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Cryptocurrency Types

Not all cryptocurrencies are the same. From digital gold to programmable money, stablecoins to meme tokens — understand what each category does, why it exists, and how it fits into the broader ecosystem.

Payment Coins

Cryptocurrencies designed primarily as digital money for peer-to-peer transactions and stores of value. Bitcoin pioneered the concept in 2009, and payment coins remain the most straightforward use case for blockchain technology. They aim to be faster, cheaper, and more accessible than traditional banking — especially for cross-border transfers. While Bitcoin has evolved more into 'digital gold,' other payment coins like Litecoin and XRP focus on speed and low fees.

Smart Contract Platforms

Blockchains that enable developers to build decentralized applications through programmable smart contracts. These are the 'operating systems' of crypto — they provide the infrastructure for DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and every other on-chain application. Ethereum created the category in 2015, but competition from faster chains like Solana, Avalanche, and Sui is fierce. When evaluating smart contract platforms, consider transaction speed, fees, developer ecosystem, and decentralization tradeoffs.

Ethereum
ETH

The programmable blockchain that powers decentralized applications, DeFi, and NFTs.

Smart Contract Platforms
Solana
SOL

A high-performance blockchain built for speed, processing thousands of transactions per second.

Smart Contract Platforms
Cardano
ADA

A research-driven blockchain platform built on peer-reviewed academic foundations.

Smart Contract Platforms
Avalanche
AVAX

A blazing-fast blockchain platform with customizable subnets for enterprise and DeFi.

Smart Contract Platforms
Polkadot
DOT

A multi-chain network connecting specialized blockchains into a unified, interoperable ecosystem.

Smart Contract Platforms
NEAR Protocol
NEAR

A user-friendly blockchain with human-readable accounts and chain abstraction for mainstream adoption.

Smart Contract Platforms
Toncoin
TON

The blockchain deeply integrated with Telegram, bringing crypto to 800 million users.

Smart Contract Platforms
Cosmos
ATOM

The Internet of Blockchains — connecting sovereign chains through the IBC protocol.

Smart Contract Platforms
Sui
SUI

A next-generation blockchain using the Move language and parallel execution for unprecedented throughput.

Smart Contract Platforms
Aptos
APT

A secure, scalable blockchain built by former Meta engineers with the Move language and enterprise focus.

Smart Contract Platforms
TRON
TRX

Decentralized internet infrastructure and the second-largest platform for USDT stablecoin transactions.

Smart Contract Platforms
Hedera
HBAR

Enterprise-grade public ledger governed by a council of global organizations including Google, IBM, and Boeing.

Smart Contract Platforms
Celestia
TIA

The first modular blockchain network — a dedicated data availability layer that makes deploying rollups as easy as deploying a smart contract.

Smart Contract Platforms
Stacks
STX

Smart contracts and decentralized applications secured by Bitcoin — bringing programmability to the world's most secure blockchain.

Smart Contract Platforms
Internet Computer
ICP

A blockchain computer that runs at web speed — hosting entire applications on-chain without traditional cloud infrastructure.

Smart Contract Platforms
Algorand
ALGO

Founded by a Turing Award-winning cryptographer — a research-first blockchain delivering instant finality and carbon-negative operations.

Smart Contract Platforms
Sei
SEI

The fastest Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for trading, featuring parallelized EVM execution and sub-second finality.

Smart Contract Platforms
Cronos
CRO

Crypto.com's EVM-compatible blockchain bridging centralized exchange users into DeFi and Web3.

Smart Contract Platforms
Ethereum Classic
ETC

The original Ethereum chain — preserving the principle of 'code is law' after the controversial 2016 DAO hack fork.

Smart Contract Platforms
Tezos
XTZ

The self-amending blockchain — upgrades through on-chain governance without hard forks, pioneering formal verification.

Smart Contract Platforms
Fantom
FTM

High-speed DAG-based blockchain evolving into Sonic — pursuing sub-second finality with EVM compatibility.

Smart Contract Platforms
VeChain
VET

Enterprise blockchain for supply chain management — tracking products from factory to consumer with tamper-proof records.

Smart Contract Platforms
Flow
FLOW

The blockchain built by the creators of CryptoKitties — purpose-built for mainstream consumer applications and NFTs.

Smart Contract Platforms
Neo
NEO

China's first open-source blockchain — a smart economy platform combining digital assets, identity, and contracts.

Smart Contract Platforms
Celo
CELO

Mobile-first blockchain for financial inclusion — send crypto to any phone number, transitioning to an Ethereum L2.

Smart Contract Platforms
BNB
BNB

BNB is the native utility token of the BNB Chain ecosystem, acting as a multi-chain asset that powers decentralized applications and facilitates value exchange across its network.

Smart Contract Platforms
Hyperliquid
HYPE

Hyperliquid is a layer one (L1) blockchain best known for perpetual futures and spot trading.

Smart Contract Platforms
Pi Network
PI

Pi Network is a social cryptocurrency and developer platform designed to make digital currency mining accessible to everyday people through mobile devices.

Smart Contract Platforms
Gate
GT

Gate (GT) is a smart-contract platform.

Smart Contract Platforms
XDC Network
XDC

XDC Network is an enterprise-ready hybrid Blockchain technology company optimized for international trade and finance.

Smart Contract Platforms
Flare
FLR

Flare is a blockchain for building applications that are interoperable with other blockchains and the internet.

Smart Contract Platforms
Gnosis
GNO

Founded in 2015, Gnosis has evolved into a full-stack ecosystem bridging decentralised technology with everyday finance.

Smart Contract Platforms
Terra Luna Classic
LUNC

Terra is a decentralized financial payment network that rebuilds the traditional payment stack on the blockchain.

Smart Contract Platforms
Bitcoin SV
BSV

Bitcoin SV (BSV) emerged following a hard fork of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain in 2018, which had in turn forked from the BTC blockchain a year earlier.

Smart Contract Platforms
Conflux
CFX

What is Conflux Conflux is a permissionless Layer 1 blockchain connecting decentralized economies across borders and protocols.

Smart Contract Platforms
Telcoin
TEL

Telcoin is a multi-national fintech company integrating blockchain technology, telecommunications, and digital banking to revolutionize global finance.

Smart Contract Platforms
Kaia
KAIA

Kaia is an Ethereum-equivalent Layer 1 public blockchain that brings Web3 to the fingertips of hundreds of millions across Asia via their preferred messenger superapps.

Smart Contract Platforms
Monad
MON

Monad is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain that processes 10,000 transactions per second with near-zero fees.

Smart Contract Platforms
Plasma
XPL

Plasma is the layer 1 blockchain building the stablecoin infrastructure for a new global financial system.

Smart Contract Platforms
Chiliz
CHZ

Chiliz is a fintech platform for the sports industry to allow global fans to get closer to their favorite sports teams and clubs.

Smart Contract Platforms
Akash Network
AKT

What is Akash Network? Akash Network is spearheading a paradigm shift in cloud computing, disrupting conventional cloud services, and pioneering a revolution in access to essential cloud resources.

Smart Contract Platforms
eCash
XEC

eCash (XEC) is a Layer-1 digital cash network, developed by Bitcoin ABC.

Smart Contract Platforms
WEMIX
WEMIX

Global gaming platform with popular game titles

Smart Contract Platforms
Onyxcoin
XCN

Onyx is an infrastructure for a multi-asset, scalable, and cryptographically secure ledger.

Smart Contract Platforms
Vaulta
A

Vaulta is a Web3 banking network designed to power the next generation of decentralized financial services.

Smart Contract Platforms
MultiversX
EGLD

What is MultiversX MultiversX is a blockchain protocol that offers true horizontal scalability by using all aspects of sharding (Network, Transaction & State).

Smart Contract Platforms
Sonic
S

Sonic is the highest-performing EVM L1, combining speed, incentives, and world-class infrastructure, powering the next generation of DeFi applications.

Smart Contract Platforms
Beam
BEAM

BEAM is the native cryptographic token that powers the Beam ecosystem.

Smart Contract Platforms
Plume
PLUME

Plume is the first RWAfi L1 network focused on crypto natives.

Smart Contract Platforms
DigiByte
DGB

What is DigiByte? DigiByte is more than a faster digital currency.

Smart Contract Platforms
Qtum
QTUM

Qtum is a decentralized and open-source smart contracts platform and value transfer protocol.

Smart Contract Platforms
Keeta
KTA

Keeta is a high-performance layer-1 blockchain designed to unify transactions across different blockchains and fiat payment systems, eliminating the need for costly intermediaries, reducing fees, and…

Smart Contract Platforms
XPR Network
XPR

Launched in San Francisco, Proton (XPR) is a new public blockchain and smart contract platform designed for both consumer applications and peer-peer payments.

Smart Contract Platforms
Quantum Resistant Ledger
QRL

Quantum Resistant Ledger is a cryptocurrency based on the Python programming language, aimed at combating future attacks by quantum computers.

Smart Contract Platforms
AIOZ Network
AIOZ

AIOZ Network is a DePIN for Web3 AI, Storage and Streaming.

Smart Contract Platforms
Qubic
QUBIC

Forget What You Know.

Smart Contract Platforms
Holo
HOT

Holochain enables a distributed web with user autonomy built directly into its architecture and protocols.

Smart Contract Platforms
Ravencoin
RVN

Ravencoin is a blockchain specifically dedicated to the creation and peer-to-peer transfer of assets.

Smart Contract Platforms
Theta Fuel
TFUEL

The operational token of the Theta protocol.

Smart Contract Platforms
Kusama
KSM

Kusama is a public blockchain network that is running the exact same codebase as Polkadot.

Smart Contract Platforms
Nano
XNO

Nano, a low-latency cryptocurrency built on an innovative block-lattice data structure offering unlimited scalability and no transaction fees.

Smart Contract Platforms
Enjin Coin
ENJ

Enjin Enjin is a leading blockchain ecosystem dedicated to revolutionizing the gaming industry by integrating blockchain technology into games, applications, and businesses.

Smart Contract Platforms
Berachain
BERA

Berachain (BERA) is a smart-contract platform.

Smart Contract Platforms
aelf
ELF

aelf, an AI-enhanced Layer 1 blockchain network, leverages the robust C# programming language for efficiency and scalability across its sophisticated multi-layered architecture.

Smart Contract Platforms
Zilliqa
ZIL

Zilliqa (ZIL) is a token developed in the year 2017.

Smart Contract Platforms
ZetaChain
ZETA

What Is ZetaChain (ZETA)? ZetaChain is a universal Layer 1 blockchain designed to help developers build applications that operate across both blockchains and AI models.

Smart Contract Platforms
Polymesh
POLYX

Polymesh is an institutional-grade permissioned blockchain built specifically for regulated assets.

Smart Contract Platforms
peaq
PEAQ

peaq is the economic system enabling robots and machines to do business on every chain.

Smart Contract Platforms
KUB Coin
KUB

The KUB Coin (KUB) is the native utility coin powering the KUB Chain, serving as a cornerstone of its growing ecosystem.

Smart Contract Platforms
Gas
GAS

Gas is one of the two coins created by Neo Foundation.

Smart Contract Platforms
Ontology
ONT

Ontology is a new high-performance public blockchain project & a distributed trust collaboration platform.It provides new high-performance public blockchains that include a series of complete…

Smart Contract Platforms
Hydration
HDX

Hydration (HDX) is a smart-contract platform.

Smart Contract Platforms
Pharos
PROS

Pharos (PROS) is a smart-contract platform.

Smart Contract Platforms
ZIGChain
ZIG

ZIGChain (ZIG) is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain for wealth generation.

Smart Contract Platforms

Stablecoins

Tokens pegged to fiat currencies like the US dollar, providing price stability for trading, payments, and savings. Stablecoins are the backbone of DeFi — they let you earn yield, provide liquidity, and make payments without exposure to crypto volatility. The stablecoin market exceeds $160 billion, with USDT and USDC dominating. Key differences include backing (fiat reserves vs crypto collateral vs algorithmic), transparency, and regulatory compliance.

Privacy Coins

Cryptocurrencies focused on transaction anonymity and financial privacy through advanced cryptography. While all blockchains are technically pseudonymous, most are fully transparent — anyone can trace your transaction history. Privacy coins use techniques like ring signatures (Monero) and zero-knowledge proofs (Zcash) to hide sender, receiver, and amount information. These coins face increasing regulatory scrutiny, with several exchanges delisting them in regulated markets.

Monero
XMR

The leading privacy cryptocurrency where every transaction is confidential by default.

Privacy Coins
Zcash
ZEC

A cryptocurrency offering optional privacy through cutting-edge zero-knowledge proofs.

Privacy Coins
Dash
DASH

Dash (DASH) is digital cash designed to offer financial freedom to everyone.

Privacy Coins
Decred
DCR

Decred aims to build a community-directed digital currency whose security, adaptability, and sustainability make it a superior long-term store of value.

Privacy Coins
Starknet
STRK

StarkNet is a permissionless decentralized Layer 2 (L2) validity rollup, built to allow Ethereum to scale via cryptographic protocols called STARKs, without compromising Ethereum’s core principles of…

Privacy Coins
Beldex
BDX

Beldex building a decentralized confidential ecosystem in Web3 for secure digital interactions..

Privacy Coins
Zano
ZANO

What is Zano? Zano is an open-source cryptocurrency (layer-1) and ecosystem with enterprise-grade privacy, security, and scalability that operates as a robust platform for confidential assets and…

Privacy Coins
MimbleWimbleCoin
MWC

MimbleWimbleCoin (MWC) is a privacy coin.

Privacy Coins
Humanity
H

Humanity Protocol is a blockchain featuring a native Proof of Humanity (PoH) consensus mechanism that verifies users' uniqueness as humans through decentralized identifiers (DID) and verifiable…

Privacy Coins
Zama
ZAMA

Zama is an open source cryptography company that builds state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain.

Privacy Coins
Midnight
NIGHT

Midnight is a privacy-first blockchain that blends public verifiability with confidential data handling.

Privacy Coins
Canton
CC

Canton Coin (CC), the network’s native utility token, was designed to reward real network usage over speculation.

Privacy Coins
Railgun
RAIL

RAILGUN secures privacy for DEX trading and lending.

Privacy Coins
ZKsync
ZK

ZKsync (ZK) is a privacy coin.

Privacy Coins
Horizen
ZEN

What is the project about?  Horizen is a modular privacy-first platform designed to make privacy technology, such as zero-knowledge proofs and TEEs accessible and usable across the web.

Privacy Coins
Mina Protocol
MINA

The world's lightest blockchain, powered by participants.

Privacy Coins
Concordium
CCD

Concordium is an AI infrastructure for the agentic economy powered by a purpose-built, regulatory-grade blockchain with identity and trust built into the protocol.

Privacy Coins
Oasis
ROSE

Oasis is a layer-one blockchain built to support confidential applications at scale.

Privacy Coins
Pirate Chain
ARRR

Pirate Chain (ARRR) is a 100% private send cryptocurrency.

Privacy Coins

Meme Coins

Community-driven tokens that originated from internet culture and memes, often with extreme volatility. Meme coins demonstrate the raw power of community and social media in crypto markets — Dogecoin began as a joke but reached a $90 billion market cap. These tokens typically have no fundamental utility, and their value is driven entirely by community sentiment and speculation. Most meme coins lose 90%+ of their value — approach with extreme caution and never invest more than you can afford to lose entirely.

Dogecoin
DOGE

The original meme coin that grew from a joke into a widely recognized digital currency.

Meme Coins
Shiba Inu
SHIB

A community-driven meme token that evolved into a multi-layered ecosystem with its own blockchain.

Meme Coins
Pepe
PEPE

The frog-themed meme coin that became the third-largest meme token by market cap through sheer community momentum.

Meme Coins
Floki
FLOKI

A meme coin turned utility project with a metaverse game, DeFi products, and aggressive real-world marketing across global sports.

Meme Coins
Bonk
BONK

Solana's first and largest community meme coin, airdropped to the ecosystem during its darkest hour and now powering DeFi and gaming integrations.

Meme Coins
Pudgy Penguins
PENGU

PENGU is the official coin of Pudgy Penguins.

Meme Coins
SPX6900
SPX

SPX6900 is an advanced blockchain cryptography token coin capable of limitless possibilities and scientific utilization.

Meme Coins
ApeCoin
APE

APE fuels culture.

Meme Coins
dogwifhat
WIF

dogwifhat (WIF) is a Solana-based memecoin featuring a Shiba Inu dog wearing a pink knitted hat that has become a central figure in the 2024-2026 market.

Meme Coins
Pump.fun
PUMP

Pump.fun (PUMP) is a meme coin.

Meme Coins
Dog (Bitcoin)
DOG

Dog (Bitcoin) is a fully decentralized memecoin on the Bitcoin blockchain, backed by a community dedicated to onboarding millions of people to Bitcoin.

Meme Coins
Baby Doge Coin
BABYDOGE

Baby Doge Coin is a meme cryptocurrency designed to be deflationary and more scarce over time.

Meme Coins
Turbo
TURBO

This first memecoin ever created completely by AI.

Meme Coins
Degen
DEGEN

DEGEN is more than a token.

Meme Coins
Brett
BRETT

BRETT the dancer, gamer, and cultural icon of BASE chain (some like to call me the PEPE of BASE).

Meme Coins
Toshi
TOSHI

Toshi (TOSHI) is a meme coin.

Meme Coins
Non-Playable Coin
NPC

What is the project about? Non-Playable Coin (NPC) is a meme coin and NFT-hybrid for all 8+ billion humans on Earth.

Meme Coins
Popcat
POPCAT

Pop Cat refers to a series of videos in which using an image of a cat named Oatmeal, the cat is photoshopped as if it's opening its mouth wide in an O shape.

Meme Coins
Mog Coin
MOG

What makes MOG an absolute game-changer is our relentless dedication to memes and viral brilliance! We don't settle for mediocrity; we plunge into the realm of sheer awesomeness! Our community is a…

Meme Coins

Utility & Governance

Tokens that provide utility within specific ecosystems or grant holders governance voting rights over protocol decisions. Utility tokens like Chainlink (LINK) power essential infrastructure (oracle data feeds), while governance tokens like Uniswap (UNI) let holders vote on protocol upgrades, fee structures, and treasury allocations. The value of these tokens depends on the utility they provide and the revenue the underlying protocol generates.

Chainlink
LINK

The decentralized oracle network that connects smart contracts to real-world data.

Utility & Governance
Uniswap
UNI

The governance token of the largest decentralized exchange, pioneering automated market making.

Utility & Governance
Aave
AAVE

The largest decentralized lending and borrowing protocol powering billions in DeFi loans.

Utility & Governance
Render Network
RENDER

The decentralized GPU rendering network powering AI, 3D content, and the metaverse.

Utility & Governance
The Graph
GRT

The indexing and querying protocol that organizes blockchain data for Web3 applications.

Utility & Governance
Filecoin
FIL

The decentralized storage network turning the world's unused hard drive space into a global data marketplace.

Utility & Governance
Fetch.ai
FET

An AI-powered blockchain platform enabling autonomous economic agents that negotiate and transact on behalf of users.

Utility & Governance
Bittensor
TAO

A decentralized machine learning network that incentivizes AI model development through a competitive marketplace of intelligence.

Utility & Governance
Worldcoin
WLD

A global identity and financial network using iris-scanning biometrics to distribute cryptocurrency to every human on Earth.

Utility & Governance
Gala Games
GALA

A gaming ecosystem giving players true ownership of in-game assets through blockchain and NFT technology.

Utility & Governance
Axie Infinity
AXS

The game that proved play-to-earn economics could drive mainstream blockchain adoption — and taught hard lessons about sustainability.

Utility & Governance
Helium
HNT

The world's largest decentralized wireless network — 1M+ hotspots providing IoT and 5G coverage powered by crypto incentives.

Utility & Governance
Arweave
AR

Permanent, decentralized data storage — pay once, store forever. The foundation for a truly permanent web.

Utility & Governance
Pyth Network
PYTH

High-frequency oracle network delivering sub-second price data from institutional-grade sources like Jump, Jane Street, and Two Sigma.

Utility & Governance
Ethereum Name Service
ENS

The DNS of Web3 — turning complex wallet addresses into human-readable .eth names.

Utility & Governance
Wormhole
W

Cross-chain messaging protocol connecting 30+ blockchains — the infrastructure layer for multi-chain communication.

Utility & Governance
LayerZero
ZRO

Omnichain interoperability protocol enabling seamless cross-chain token transfers and messaging across 50+ networks.

Utility & Governance
Ocean Protocol
OCEAN

Decentralized data marketplace enabling secure sharing and monetization of data for AI training.

Utility & Governance
The Sandbox
SAND

User-generated virtual world where players build, own, and monetize gaming experiences using NFTs and the SAND token.

Utility & Governance
Decentraland
MANA

The original decentralized virtual world — user-owned land parcels, wearables, and experiences governed by a DAO.

Utility & Governance
Theta Network
THETA

Decentralized video delivery network reducing streaming costs by sharing bandwidth — backed by Google and Samsung.

Utility & Governance
IOTA
IOTA

Feeless IoT transactions using a DAG-based Tangle architecture — designed for machine-to-machine micropayments.

Utility & Governance
LEO Token
LEO

LEO Token (LEO) is a utility & governance token.

Utility & Governance
OKB
OKB

OKEx, the 2nd most popular cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, launched its platform token ‘OKB‘ today with 10 trading pairs.

Utility & Governance
WhiteBIT Coin
WBT

What is WhiteBIT Token? WBT is a utility token of the largest European cryptocurrency exchange, WhiteBIT.

Utility & Governance
Bitget Token
BGB

What is BGB token? BGB is a decentralised token that is the primary token of Morph's blockchain, serving as the gas, governance, and payment token across the layer.

Utility & Governance
KuCoin
KCS

KuCoin is an international cryptocurrency exchange based out of Seychelle that currently supports the trading of 250 digital assets.

Utility & Governance
NEXO
NEXO

What is Nexo? Nexo (https:/nexo.com) is a premier digital assets wealth platform empowering clients to grow, manage, and preserve their crypto holdings.

Utility & Governance
PancakeSwap
CAKE

PancakeSwap is an automated market maker (“AMM”) that allows two tokens to be exchanged on the Binance Smart Chain.

Utility & Governance
Virtuals Protocol
VIRTUAL

Virtuals Protocol is a launchpad platform launched in 2024 that enables users to create, tokenize, and monetize AI agents for gaming, entertainment, and virtual environments without requiring technical expertise.

Utility & Governance
KAITO
KAITO

$KAITO is the native token and the fundamental building block of the AI-powered InfoFi network.

Utility & Governance
Grass
GRASS

Grass (GRASS) is a utility & governance token.

Utility & Governance
Trust Wallet
TWT

Trust Wallet Token (TWT) 511 is a utility token that can only be used within the app.

Utility & Governance
MX
MX

MX is the proof of rights and interests of MXC trading platform itself.

Utility & Governance
SwissBorg
BORG

What is SwissBorg? SwissBorg’s flagship product is an all-encompassing crypto management app for retail users.

Utility & Governance
1INCH
1INCH

1inch is the DeFi ecosystem building financial freedom for everyone.

Utility & Governance
Basic Attention
BAT

Basic Attention Token (BAT) is an open-source, decentralized ad exchange platform built on Ethereum platform.

Utility & Governance
SafePal
SFP

SafePal is a cryptocurrency wallet that aims to provide a secure and user-friendly crypto management platform for the masses.

Utility & Governance
Rollbit Coin
RLB

The Rollbit token (RLB) will be launched as an integral part of the upcoming Rollbit lottery.

Utility & Governance
Tokenize Xchange
TKX

Tokenize Xchange is a fully integrated cryptocurrency exchange that offers both individuals and institutional investors a frictionless and un-sophisticated user experience.

Utility & Governance
BTSE Token
BTSE

The BTSE token powers the BTSE ecosystem and enhances your trading experience.

Utility & Governance
Backpack
BP

Backpack (BP) is a utility & governance token.

Utility & Governance
GoMining Token
GOMINING

GoMining helps people everywhere unlock Bitcoin’s full potential.

Utility & Governance
DoubleZero
2Z

DoubleZero is a high-performance global network of independently contributed links, purpose-built for blockchain and other distributed systems.

Utility & Governance
Shuffle
SHFL

The SHFL token is the native utility token of Shuffle.com, a comprehensive crypto casino platform.

Utility & Governance
deBridge
DBR

deBridge is the bridge that moves at lightspeed.

Utility & Governance
Aethir
ATH

Aethir is the only Enterprise-grade AI-focused GPU-as-a-service provider in the market.

Utility & Governance
Rootstock Infrastructure Framework
RIF

Built to compliment Bitcoin, not compete with it.

Utility & Governance
CoW Protocol
COW

COW token allows its holders the right to govern and curate the infrastructure of the CoW Protocol ecosystem through the CowDAO.

Utility & Governance
Arkham
ARKM

Arkham is a cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain analytics platform offering a single site with everything a trader needs, including spot & derivatives trading, intelligence & analytics,…

Utility & Governance
0x Protocol
ZRX

0x Protocol (ZRX) is a utility & governance token.

Utility & Governance
Meteora
MET

Meteora (MET) is a utility & governance token.

Utility & Governance
Geodnet
GEOD

The Global Earth Observation Decentralized Network (GEODNET) is a decentralized network of Space Weather mining stations that report the real-time influence of the Sun’s solar winds on the Global…

Utility & Governance
TempleDAO
TEMPLE

TempleDAO is designed on strong principles: building the Temple for the long-term, community first and fairly in all aspects, and prioritising stable wealth creation.

Utility & Governance
Allora
ALLO

Allora is a decentralized intelligence network that makes artificial intelligence more adaptive, collaborative, and efficient.

Utility & Governance
MetaDAO
META

MetaDAO is a fundraising and governance platform on Solana that uses futarchy, a model where decisions are made by market prices rather than direct voting.

Utility & Governance
Safe
SAFE

Safe is the ownership layer of web3 securing >$100B+.

Utility & Governance
Stronghold
SHX

Stronghold is a financial services platform that enables payments, trading, and USD reserves using our technology products like Stronghold USD and our platform APIs.

Utility & Governance
FUNToken
FUN

FUNToken (FUN) is a utility & governance token.

Utility & Governance
io.net
IO

io.net the world’s largest decentralized computing network that allows machine learning engineers to access scalable distributed clusters at a small fraction of the cost of comparable centralized services.

Utility & Governance
Axelar
AXL

Axelar delivers secure interchain communication.

Utility & Governance
Sushi
SUSHI

SushiSwap is a decentralized, multi-chain DEX that allows users to swap a wide range of assets across 40+ blockchain networks.

Utility & Governance
VVS Finance
VVS

VVS Finance is a decentralized finance and automated market making platform on the Cronos network by Crypto.com

Utility & Governance
GoPlus Security
GPS

GoPlus is revolutionizing Web3 user security through its permissionless and user-driven User Security Network, which provides comprehensive protection across the entire user transaction lifecycle.

Utility & Governance
SuperVerse
SUPER

SuperVerse is a unified Web3 ecosystem connecting gaming, DeFi, and AI under a single interoperable protocol.

Utility & Governance
Bio Protocol
BIO

BIO is a curation and liquidity protocol for Decentralized Science (DeSci).

Utility & Governance
Walrus
WAL

Walrus is a developer platform enabling data markets for the AI era, making data across all industries trustworthy, provable, monetizable, and secure.

Utility & Governance
EXOD
EXOD

Exodus (NYSE American: EXOD) is a financial technology leader empowering individuals and businesses with secure, user-friendly crypto software solutions.

Utility & Governance
Holoworld
HOLO

Holoworld lets anyone create intelligent virtual beings, or "AI agents," that can talk, act, and engage across different platforms—no coding required.

Utility & Governance
Impossible Cloud Network Token
ICNT

Impossible Cloud Network (ICN) is a decentralized infrastructure protocol that provides enterprise-grade cloud services including storage, compute, and networking.

Utility & Governance
XYO Network
XYO

XYO is the original and one of the largest Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN), boasting over 10 million nodes and consistently leading DePIN in both scale and revenue generation.

Utility & Governance
Metal Blockchain
METAL

Metal blockchain ($METAL) is a layer zero blockchain that allows any chain to deploy and find consensus through the Snow protocols (introduced by Avalanche) allowing it to run on a highly efficient…

Utility & Governance
BNB Attestation Service
BAS

BNB Attestation Service (BAS) is a utility & governance token.

Utility & Governance
ECOMI
OMI

ECOMI is the issuer of the OMI token.

Utility & Governance

DeFi Tokens

Tokens powering decentralized finance protocols for lending, borrowing, trading, and yield generation. DeFi recreates traditional financial services without intermediaries — you can lend, borrow, trade, and earn interest using only smart contracts and your wallet. The DeFi ecosystem manages over $100 billion in total value locked (TVL). Key risks include smart contract exploits, impermanent loss, and regulatory uncertainty.

Lido DAO
LDO

The largest liquid staking protocol, unlocking liquidity for staked Ethereum and beyond.

DeFi Tokens
Injective
INJ

Purpose-built blockchain for finance — enabling fully decentralized derivatives, prediction markets, and interchain DeFi.

DeFi Tokens
THORChain
RUNE

A decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol enabling native asset swaps between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major blockchains without wrapping.

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Maker
MKR

The protocol behind DAI — the most decentralized stablecoin, now expanding into real-world asset lending.

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Compound
COMP

The lending protocol that pioneered yield farming and inspired the entire DeFi summer of 2020.

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Curve Finance
CRV

The specialized DEX for stablecoin and like-asset swaps — the backbone of DeFi's capital efficiency.

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Pendle
PENDLE

The yield tokenization protocol that lets you trade future yield — unlocking fixed rates and points speculation in DeFi.

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Ondo Finance
ONDO

The leading RWA tokenization protocol bringing US Treasuries and institutional-grade bonds on-chain.

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Ethena
ENA

The synthetic dollar protocol generating yield from basis trading — the fastest-growing stablecoin project in 2024-2025.

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Jupiter
JUP

Solana's dominant DEX aggregator routing through every liquidity source to find the best swap price.

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Synthetix
SNX

The synthetic asset protocol enabling on-chain exposure to stocks, commodities, forex, and crypto without holding the underlying asset.

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Raydium
RAY

Solana's hybrid AMM connecting to Serum's central limit order book for deep liquidity and tight spreads.

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MANTRA
OM

A purpose-built RWA chain bringing regulatory-compliant tokenized assets to DeFi with institutional-grade infrastructure.

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EigenLayer
EIGEN

The protocol that invented restaking — allowing staked ETH to simultaneously secure multiple services and earn additional yield.

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dYdX
DYDX

The leading decentralized perpetual futures exchange — now running its own Cosmos appchain for full sovereignty.

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GMX
GMX

Decentralized perpetual exchange distributing 30% of platform fees to stakers in ETH — the poster child for real yield in DeFi.

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Jito
JTO

Solana's liquid staking and MEV protocol — earning staking rewards plus MEV tips through JitoSOL.

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Marinade Finance
MNDE

Solana's decentralized liquid staking protocol distributing stake across 400+ validators for maximum decentralization.

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Orca
ORCA

Solana's user-friendly DEX with concentrated liquidity — designed for the best trading experience on Solana.

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Kava
KAVA

Cosmos-based DeFi hub combining the speed of Cosmos with EVM compatibility for cross-chain lending and earning.

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Aerodrome
AERO

The central liquidity hub of Base — a ve(3,3) DEX that has become Coinbase's L2's dominant trading venue.

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Sky
SKY

SKY is a governance token, which is like a digital voting share, for Sky Protocol.

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Morpho
MORPHO

Morpho is an open, efficient, and resilient platform that allows anyone to earn yield and borrow assets.

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Quant
QNT

London-based Quant Network is set to revolutionise blockchain technology with the development of their blockchain operating system Overledger.

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Ether.fi
ETHFI

Ether.fi (ETHFI) is a DeFi protocol token.

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Sun Token
SUN

The SUN.io platform is TRON's first one-stop platform that supports stablecoin swap, token mining and self-governance.

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Olympus
OHM

Olympus is a decentralized financial (DeFi) protocol building programmable monetary infrastructure.

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BitTorrent
BTT

BitTorrent was initially conceived by Bram Cohen, a peer-to-peer protocol for users to transfer files around the world.

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JasmyCoin
JASMY

JasmyCoin is based on the ERC 20 standard.

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DeXe
DEXE

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JUST
JST

JUST (JST) is a DeFi protocol token.

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Maple Finance
SYRUP

- Maple is 'DeFi's Institutional Lender'.

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OriginTrail
TRAC

What is OriginTrail (TRAC)? OriginTrail is an ecosystem building a trusted knowledge infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI).

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Convex Finance
CVX

Convex is a protocol that simplifies Curve boosting experience in order to maximize yields.

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SoSoValue
SOSO

SoSoValue is an AI-powered investment and research platform that combines the efficiency of CeFi with the transparency of DeFi, addressing challenges like information overload and cross-chain asset…

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Lorenzo Protocol
BANK

Lorenzo Protocol (BANK) is a DeFi protocol token.

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AWE Network
AWE

STP (Becoming AWE Network) is opening the portal to Autonomous Worlds where AI Agents collaborate, adapt and evolve.

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Kamino
KMNO

Kamino Finance was originally created to offer users the easiest possible way of providing liquidity and earning yield on-chain.

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Golem
GLM

What Is Golem Network? Golem Network is an open-source, decentralized computing platform that is building an ecosystem to provide computing power to the AI industry.

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Fluid
FLUID

On Instadapp, users and developers manage and build their DeFi portfolio - the world's most advanced platform to start leveraging the full potential of Decentralized Finance.

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Nexus Mutual
NXM

Nexus Mutual is a decentralized insurance protocol built on Ethereum that currently offers cover for smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain, currently covering all the main defi protocols.

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Reserve Rights
RSR

What Is Reserve Rights (RSR)? Reserve Rights (RSR) is an ERC-20 token that serves two main purposes for the Reserve protocol: overcollateralization of Reserve stablecoins (RTokens) through staking…

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yearn.finance
YFI

Yearn Finance is a suite of products in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) that provides lending aggregation, yield generation, and insurance on the Ethereum blockchain.

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Livepeer
LPT

The Livepeer project aims to deliver a live video streaming network protocol that is fully decentralized, highly scalable, crypto token incentivized, and results in a solution which can serve as the…

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Centrifuge
CFG

Centrifuge (CFG) is a DeFi protocol token.

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Zebec Network
ZBCN

Zebec's integrated products - real time payroll apps, on-chain payments infrastructure and networked DePIN - serve companies of all sizes, merchants and individuals and help transcend the boundaries…

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Velo
VELO

Velo Labs is building a unique federated credit exchange network.

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Numeraire
NMR

Numeraire (NMR) is a DeFi protocol token.

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Babylon
BABY

Babylon (BABY) is a DeFi protocol token.

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Venus
XVS

Venus (XVS) is a DeFi protocol token.

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RedStone
RED

RedStone Is The Fastest Growing oracle, specialising in yield-bearing collateral for lending markets and securing $10bn+ .

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Spark
SPK

Spark is an onchain capital allocator, with $3.86B deployed across DeFi, CeFi, and RWA.

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Blur
BLUR

Blur is an NFT marketplace that lets nft buyers and sellers to utilise a suite features to facilitate more open and liquid NFT marketplace.

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Euler
EUL

The ability to lend and borrow assets efficiently is a crucial feature of any financial system.

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DeepBook
DEEP

DeepBook was built from the ground up to power the Sui ecosystem with unparalleled liquidity.

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Flying Tulip
FT

Flying Tulip (FT) is a DeFi protocol token.

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Cortex
CX

Cortex is the protocol for decentralized on-chain agents.

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Magma Finance
MAGMA

Magma Finance (MAGMA) is a DeFi protocol token.

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Layer 2

Scaling solutions built on top of Layer 1 blockchains to improve speed and reduce transaction costs. As Ethereum's popularity grew, transaction fees became prohibitively expensive for many users. Layer 2s like Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon process transactions in their own environment and periodically settle them on Ethereum, inheriting its security while offering 10-100x lower fees. By 2026, most new DeFi activity happens on L2s rather than Ethereum mainnet.

Arbitrum
ARB

The leading Ethereum Layer 2 rollup delivering fast, cheap transactions with full Ethereum security.

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Optimism
OP

An Ethereum Layer 2 building the Superchain — a unified network of interoperable rollups.

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Polygon
POL

A multi-solution scaling platform connecting Ethereum to a network of ZK-powered chains.

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Mantle
MNT

A modular Ethereum Layer 2 network backed by one of the largest DAO treasuries in crypto, focused on low-cost DeFi and gaming.

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Immutable
IMX

The leading blockchain for gaming — zero gas fee NFT minting and trading powered by ZK-rollup technology.

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POL (ex-MATIC)
POL

POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) is a Layer-2 network token.

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Derive
DRV

Derive is a decentralized protocol that creates programmable onchain options, perpetuals, and structured products.

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SOON
SOON

SOON stack is the most efficient rollup stack delivering high performance to every L1, powered by SVM.

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Linea
LINEA

Linea is the Layer 2 built from first principles to strengthen Ethereum and the entire ETH economy.

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MegaETH
MEGA

MegaETH is the first real-time blockchain, where crypto applications leverage extreme performance to reach their full potential.

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Astar
ASTR

Astar is a web3 collective building products that bring users onchain and generate long term value for ASTR.

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Nervos Network
CKB

Nervos is a layered crypto-economy network.

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AltLayer
ALT

AltLayer is a decentralized protocol that facilitates the launch of native and restaked rollups with both optimistic and zk rollup stacks.

Layer 2