How do we know this? Leading cryptocurrency exchange and ecosystem Coinbase Global provides median hold time data on many of the largest digital currencies that can be bought and sold on its platform. Having excluded some large but popular stablecoins, here's how 21 of the largest cryptocurrencies rank on Coinbase by median holding period (as of Dec. 2, 2021):
Litecoin (CRYPTO:LTC): 93 days
Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC): 75 days
Cardano : 72 days
Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH): 71 days
Polygon: 70 days
Chainlink: 66 days
Bitcoin Cash: 54 days
Algorand: 47 days
Dogecoin (CRYPTO:DOGE): 42 days
Ethereum Classic: 38 days
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO:SHIB): 31 days
Uniswap: 29 days
Polkadot: 27 days
Stellar: 24 days
Solana (CRYPTO:SOL): 22 days
Decentraland: 15 days
Filecoin: 15 days
Axie Infinity: 11 days
Avalanche (CRYPTO:AVAX): 9 days
Crypto.com Coin: 9 days
Wrapped Bitcoin: 4 days