2021 Alt-Coin All-Stars Now Mostly Just Asterisks: A % Drop Hall of Fame 🪦

Cardano ($ADA) slipped below $0.15 this week, extending one of the steepest drawdowns among the altcoins that defined the 2021 bull market. Bitcoin author Duo Nine posted a long-term monthly $ADA chart on X with the caption: "This is the Cardano chart. Now under 15 cents. RIP holders." The chart traced Cardano's decline from a 2021 high above $3.10 to roughly $0.14 in late June 2026.

$ADA traded at $0.1439 at the time of reporting. The token is down 40% over the past month and 74% over the past year, and about 95.36% below its all-time high of roughly $3.10. Cardano has also slipped to 18th place by market capitalization, after years inside the top 10.

Analyst Ted Pillows shared a video comparing monthly and weekly charts of Cardano, Polygon, Decentraland, The Sandbox, Gala and Filecoin, captioned: "Did we learn our lesson?" The charts showed similar multi-year declines across names that led the last cycle. Ted Pillows contrasted the group with relatively stronger assets including Bitcoin.

Polygon ($MATIC) trades around $0.07166, down 22% over the past month and 60% over the past year, and roughly 95% below its 2021 high near $1.29. Decentraland ($MANA) is near $0.06369, down 26% over the past month and 75% over the past year, about 99% below its 2021 peak of nearly $5.90. The Sandbox ($SAND) has fallen 33% over the past month and 81% over the past year, trading roughly 99.45% below its all-time high of $8.44.

Gala ($GALA) sits at $0.002273, down 27% over the past month and 84% over the past year, about 99.73% below its record high of $0.8367. Filecoin ($FIL) trades around $0.7168, down 27% over the past month and 69% over the past year, and roughly 99.7% below its all-time high of about $237.