Which Coins Are Considered Altcoins?
Any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin is considered an altcoin. Some major categories include:
1. Large Cap Altcoins (Top Market Cap Coins)
• Ethereum (ETH) – Smart contracts, DeFi, NFTs.
• BNB (BNB) – Binance Smart Chain’s native token.
• Solana (SOL) – High-speed blockchain for DeFi and NFTs.
• XRP (XRP) – Payments and remittances.
• Cardano (ADA) – Scalable blockchain for dApps.
2. Meme Coins & Community Tokens
• Dogecoin (DOGE)
• Shiba Inu (SHIB)
• Pepe (PEPE)
• Floki (FLOKI)
3. DeFi & Yield Farming Coins
• Uniswap (UNI) – Decentralized exchange (DEX).
• Aave (AAVE) – Lending and borrowing platform.
• Maker (MKR) – Governance token for DAI stablecoin.
• Curve (CRV) – DeFi liquidity pools.
4. Layer 2 & Scaling Solutions
• Polygon (MATIC) – Layer 2 for Ethereum scaling.
• Arbitrum (ARB) – Optimistic rollups for Ethereum.
• Optimism (OP) – Layer 2 for faster transactions.
5. Gaming & Metaverse Coins
• The Sandbox (SAND)
• Decentraland (MANA)
• Immutable X (IMX)
6. AI & Emerging Tech Coins
• Fetch.ai (FET)
• SingularityNET (AGIX)
• Render (RNDR)
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