Top 100 Cryptocurrencies described in 5 words or less

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Top 100 Cryptocurrencies described in 5 words or less

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>&#x200B;</p> <table><thead> <tr> <th align="left">Name</th> <th align="left">Sym</th> <th align="left">Description</th> </tr> </thead><tbody> <tr> <td align="left">Bitcoin</td> <td align="left">BTC</td> <td align="left">Digital gold</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ethereum</td> <td align="left">ETH</td> <td align="left">Programmable contracts and money</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Tether</td> <td align="left">USDT</td> <td align="left">Price = 1 USD</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Bnb</td> <td align="left">BNB</td> <td align="left">Pay Binance exchange fees</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">USD Coin</td> <td align="left">USDC</td> <td align="left">Price = 1 USD</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Solana</td> <td align="left">SOL</td> <td align="left">Cheaper Faster (broken) Ethereum</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Xrp</td> <td align="left">XRP</td> <td align="left">Enterprise payment settlement network</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Cardano</td> <td align="left">ADA</td> <td align="left">Layered currency and contracts</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Terra</td> <td align="left">LUNA</td> <td align="left">Payments system</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Avalanche</td> <td align="left">AVAX</td> <td align="left">Fast, Cheap and Scalable Ethereum</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Polkadot</td> <td align="left">DOT</td> <td align="left">Enables cross-blockchain transfers</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Dogecoin</td> <td align="left">DOGE</td> <td align="left">Doge meme + crypto</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Binance USD</td> <td align="left">BUSD</td> <td align="left">Price = 1 USD</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">TerraUSD</td> <td align="left">UST</td> <td align="left">Stablecoin of the Terra blockchain</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Shiba Inu</td> <td align="left">SHIB</td> <td align="left">Younger brother of Dogecoin</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Wrapped Bitcoin</td> <td align="left">WBTC</td> <td align="left">Tokenized version of Bitcoin</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Polygon</td> <td align="left">MATIC</td> <td align="left">Connect and grow Ethereum projects</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Cronos</td> <td align="left">CRO</td> <td align="left">Crypto.com utility token</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Dai</td> <td align="left">DAI</td> <td align="left">Ethereum-based stablecoin</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">NEAR protocol</td> <td align="left">NEAR</td> <td align="left">Decentralized application platform</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Litecoin</td> <td align="left">LTC</td> <td align="left">Faster and Cheaper BTC</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Cosmos</td> <td align="left">ATOM</td> <td align="left">Blockchain ecosystem that can scale</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Chainlink</td> <td align="left">LINK</td> <td align="left">External data for contracts</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">TRON</td> <td align="left">TRX</td> <td align="left">In-app-purchases</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Uniswap</td> <td align="left">UNI</td> <td align="left">Trading Defi Tokens</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Bitcoin Cash</td> <td align="left">BCH</td> <td align="left">Bitcoin Fork</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">FTX Token</td> <td align="left">FTT</td> <td align="left">FTX Exchange token</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ethereum Classic</td> <td align="left">ETC</td> <td align="left">Ethereum brother</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Algorand</td> <td align="left">ALGO</td> <td align="left">Secure, efficient, major payments processor</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Waves</td> <td align="left">WAVES</td> <td align="left">Decentralized exchange and crowdfunding</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Stellar</td> <td align="left">XLM</td> <td align="left">Transfer digital currency to fiat</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">UNUS SED LEO</td> <td align="left">LEO</td> <td align="left">Save money on trading fees</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">VeChain</td> <td align="left">VET</td> <td align="left">Chain management and business processes</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Decentraland</td> <td align="left">MANA</td> <td align="left">Virtual reality platform</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Hedera</td> <td align="left">HBAR</td> <td align="left">Smart contracts and DApps</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Filecoin</td> <td align="left">FIL</td> <td align="left">Decentralized storage system</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Internet Computer</td> <td align="left">ICP</td> <td align="left">Do people still care about ICP?</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Elrond</td> <td align="left">EGLD</td> <td align="left">Fast transactions</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Theta Network</td> <td align="left">THETA</td> <td align="left">Video Streaming</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">THORChain</td> <td align="left">RUNE</td> <td align="left">Exchange cryptocurrency assets</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">The Sandbox</td> <td align="left">SAND</td> <td align="left">Tokenized Assets for Gaming Ecosystems</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Monero</td> <td align="left">XMR</td> <td align="left">Private digital cash</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Axie Infinity</td> <td align="left">AXS</td> <td align="left">Overpriced blockchain NFT game</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Fantom</td> <td align="left">FTM</td> <td align="left">Smart contract platform</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Apecoin</td> <td align="left">APE</td> <td align="left">Utility token for APE Ecosystem</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Tezos</td> <td align="left">XTZ</td> <td align="left">Ethereum without hard forks</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Klaytn</td> <td align="left">KLAY</td> <td align="left">Business-oriented blockchain</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Aave</td> <td align="left">AAVE</td> <td align="left">Lend and borrow crypto</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">EOS</td> <td align="left">EOS</td> <td align="left">Designed to deploy DApps</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Helium</td> <td align="left">HNT</td> <td align="left">Internet of Things devices</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Zcash</td> <td align="left">ZEC</td> <td align="left">Privacy and anonymity</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">PancakeSwap</td> <td align="left">CAKE</td> <td align="left">Exchange tokens</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">IOTA</td> <td align="left">MIOTA</td> <td align="left">Internet of things</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Flow</td> <td align="left">FLOW</td> <td align="left">NFTs, Games and Apps</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">The Graph</td> <td align="left">GRT</td> <td align="left">Indexing and querying data</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Maker</td> <td align="left">MKR</td> <td align="left">MakerDAO governance token</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Harmony</td> <td align="left">ONE</td> <td align="left">Secure, scalable DApps</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">BitTorrent-New</td> <td align="left">BTT</td> <td align="left">Decentralized protocols and applications</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Neo</td> <td align="left">NEO</td> <td align="left">Digital assets and smart contracts</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Stacks</td> <td align="left">STX</td> <td align="left">BTC smart contracts and DApps</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">eCash</td> <td align="left">XEC</td> <td align="left">Bitcoin's relative</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Bitcoin SV</td> <td align="left">BSV</td> <td align="left">Bitcoin's relative</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Gala</td> <td align="left">GALA</td> <td align="left">Gaming platform</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">STEPN</td> <td align="left">GMT</td> <td align="left">Governance token</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Chiliz</td> <td align="left">CHZ</td> <td align="left">Purchase fan tokens</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Quant</td> <td align="left">QNT</td> <td align="left">Connect public blockchains</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kucoin Token</td> <td align="left">KCS</td> <td align="left">Exchange native token</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Enjin Coin</td> <td align="left">ENJ</td> <td align="left">Gaming platform</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Convex Finance</td> <td align="left">CVX</td> <td align="left">Staking functionality</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kusama</td> <td align="left">KSM</td> <td align="left">Polkadot's wild cousin</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Loopring</td> <td align="left">LRC</td> <td align="left">DApps that incorporate exchange functionality</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Huobi Token</td> <td align="left">HT</td> <td align="left">Exchange native token</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Celo</td> <td align="left">CELO</td> <td align="left">Crypto for mobile users</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">TrueUSD</td> <td align="left">TUSD</td> <td align="left">Price = 1 USD</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Dash</td> <td align="left">DASH</td> <td align="left">Digital cash</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Nexo</td> <td align="left">NEXO</td> <td align="left">Instant crypto loans</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Basic Attention Token</td> <td align="left">BAT</td> <td align="left">Digital advertising reward platform</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Curve DAO Token</td> <td align="left">CRV</td> <td align="left">Decentralized exchange for stablecoins</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">OKB</td> <td align="left">OKB</td> <td align="left">Crypto exchange's special features</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Arweave</td> <td align="left">AR</td> <td align="left">Collectively owned hard drive</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Mina</td> <td align="left">MINA</td> <td align="left">Run DApps more efficiently</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Amp</td> <td align="left">AMP</td> <td align="left">Speed up transactions</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Holo</td> <td align="left">HOT</td> <td align="left">Bridge to the new Internet</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Theta Fuel</td> <td align="left">TFUEL</td> <td align="left">Theta blockchain native token</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kadena</td> <td align="left">KDA</td> <td align="left">Scalable layer 1 PoW</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">NEM</td> <td align="left">XEM</td> <td align="left">Manage assets and data</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">SKALE Network</td> <td align="left">SKL</td> <td align="left">Scalability for Ethereum</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Pax Dollar</td> <td align="left">USDP</td> <td align="left">Price = 1 USD</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Oasis Network</td> <td align="left">ROSE</td> <td align="left">Low fees scalable layer-1</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">IoTEX</td> <td align="left">IOTX</td> <td align="left">Connect IoT devices</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Neutrino USD</td> <td align="left">USDN</td> <td align="left">Price = 1 USD</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Secret</td> <td align="left">SCRT</td> <td align="left">Privacy-oriented blockchain</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Decred</td> <td align="left">DCR</td> <td align="left">BTC relative</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">IOST</td> <td align="left">IOST</td> <td align="left">Proof of Believability</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Yearn.finance</td> <td align="left">YFI</td> <td align="left">Maximize profits from yield farming</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Qtum</td> <td align="left">QTUM</td> <td align="left">Bitcoin and Ethereum fusion</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Synthetix</td> <td align="left">SNX</td> <td align="left">Mint new crypto assets</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">OMG Network</td> <td align="left">OMG</td> <td align="left">Layer-2 scaling solution</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/No_Weather682"> /u/No_Weather682 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ttpwwn/top_100_cryptocurrencies_described_in_5_words_or/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ttpwwn/top_100_cryptocurrencies_described_in_5_words_or/">[comments]</a></span>Kind 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