When people ask me how many cryptocurrencies exist today, the answer is both huge and confusing. According to current data, there are over 17,000 different cryptocurrencies that are active and being traded on major platforms.
But this number alone doesn’t tell the whole story. Many new tokens are created every week, and not all of them stay alive. Most are small projects that soon stop updating or lose value. So the real number that matters — the ones people actually use and trade — is around 10,000 or a bit more right now.
Now, if we think about the future — the next 10 years — it’s almost certain that only a small portion of these will still be strong and useful. History shows that most projects fail over time because they don’t have real use, real developers, or real users. Many coins become “dead” or forgotten.
So my belief is simple:
Right now there are thousands of cryptos,
But in 10 years, maybe only a few hundred will still matter in big ways.
The rest will quietly disappear, like old tech that no one uses anymore.
Why do I think this? Because real success in crypto takes more than a fancy name. It takes real technology, real users, real adoption, and a community that keeps building. That’s why we see that only a few coins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and some strong altcoins still get most of the attention and value.
Most others end up being small experiments, memes, or tokens that never grow. So survival in crypto is not random — it’s about utility and real world use.
