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Cryptocurrency
Symbol
Launched
Primary Use Case
Reputation
Bitcoin
BTC2009Digital gold, store of valueThe OG, Satoshi mystery, 21M cap, institutional adoption, energy FUD, $100K milestone
Ethereum
ETH2015Smart contracts, DeFi, NFTsWorld computer, Vitalik's vision, gas fees pain, PoS transition, 'ultra sound money'
Solana
SOL2020Fast cheap transactions, DeFiSpeed demon (65K TPS theoretical), VC chain criticism, network outages, came back from FTX association
Dogecoin
DOGE2013Meme / tipping / paymentsStarted as a joke, Elon tweets move it, Shiba Inu mascot, 'to the moon', actually used for tipping
Cardano
ADA2017Smart contracts (academic approach)Charles Hoskinson's peer-reviewed blockchain, 'always building', criticized for slow delivery, Africa focus
XRP (Ripple)
XRP2012Cross-border paymentsBank partnerships, SEC lawsuit saga (partial win), not-truly-decentralized debate, XRP Army
Polkadot
DOT2020Cross-chain interoperabilityGavin Wood's (Ethereum co-founder) vision, parachains, complex but ambitious, treasury spending debates
Avalanche
AVAX2020DeFi, subnets, gamingFast finality, subnet architecture, Cornell professor founded it, competing with Ethereum L2s
Chainlink
LINK2017Oracle network (off-chain data)DeFi infrastructure backbone, Sergey Nazarov's flannel, LINK marines, staking finally launched
Toncoin
TON2018Telegram integration, paymentsTelegram's blockchain, SEC stopped original launch, community revived it, Telegram mini-apps ecosystem
Monero
XMR2014Privacy-focused transactionsActually private (unlike 'transparent' blockchains), delisted from exchanges, darknet use, cypherpunk values
Uniswap
UNI2020Decentralized exchangeAMM pioneer, democratized token trading, SEC scrutiny, fee switch debate, $4B daily volume
Pepe
PEPE2023Meme coinFrog meme coin that hit $5B market cap, pure speculation, community-driven, no utility and proud of it
Stablecoins (USDT/USDC)
USDT/USDC2014/2018Dollar-pegged stabilityTether's reserves mystery ($100B+), USDC transparent alternative, backbone of crypto trading, de-pegging fears

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