Bitcoin Close to Dropping Out of Top 20

The artificial intelligence sector and historic private equity listings have disrupted traditional rankings of global rankings.

Bitcoin, which not long ago comfortably commanded a position within the top 6 to 8 global assets, has collapsed by 10 spots. The leading cryptocurrency by market cap is now in 17th place, CoinGecko data shows.

The digital currency is now at risk of falling out of the top 20 entirely, which was unthinkable just a few months ago.

Capital is now moving heavily into semiconductor, memory-chip, and aerospace giants, with Bitcoin seemingly being pushed to the back burner.

The memory-chip onslaught

Bitcoin has now been surpassed by two critical semiconductor and memory-chip heavyweights powering the AI revolution: South Korea’s SK Hynix and America’s Micron Technology.

SK Hynix has climbed to the #15 spot globally with a market capitalization of $1.32 trillion.

Micron Technology sits right above Bitcoin at #16, boasting a market cap of $1.3 trillion.

Bitcoin, for comparison, has a market cap of just $1.262 trillion. The leading cryptocurrency is down more than 50% from its all-time high $62,595 that was achieved a few years ago.

The market capitalization of the leading cryptocurrency reached its current peak of $2.5 trillion in October 2025.

At that time, Bitcoin was larger than nearly every corporate entity in the S&P 500. It was training only behind the apex tech monopolies of the likes of NVIDIA, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon.

Musk is now bigger than Bitcoin

As reported by U.Today, tech billionaire Elon Musk has achieved a personal net worth that eclipses the entire market cap of the leading cryptocurrency.

Musk recently made history by reaching an unprecedented personal net worth of $1.4 trillion because of SpaceX’s blockbuster initial public offering (IPO). Given that Musk maintains an approximate 42% equity stake in the company, the explosive public re-pricing of SpaceX stock lifted his personal wealth.