Bitcoin was the first decentralized ledger currency. The bitcoin code has been built upon by many projects, and this class contains coins with teams and features that are intertwined with Bitcoin's development.

Ethereum is a platform that runs digital smart contracts. This stack contains currencies that are intertwined with the development of the ethereum network (improved transaction times, security, etc).

This stack contains platforms that connect or improve upon traditional financial systems including payment processing, lending, remittances, cross-border transfers, settlement, compliance, and more.

Middleware tokens are native to crypto currency and usually designed for a specific use-case. These include protocols that bridge transactions between different blockchains, scaling processes and more.

Digital Identity tokens can verify, control, and protect identities. For example, a verified account on Civic (CVC) could be used to beer vending machine without showing your ID to a cashier.

Energy tokens are tied to tangible aspects of energy grid management. For instance, WePower uses smart contracts to power a green trading platform where anyone can invest in solar, wind, and hydro energy.

These tokens are used to facilitate transactions on Crypto Exchanges, and often offer additional features to holders like reduced trading fees and early access to initial coin offerings.

Gambling tokens use blockchain technology to achieve verifiably-fair gambling. For instance, EtherRoll offers a dice game where the house wins exactly 51% of time, eliminating possibility of a rigged game.

Gaming tokens often represent digital items earned inside of a video game. These virtual collectibles can then be traded, verified for rarity, and even transfered between different games.

Like the Internet, these assets allow a wide variety of applications to be built on top of their protocols. While tokens are requried to use the general features of the platform, development possibilities are endless.

Privacy-focused currencies are designed to make it difficult or impossible to track the flow of coins on the network. The amount of coins you own are hidden, and transaction data cannot be traced back to your account.

These assets are incentivizing new markets between consumers and publishers. For instance, if an advertiser purchases ads with Basic Attention Token, 70% of that payment is given directly to the users who view them.

The Storage & Computing stack contains distributed computation tokens that are creating a market for CPU/GPU power distributed globally across participating computers.

Supply Chain platforms offer counterfeit protection, factory-to-sale traceability, and enhanced auditing capabilities. This can help prevent luxury product fraud, ensuring the integrity of vaccines, and more..

Theory & Governance assets incorporate the ability for various stakeholders to directly signal or vote for certain outcomes with respect to development of the protocol/asset itself.

Stable coins can pegged to the value of a traditional fiat currency (like the Euro or U.S. Dollar). These tokens are a good way to hedge your portfolio and take-profits or buy-the-dip in a variable crypto market.

DeFi assets integrate blockchain technology with traditional financial structures. Lending, trading, banking and other financial operations are executed without the involvement of a centralized authority.