players at one point, but each eventually slipped out of the spotlight.

CoinGecko lays out the history clearly. In 2014, XRP was ranked eighth with a market cap of nearly $32 million (€28 million), equal to just 0.3% of the top 10’s combined value. By the next year, it had climbed to second place behind Bitcoin, and in 2017, 2018, and 2019 it even held third place.

Lawsuit and Recovery

The streak was put under real pressure from 2020 to 2023, when the U.S. SEC sued Ripple, arguing that XRP sales amounted to an unregistered securities offering. The case triggered delistings on several major crypto exchanges and weighed heavily on market sentiment around the token.

Even so, XRP held onto enough value to remain near the top of the market. A later court ruling that XRP sold on public exchanges to retail investors was not a security marked an important legal shift for the asset. In March 2026, according to the provided context, the picture became even clearer when the SEC and CFTC jointly classified XRP as a digital commodity.

Why This Matters

For European crypto investors, the takeaway is that long-term survival matters just as much as price spikes. A token that can get through multiple market cycles, a major lawsuit, and changing market structure may end up looking more attractive to professional investors when they are deciding which products to back. XRP is currently trading around $1.10 (€0.96) and has kept its top 10 spot, even after recent volatility briefly pushed the price to $1.05 (€0.92).