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100 coins

Every coin, every timeline

The top coins by market cap, each with an origin story, a clickable price chart and sourced events.

Bitcoin
#1 · BTC
Layer 1Payments
15 events · last close $82,724 (Bitstamp BTC/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Ethereum
#2 · ETH
Layer 1Smart contracts
11 events · last close $2,474 (Coinbase Exchange ETH/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
BNB
#4 · BNB
Layer 1Exchange token
7 events · last close $739.00 (Coinbase Exchange BNB/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
XRP
#5 · XRP
Layer 1Payments
6 events · last close $1.36 (Bitstamp XRP/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Solana
#7 · SOL
Layer 1Smart contracts
8 events · last close $105.30 (Coinbase Exchange SOL/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
TRON
#8 · TRX
Layer 1Payments
6 events · last close $0.3313 (Bitstamp TRX/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Zcash
#10 · ZEC
Layer 1Privacy
5 events · last close $1,224 (Coinbase Exchange ZEC/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Hyperliquid
#11 · HYPE
Layer 1DeFi
4 events · last close $80.72 (Bitstamp HYPE/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Dogecoin
#12 · DOGE
MemePayments
10 events · last close $0.08316 (Coinbase Exchange DOGE/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Monero
#13 · XMR
Layer 1Privacy
6 events · last close $558.58 (Kraken XMR/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Chainlink
#15 · LINK
DeFiOracle
6 events · last close $12.77 (Coinbase Exchange LINK/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Cardano
#17 · ADA
Layer 1
7 events · last close $0.2312 (Coinbase Exchange ADA/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
UNUS SED LEO
#18 · LEO
Exchange token
5 events · last close $9.04 (CoinGecko LEO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Stellar
#20 · XLM
Layer 1Payments
6 events · last close $0.1867 (Coinbase Exchange XLM/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
NEAR Protocol
#21 · NEAR
Layer 1
5 events · last close $5.01 (Bitstamp NEAR/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Bitcoin Cash
#22 · BCH
Layer 1Payments
5 events · last close $273.90 (Bitstamp BCH/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Litecoin
#25 · LTC
Layer 1Payments
7 events · last close $60.26 (Coinbase Exchange LTC/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Uniswap
#27 · UNI
DeFi
6 events · last close $7.27 (Coinbase Exchange UNI/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Avalanche
#28 · AVAX
Layer 1
5 events · last close $10.04 (Coinbase Exchange AVAX/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Sui
#29 · SUI
Layer 1
5 events · last close $1.03 (Bitstamp SUI/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Toncoin
#31 · TON
Layer 1Payments
5 events · last close $1.36 (Bitstamp TON/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Hedera
#33 · HBAR
Layer 1
4 events · last close $0.08562 (Bitstamp HBAR/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Bittensor
#36 · TAO
AI and computeLayer 1
3 events · last close $273.28 (Coinbase Exchange TAO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Quant
#37 · QNT
Interoperability
3 events · last close $207.10 (Coinbase Exchange QNT/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Shiba Inu
#38 · SHIB
Meme
5 events · last close $5.09e-06 (Coinbase Exchange SHIB/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Cronos
#39 · CRO
Layer 1Exchange token
5 events · last close $0.05823 (Coinbase Exchange CRO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Ethena
#41 · ENA
DeFi
5 events · last close $0.2019 (Coinbase Exchange ENA/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
OKB
#42 · OKB
Exchange token
3 events · last close $121.66 (CoinGecko OKB/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Aave
#43 · AAVE
DeFi
6 events · last close $158.58 (Coinbase Exchange AAVE/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Pump.fun
#47 · PUMP
MemeDeFi
5 events · last close $0.004961 (Coinbase Exchange PUMP/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Ondo
#48 · ONDO
DeFiReal world assets
5 events · last close $0.4563 (Coinbase Exchange ONDO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Polkadot
#50 · DOT
Layer 1
7 events · last close $1.15 (Coinbase Exchange DOT/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Worldcoin
#51 · WLD
Identity
5 events · last close $0.5034 (Coinbase Exchange WLD/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
World Liberty Financial
#54 · WLFI
DeFi
5 events · last close $0.05698 (Coinbase Exchange WLFI/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Sky (formerly Maker)
#58 · SKY
DeFi
5 events · last close $0.07486 (Coinbase Exchange SKY/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Mantle
#59 · MNT
Layer 2
5 events · last close $0.5297 (Bitstamp MNT/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Pepe
#60 · PEPE
Meme
3 events · last close $4.1e-06 (Bitstamp PEPE/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Internet Computer
#61 · ICP
Layer 1
4 events · last close $3.08 (Coinbase Exchange ICP/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Morpho
#63 · MORPHO
DeFi
5 events · last close $2.32 (Coinbase Exchange MORPHO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Bitget Token
#66 · BGB
Exchange token
3 events · last close $1.95 (CoinGecko BGB/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Ethereum Classic
#68 · ETC
Layer 1
6 events · last close $8.04 (Coinbase Exchange ETC/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Arbitrum
#70 · ARB
Layer 2
5 events · last close $0.185 (Coinbase Exchange ARB/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
GateToken
#72 · GT
Exchange token
3 events · last close $10.51 (CoinGecko GT/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Algorand
#74 · ALGO
Layer 1
4 events · last close $0.1199 (Coinbase Exchange ALGO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Jupiter
#75 · JUP
DeFi
4 events · last close $0.3222 (Binance JUP/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
Kaspa
#76 · KAS
Layer 1
5 events · last close $0.0378 (CoinGecko KAS/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Polygon
#77 · POL
Layer 2Layer 1
6 events · last close $0.09828 (Coinbase Exchange POL/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
KuCoin Token
#78 · KCS
Exchange token
3 events · last close $7.30 (CoinGecko KCS/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Render
#79 · RENDER
AI and compute
4 events · last close $1.94 (Coinbase Exchange RENDER/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Cosmos Hub
#81 · ATOM
Layer 1
5 events · last close $1.79 (Coinbase Exchange ATOM/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Filecoin
#82 · FIL
Storage
5 events · last close $1.12 (Coinbase Exchange FIL/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Pi Network
#83 · PI
Layer 1
5 events · last close $0.07895 (CoinGecko PI/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Aerodrome
#84 · AERO
DeFi
3 events · last close $0.8734 (Coinbase Exchange AERO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Nexo
#85 · NEXO
Exchange tokenDeFi
3 events · last close $0.83 (Binance NEXO/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
Stacks
#87 · STX
Layer 2Bitcoin
5 events · last close $0.4278 (Coinbase Exchange STX/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Injective
#90 · INJ
Layer 1DeFi
5 events · last close $7.93 (Bitstamp INJ/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
LayerZero
#91 · ZRO
Interoperability
4 events · last close $1.95 (Coinbase Exchange ZRO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
PancakeSwap
#94 · CAKE
DeFi
3 events · last close $2.25 (Coinbase Exchange CAKE/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Aptos
#95 · APT
Layer 1
5 events · last close $0.8064 (Coinbase Exchange APT/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
XDC Network
#97 · XDC
Layer 1Payments
3 events · last close $0.03472 (Bitstamp XDC/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Pyth Network
#98 · PYTH
OracleDeFi
4 events · last close $0.08353 (Bitstamp PYTH/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Dash
#102 · DASH
Layer 1Payments
5 events · last close $49.53 (Coinbase Exchange DASH/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
ether.fi
#103 · ETHFI
DeFi
3 events · last close $0.642 (Coinbase Exchange ETHFI/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
VeChain
#104 · VET
Layer 1Supply chain
4 events · last close $0.007243 (Coinbase Exchange VET/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Starknet
#105 · STRK
Layer 2
4 events · last close $0.08075 (Coinbase Exchange STRK/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Flare
#106 · FLR
Layer 1Oracle
4 events · last close $0.006833 (Bitstamp FLR/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Celestia
#110 · TIA
Layer 1Modular
4 events · last close $0.5499 (Coinbase Exchange TIA/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Official Trump
#111 · TRUMP
Meme
4 events · last close $1.88 (Bitstamp TRUMP/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Raydium
#113 · RAY
DeFi
3 events · last close $1.93 (Coinbase Exchange RAY/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Curve DAO
#114 · CRV
DeFi
3 events · last close $0.3304 (Coinbase Exchange CRV/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance
#120 · FET
AI and compute
3 events · last close $0.2091 (Coinbase Exchange FET/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Lido DAO
#133 · LDO
DeFi
3 events · last close $0.4118 (Coinbase Exchange LDO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Tezos
#134 · XTZ
Layer 1
4 events · last close $0.3099 (Coinbase Exchange XTZ/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Optimism
#136 · OP
Layer 2
4 events · last close $0.1428 (Coinbase Exchange OP/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Gnosis
#146 · GNO
Layer 1
3 events · last close $113.33 (Coinbase Exchange GNO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Conflux
#149 · CFX
Layer 1
3 events · last close $0.05593 (Binance CFX/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
Decred
#152 · DCR
Layer 1
4 events · last close $16.24 (Binance DCR/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
The Graph
#153 · GRT
Infrastructure
4 events · last close $0.02543 (Coinbase Exchange GRT/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Bonk
#154 · BONK
Meme
4 events · last close $3.12e-06 (Coinbase Exchange BONK/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Jito
#155 · JTO
DeFi
4 events · last close $0.5075 (Coinbase Exchange JTO/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Terra Luna Classic
#156 · LUNC
Layer 1
4 events · last close $4.82e-05 (Binance LUNC/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
Basic Attention Token
#157 · BAT
Advertising
4 events · last close $0.161 (Bitstamp BAT/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Arweave
#161 · AR
Storage
3 events · last close $3.80 (Binance AR/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
Ethereum Name Service
#162 · ENS
Infrastructure
4 events · last close $5.84 (Coinbase Exchange ENS/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Floki
#164 · FLOKI
Meme
3 events · last close $2.519e-05 (Bitstamp FLOKI/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
EigenLayer
#170 · EIGEN
DeFiInfrastructure
3 events · last close $0.2336 (Coinbase Exchange EIGEN/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Compound
#172 · COMP
DeFi
4 events · last close $22.74 (Coinbase Exchange COMP/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
IOTA
#173 · IOTA
Layer 1Internet of things
3 events · last close $0.0475 (Binance IOTA/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
Sonic (formerly Fantom)
#178 · S
Layer 1
3 events · last close $0.05543 (Coinbase Exchange S/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
THORChain
#179 · RUNE
DeFiLayer 1
3 events · last close $0.647 (Binance RUNE/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
dogwifhat
#186 · WIF
Meme
3 events · last close $0.2027 (Bitstamp WIF/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Akash Network
#187 · AKT
AI and compute
3 events · last close $0.6712 (Coinbase Exchange AKT/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Theta Network
#189 · THETA
Media
3 events · last close $0.1972 (Binance THETA/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
Axie Infinity
#192 · AXS
Gaming
4 events · last close $1.09 (Coinbase Exchange AXS/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Decentraland
#199 · MANA
GamingMetaverse
3 events · last close $0.09 (Coinbase Exchange MANA/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
The Sandbox
#205 · SAND
GamingMetaverse
3 events · last close $0.05706 (Bitstamp SAND/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
ZKsync
#206 · ZK
Layer 2
4 events · last close $0.0151 (Coinbase Exchange ZK/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Neo
#210 · NEO
Layer 1
3 events · last close $2.31 (Binance NEO/USDT daily close, 2026-10-14)
Immutable
#216 · IMX
GamingLayer 2
3 events · last close $0.1676 (Coinbase Exchange IMX/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)
Chiliz
#219 · CHZ
Sports
3 events · last close $0.01415 (Coinbase Exchange CHZ/USD daily close, 2026-10-14)

Ranking: top coins by market cap from the CoinGecko /coins/markets public API, fetched Oct 14, 2026, excluding stablecoins, wrapped or staked tokens, tokenized funds and coins we could not source well. Ranks show CoinGecko's position.

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Facts written in our own words. Last checked Oct 14, 2026.