# XRP risks losing top-5 crypto status as Polkadot, Cardano market caps hit $21B
“# XRP risks losing top-5 crypto status as Polkadot, Cardano market caps hit $21B ” XRP briefly lost its top-three altcoin position on Feb. 9 after newcomer Polkadot (DOT) overtook its market cap in an ongoing altcoin shake-up. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and CoinMarketCap confirms that XRP is now barely holding on to the fifth-largest cryptocurrency…