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Payments and digital money
These networks focus on sending value or holding it over time. Compare speed, fees, adoption and trade-offs in plain English.
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BitcoinBTC · Store of value$86,404.001.88%The first cryptocurrency: digital money with a fixed 21 million coin limit
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- high
- Track record
- long
TetherUSDT · Stablecoin$0.99980.01%The most widely used dollar stablecoin, issued by Tether and backed by its reserves
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- long
XRPXRP · Payments$1.521.88%The native asset of the XRP Ledger, a fast public ledger built for payments
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
USDCUSDC · Stablecoin$0.99990.01%A dollar stablecoin from Circle, backed by cash and short-term US Treasuries
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- long
SolanaSOL · Smart-contract platform$121.010.35%A fast, low-fee blockchain for trading, payments and consumer apps, secured by staked SOL
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
TRONTRX · Payments$0.33570.06%A low-fee blockchain best known as a major highway for USDT stablecoin transfers
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- long
ZcashZEC · Privacy$1,336.072.21%A Bitcoin-style coin that adds optional, zero-knowledge shielded transactions
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
DogecoinDOGE · Meme coin$0.09633.86%The original meme coin: a proof-of-work payment coin born as a 2013 joke
- Real-world usage
- speculative
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
MoneroXMR · Privacy$547.580.58%A privacy-by-default cryptocurrency that hides senders, receivers and amounts
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- high
- Track record
- long
StellarXLM · Payments$0.22444.35%An open payments network for moving money and tokenized assets across borders
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
Bitcoin CashBCH · Payments$320.110.72%A 2017 Bitcoin fork with bigger blocks, built for low-fee everyday payments
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
LitecoinLTC · Payments$70.420.22%A long-running Bitcoin offshoot for faster, cheaper payments, with optional privacy
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
HederaHBAR · Smart-contract platform$0.10433.26%A public ledger governed by a council of large organizations, using hashgraph consensus
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
USD1USD1 · Stablecoin$0.99970.02%A dollar stablecoin branded by World Liberty Financial and issued by BitGo
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- developing
Gram (formerly Toncoin)GRAM · Payments$1.530.41%The Open Network's native coin, renamed from Toncoin (TON) to Gram (GRAM) in June 2026
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
QuantQNT · Interoperability$252.575.87%A company-built interoperability platform connecting bank systems to blockchains
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- long
CronosCRO · Exchange token$0.06873.39%Crypto.com's ecosystem token for app perks, card rewards and gas on the Cronos chains
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
Global DollarUSDG · Stablecoin$1.000.01%Paxos's Singapore-issued dollar stablecoin that shares reserve income with partners
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- developing
PayPal USDPYUSD · Stablecoin$0.99990.01%PayPal's dollar stablecoin, issued by Paxos under federal trust-bank supervision
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- developing
Ripple USDRLUSD · Stablecoin$1.000.01%Ripple's dollar stablecoin for institutions, issued by a New York trust company
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- developing
WorldcoinWLD · Identity$0.57352.74%The token of World, an iris-scanning project that issues anonymous proof-of-human IDs
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- developing
Ethereum ClassicETC · Smart-contract platform$9.052.47%The original, unforked Ethereum chain, still secured by proof-of-work mining
- Real-world usage
- speculative
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
Bitget TokenBGB · Exchange token$2.021.07%Bitget's exchange token, now also the gas and governance token of the Morph network
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
KaspaKAS · Payments$0.04351.87%A fair-launched proof-of-work coin that uses a blockDAG to confirm blocks very quickly
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- developing
AlgorandALGO · Smart-contract platform$0.13183.41%A fast proof-of-stake blockchain focused on payments, tokenization and finality
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
PolygonPOL · Scaling / Layer 2$0.10870.59%Gas and staking token of Polygon, a low-fee network focused on payments
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven
Pi NetworkPI · Payments$0.08760.75%A mobile-first network where users earn PI by tapping an app, then pass KYC to move it
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- centralized
- Track record
- proven
DashDASH · Payments$59.821.49%A payments coin with masternodes, instant settlement, a treasury and optional privacy
- Real-world usage
- established
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- long
ether.fiETHFI · DeFi$0.74340.67%Governance token of ether.fi, an ETH staking provider turned crypto spending app
- Real-world usage
- growing
- Token necessity
- optional
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- developing
StableSTABLE · Payments$0.02660.57%Governance and staking token of Stable, a blockchain that uses USDT for gas fees
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- new
AptosAPT · Smart-contract platform$0.80020.55%A Move-based, parallel-execution blockchain built by former Meta Diem engineers
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- developing
XDC NetworkXDC · Real-world assets$0.03270.15%An Ethereum-compatible blockchain aimed at trade finance and tokenized real-world assets
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- essential
- Decentralization
- limited
- Track record
- proven
BeldexBDX · Privacy$0.07290.47%A Monero-derived privacy coin powering a suite of private messaging and browsing apps
- Real-world usage
- early
- Token necessity
- integral
- Decentralization
- moderate
- Track record
- proven