In other words, these are the coins that we think make the most valid investments (in general, not at a given moment) and are worth exploring for new coin users (not simply the coins with the highest market cap, value, or most relevance alone). This list was created by us () and is based on familiarity, market cap (total coins that will ever be produced times current value), the ease with which a coin can be traded for fiat currency like the US dollar, and the coins potential to survive trends. To start this page off, let’s first take a look at the top 10 or so cryptocurrencies of 2015 – 2018 to get a sense of which ones have stuck around and which ones could be important in the years to come. Our brief list below will focus only on some top coins that have made it through the years or that are still relevant today and will note some up-and-coming coins. It used to be that presenting a list of relevant cryptos on a mom and pop blog was a thing, now presenting a list is not only near impossible… it is also pointless given that sites like and their competitors specialize in it. Factors like which coin matters and what the price of a coin is can change over time, and really that is the point here. Peercoin used to be very important and BTC used to be $150, now Link is very important and BTC is $10,000. NOTES: We created this site in 2015, three years later (in 2018) the market had evolved and changed a considerable amount and we changed this page. TIP: If you are looking for a best of list, check out our List of the Top Cryptocurrencies That Aren’t Bitcoin. Of those, even less have a market cap above $1 million.īelow is a list of important cryptocurrencies and additional resources you can use to learn more about all the different cryptocurrency types. Although there are technically over 2000 cryptocurrencies, only a handful are relevant.

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