Crypto's Riskiest Tokens Plummet To Pandemic-Era Levels (Image: Bloomberg) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

The crypto market selloff shows no signs of abating, and some of the riskiest tokens are bearing the brunt of it.

The MarketVector Digital Assets 100 Small-Cap Index, which tracks the 50 smallest digital assets in a basket of 100, fell to its lowest level since November 2020 on Sunday before paring some losses.

The low point came as Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, erased its roughly 30% advance for 2025 through early October, when it hit a record. So-called altcoins, a barometer of risk appetite in the most speculative corners of crypto, have trailed their larger counterparts by a wide margin since early 2024.

During past bull markets, the smal

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