There are about 1,000 cryptocurrencies as of July 2017. Following list shows the top cryptocurrencies ranked by price and market capitalization according to data from CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin (BTC) is the largest blockchain network and the most valuable coin with a price of $2,354 and market capitalization of $38.7 billion as of July 18, 2017. Ethereum (ETH) is the second largest blockchain network. The current Ethereum price is approximately $230. Byteball (GBYTE), launched in December 2016, is the second largest cryptocurrency by price. It is a coin without blockchain and does not require PoW or PoS mining.
Top 20 Cryptocurrencies by Price
Rank |
Name |
Price, US$ |
1 |
Bitcoin |
$2,354 |
2 |
Byteball |
$528.4 |
3 |
Ethereum |
$232.2 |
4 |
Veritaseum |
$224.5 |
5 |
Zcash |
$203.6 |
6 |
Gnosis |
$193.8 |
7 |
Dash |
$164.0 |
8 |
BitConnect |
$58.9 |
9 |
DigixDAO |
$57.7 |
10 |
Melon |
$47.9 |
11 |
Litecoin |
$44.1 |
12 |
BitcoinDark |
$41.6 |
13 |
Monero |
$37.6 |
14 |
Omni |
$34.0 |
15 |
Numeraire |
$25.8 |
16 |
Decred |
$24.7 |
17 |
Augur |
$19.8 |
18 |
Factom |
$16.1 |
19 |
Ethereum Classic |
$16.0 |
20 |
Counterparty |
$8.3 |
Top 20 Cryptocurrencies by Market Capitalization
Rank |
Name |
Market Capitalization, US$ |
1 |
Bitcoin |
$38.734 B |
2 |
Ethereum |
$21.686 B |
3 |
Ripple |
$7.185 B |
4 |
Litecoin |
$2.297 B |
5 |
Ethereum Classic |
$1.497 B |
6 |
NEM |
$1.225 B |
7 |
Dash |
$1.219 B |
8 |
IOTA |
$856 M |
9 |
Monero |
$556 M |
10 |
Stratis |
$447 M |
11 |
Veritaseum |
$442 M |
12 |
EOS |
$376 M |
13 |
Zcash |
$360 M |
14 |
BitConnect |
$349 M |
15 |
BitShares |
$319 M |
16 |
Steem |
$311 M |
17 |
AntShares |
$303 M |
18 |
Tether |
$297 M |
19 |
Waves |
$286 M |
20 |
Qtum |
$269 M |
21 |
Bytecoin |
$268 M |