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Jan 29, 2024
A league table of the 120 cryptocurrencies with the highest market cap reveals how diverse each crypto is and potentially how much risk is involved when investing in one. Bitcoin (BTC), for instance, had a so-called “high cap” – a market cap worth more than 10 billion U.S. dollars – indicating this crypto project has a certain track record or, at the very least, is considered a major in the cryptocurrency space. Interestingly, Bitcoin is one of the (very) few coins listed as “store of value”, or crypto designed to hold or even increase purchasing power over time. Simply put: Bitcoin somewhat functions like a digital gold but has limited functionality or applications elsewhere. Compare this to, for example, developments on XRP or Ripple – a crypto with roots in B2B payments – or Solana (SOL) – a coin that powers parts of the Decentralized Finance or DeFi world.
Biggest cryptocurrency in the world – both coins and tokens – based on market capitalization on January 29, 2024
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic | Crypto category | Market cap in billion U.S. dollars | Low cap, mid cap, high cap |
---|---|---|---|
Bitcoin (BTC) |
Store of value | 827.42 | High cap |
Ethereum (ETH) |
Smart contracts | 272.32 | High cap |
Tether USDt (USDT) |
Stablecoin | 96.02 | High cap |
Binance Coin (BNB) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 46.05 | High cap |
Solana (SOL) |
Smart contracts | 42.23 | High cap |
Ripple (XRP) |
Payments/digital currency | 28.58 | High cap |
USDC (USDC) |
Stablecoin | 26.15 | High cap |
Cardano (ADA) |
Smart contracts | 17.34 | High cap |
Avalanche (AVAX) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 12.92 | High cap |
Dogecoin (DOGE) |
Memecoin | 11.45 | High cap |
TRON (TRX) |
Payments/digital currency | 10.02 | High cap |
Polkadot (DOT) |
Smart contracts | 8.82 | Mid cap |
Chainlink (LINK) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 8.28 | Mid cap |
Polygon (MATIC) |
Payments/digital currency | 7.58 | Mid cap |
Toncoin (TON) |
Payments/digital currency | 7.35 | Mid cap |
Internet Computer (ICP) |
Distributed computing | 5.59 | Mid cap |
Dai (DAI) |
Stablecoin | 5.35 | Mid cap |
Shiba Inu (SHIB) |
Memecoin | 5.32 | Mid cap |
Litecoin (LTC) |
Payments/digital currency | 5.01 | Mid cap |
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) |
Payments/digital currency | 4.64 | Mid cap |
UNUS SED LEO (LEO) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 3.74 | Mid cap |
Cosmos (ATOM) |
Interoperability | 3.67 | Mid cap |
Uniswap (UNI) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 3.56 | Mid cap |
Ethereum Classic (ETC) |
Smart contracts | 3.42 | Mid cap |
Stellar (XLM) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 3.26 | Mid cap |
Injective (INJ) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 3.24 | Mid cap |
OKB (OKB) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 3.13 | Mid cap |
Aptos (APT) |
Smart contracts | 3.07 | Mid cap |
Monero (XMR) |
Payments/digital currency | 3.02 | Mid cap |
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) |
Smart contracts | 2.94 | Mid cap |
Optimism (OP) |
Interoperability | 2.91 | Mid cap |
Celestia (TIA) |
Interoperability | 2.78 | Mid cap |
Lido DAO (LDO) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 2.78 | Mid cap |
Immutable (IMX) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 2.65 | Mid cap |
Filecoin (FIL) |
Smart contracts | 2.62 | Mid cap |
First Digital USD (FDUSD) |
Stablecoin | 2.58 | Mid cap |
Hedera (HBAR) |
Payments/digital currency | 2.48 | Mid cap |
Kaspa (KAS) |
Store of value | 2.33 | Mid cap |
Arbitrum (ARB) |
Distributed computing | 2.32 | Mid cap |
Stacks (STX) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 2.1 | Mid cap |
Cronos (CRO) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 2.06 | Mid cap |
VeChain (VET) |
Smart contracts | 2.04 | Mid cap |
Mantle (MNT) |
Interoperability | 1.92 | Mid cap |
Maker (MKR) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 1.8 | Mid cap |
TrueUSD (TUSD) |
Stablecoin | 1.6 | Mid cap |
Sei (SEI) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 1.59 | Mid cap |
Sui (SUI) |
Smart contracts | 1.58 | Mid cap |
Render (RNDR) |
NFT tokens | 1.56 | Mid cap |
The Graph (GRT) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 1.49 | Mid cap |
THORChain (RUNE) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 1.45 | Mid cap |
MultiversX (EGLD) |
Smart contracts | 1.42 | Mid cap |
Bitcoin SV (BSV) |
Store of value | 1.39 | Mid cap |
Aave (AAVE) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 1.36 | Mid cap |
Algorand (ALGO) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 1.33 | Mid cap |
Helium (HNT) |
Distributed computing | 1.28 | Mid cap |
Quant (QNT) |
Interoperability | 1.28 | Mid cap |
ORDI (ORDI) |
NFT tokens | 1.2 | Mid cap |
Mina (MINA) |
Smart contracts | 1.13 | Mid cap |
Flow (FLOW) |
Payments/digital currency | 1.12 | Mid cap |
Fantom (FTM) |
Memecoin | 1.08 | Mid cap |
SATS (1000SATS) |
Memecoin | 1.03 | Mid cap |
The Sandbox (SAND) |
NFT tokens | 1.02 | Mid cap |
Axie Infinity (AXS) |
NFT tokens | 1 | Low cap |
Theta Network (THETA) |
NFT tokens | 0.99 | Low cap |
Astar (ASTR) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.98 | Low cap |
Synthetix (SNX) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.97 | Low cap |
KuCoin Token (KCS) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 0.97 | Low cap |
Tezos (XTZ) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.95 | Low cap |
Chiliz (CHZ) |
Payments/digital currency | 0.94 | Low cap |
Beam (BEAM) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.93 | Low cap |
Manta Network (MANTA) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.92 | Low cap |
FTX Token (FTT) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 0.9 | Low cap |
Conflux (CFX) |
Interoperability | 0.88 | Low cap |
WEMIX (WEMIX) |
NFT tokens | 0.85 | Low cap |
Decentraland (MANA) |
Payments/digital currency | 0.85 | Low cap |
dYdX (ethDYDX) (ETHDYDX) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.85 | Low cap |
Bitget Token (BGB) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.82 | Low cap |
BitTorrent (New) (BTT) |
Smart contracts | 0.82 | Low cap |
IOTA (IOTA) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.8 | Low cap |
Osmosis (OSMO) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.79 | Low cap |
Blur (BLUR) |
NFT tokens | 0.79 | Low cap |
EOS (EOS) |
Smart contracts | 0.79 | Low cap |
Kava (KAVA) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.78 | Low cap |
Neo (NEO) |
Smart contracts | 0.77 | Low cap |
Frax Share (FXS) |
Interoperability | 0.75 | Low cap |
Ronin (RON) |
Metaverse/gaming token | 0.75 | Low cap |
Bonk (BONK) |
Memecoin | 0.74 | Low cap |
USDD (USDD) |
Stablecoin | 0.72 | Low cap |
Oasis Network (ROSE) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.72 | Low cap |
Klaytn (KLAY) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 0.71 | Low cap |
Flare (FLR) |
Payments/digital currency | 0.71 | Low cap |
PancakeSwap (CAKE) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.66 | Low cap |
WOO (WOO) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 0.65 | Low cap |
Akash Network (AKT) |
Distributed computing | 0.64 | Low cap |
Gala (GALA) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 0.64 | Low cap |
XDC Network (XDC) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.63 | Low cap |
eCash (XEC) |
Store of value | 0.61 | Low cap |
Rocket Pool (RPL) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.58 | Low cap |
Pyth Network (PYTH) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.58 | Low cap |
Arweave (AR) |
Distributed computing | 0.58 | Low cap |
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) |
Interoperability | 0.58 | Low cap |
Terra Classic (LUNC) |
Stablecoin | 0.57 | Low cap |
Gnosis (GNO) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.55 | Low cap |
Pendle (PENDLE) |
NFT tokens | 0.53 | Low cap |
Axelar (AXL) |
Interoperability | 0.53 | Low cap |
ApeCoin (APE) |
NFT tokens | 0.52 | Low cap |
Curve DAO Token (CRV) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.51 | Low cap |
Fetch.ai (FET) |
NFT tokens | 0.51 | Low cap |
Tether Gold (XAUt) |
Stablecoin | 0.5 | Low cap |
Nexo (NEXO) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.49 | Low cap |
GateToken (GT) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 0.48 | Low cap |
Huobi Token (HT) |
Exchange token (centralized) | 0.47 | Low cap |
Trust Wallet Token (TWT) |
Smart contracts | 0.47 | Low cap |
Siacoin (SC) |
Distributed computing | 0.47 | Low cap |
Altlayer (ALT) |
Smart contracts | 0.46 | Low cap |
1inch Network (1INCH) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.45 | Low cap |
Pepe (PEPE) |
Memecoin | 0.44 | Low cap |
Metis (METIS) |
Exchange token (decentralized)/DeFi | 0.44 | Low cap |
Radix (XRD) |
Smart contracts | 0.44 | Low cap |
GMT (GMT) |
Smart contracts | 0.44 | Low cap |
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