Less than 3,000 of these cryptocurrencies have any meaningful market cap. Most don’t have any market cap at all, as they have no coins in circulation. At the time of writing, the largest crypto remains Bitcoin—it’s certainly the coin most people are aware of, even if they don’t understand cryptocurrency.
To help you get a better grasp on the crypto market, we’ve rounded up a list of the top 25 cryptocurrencies worth knowing about, which account for more than 90% of the value of the entire industry.
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An Overview of the Most Important Cryptocurrencies
Will Cryptocurrencies Become Mainstream?
There was a time when money existed only in the physical form. And it came in many forms: cowrie shells, salt, gold and copper coins, and paper. All played the role of money or currency at one time or another in history.
Today, the vast majority of all the money in circulation is in digital form. This is represented by credit cards, debit cards, mobile money and, now, cryptocurrencies.
One day, in the near future, it is inevitable that you will use cryptocurrencies to pay for groceries or your rent as normally and as frequently as you use dollars today.
