In cryptocurrency, coins and tokens are both digital assets, but they have key differences:
1. Coins
Native to a blockchain (e.g., Bitcoin on Bitcoin blockchain, Ether on Ethereum).
Used primarily as money, to pay transaction fees, or for staking.
2. Tokens
Built on top of an existing blockchain using smart contracts (e.g., ERC-20 tokens on Ethereum).
Can represent a wide variety of assets or utilities like governance, access rights, or NFTs.
Examples: USDT (Tether), UNI (Uniswap), LINK (Chainlink).