Cryptocurrency

Leading cryptocurrency coins in 2017

Bitcoin (BTC)

$88700233027.429

Market cap

$5333.5760010293

Price

( -6.76% )

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Ripple (XRP)

$8750564024.1967

Market cap

$0.22710133747605

Price

( -10.3% )

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Ethereum (ETH)

$28632547652.355

Market cap

$300.86112128072

Price

( -7.63% )

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DigitalCash (DASH)

$2183388340.54

Market cap

$286.22

Price

( -4.94% )

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Litecoin (LTC)

$2993126443.0339

Market cap

$56.022461400814

Price

( -9.17% )

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NEM (XEM)

$1882114691.8367

Market cap

$0.20912385467176

Price

( -6.45% )

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Monero (XMR)

$1361072671.0654

Market cap

$89.345572458598

Price

( -6.18% )

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Ethereum Classic (ETC)

$1086447039.7676

Market cap

$11.24997008509

Price

( -5.16% )

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Lisk (LSK)

$553989112.32552

Market cap

$4.872801653245

Price

( -1.27% )

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ZCash (ZEC)

$546847931.42645

Market cap

$225.61417804978

Price

( -2.2% )

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Waves (WAVES)

$375467749.74446

Market cap

$3.7546774974446

Price

( -5.45% )

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Stratis (STRAT)

$317628364.54464

Market cap

$3.2218237046749

Price

( +7.42% )

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Stellar (XLM)

$282988069.87098

Market cap

$0.01706

Price

( -8.44% )

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ARK (ARK)

$259361727.13412

Market cap

$2.6470537693108

Price

( -1.47% )

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Steem (STEEM)

$245438951.50058

Market cap

$1.0055814948377

Price

( -4% )

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ByteCoin (BCN)

$244349163.57759

Market cap

$0.0013333940002573

Price

( -5.46% )

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Ardor (ARDR)

$228098936.42199

Market cap

$0.22832737910643

Price

( -6.05% )

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ePay (PAY)

$199920571.01549

Market cap

$1.9101669090086

Price

( +3.41% )

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Augur (REP)

$199782000

Market cap

$18.162

Price

( -3.89% )

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Private Instant Verified Transaction (PIVX)

$190936213.69617

Market cap

$3.5016851335805

Price

( -3.93% )

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Golem Network Token (GNT)

$172322926.6781

Market cap

$0.20686231342625

Price

( +0.97% )

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MaidSafe Coin (MAID)

$170406775.38149

Market cap

$0.37654594443194

Price

( -2.35% )

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Komodo (KMD)

$169596173.10751

Market cap

$1.6800764403242

Price

( +0.07% )

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FirstCoin (FRST)

$163058018.9728

Market cap

$13.1488

Price

( -5.54% )

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Decred (DCR)

$158906158.46959

Market cap

$26.576869397827

Price

( -5.19% )

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MonaCoin (MONA)

$143988839.73391

Market cap

$2.632226428028

Price

( -19.66% )

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Khancoin (KNC)

$142330887.44064

Market cap

$1.06112

Price

( -4.11% )

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Factoids (FCT)

$138598440.75126

Market cap

$15.848693445916

Price

( -3.38% )

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Iconomi (ICN)

$134272179.53212

Market cap

$1.3440611522594

Price

( -7.39% )

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Bitshares (BTS)

$133488185.20158

Market cap

$0.051328185398271

Price

( -11.58% )

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Boats and Bitches (BNB)

$133000000

Market cap

$1.33

Price

( -4.54% )

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Digix DAO (DGD)

$132926687.91477

Market cap

$66.463343957386

Price

( -5.48% )

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Siacoin (SC)

$126367144.88257

Market cap

$0.0041855378845363

Price

( -3.27% )

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Dogecoin (DOGE)

$118987954.4891

Market cap

$0.0010667152002059

Price

( -6.67% )

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Gamecredits (GAME)

$113159643.35177

Market cap

$1.7583563734027

Price

( -2.66% )

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BitcoinDark (BTCD)

$104871062.46808

Market cap

$81.367176988755

Price

( -5.46% )

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808 (808)

$103355917.6148

Market cap

$0.001135

Price

( -20.75% )

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SysCoin (SYS)

$100483766.75789

Market cap

$0.19021988300355

Price

( +4.19% )

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Byteball (GBYTE)

$100289245.94203

Market cap

$171.75874803395

Price

( +1.22% )

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Autumncoin (ATM)

$95238139.2369

Market cap

$0.03385

Price

( -4.02% )

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BlockNet (BLOCK)

$93380924.61955

Market cap

$19.269250048039

Price

( -3.24% )

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BitMark (BTM)

$88578315

Market cap

$0.089745

Price

( -5.81% )

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SingularDTV (SNGLS)

$86723945.776736

Market cap

$0.14453990962789

Price

( -8.03% )

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DigiByte (DGB)

$85307468.454914

Market cap

$0.0097580637444222

Price

( -9.11% )

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Bantam (BNT)

$84291688.59792

Market cap

$2.067347393759

Price

( -8.82% )

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Nexus (NXS)

$70321452.806096

Market cap

$1.3227268482553

Price

( -2.15% )

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Verge (XVG)

$70065272.987676

Market cap

$0.0049602256809572

Price

( -2.08% )

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Nxt (NXT)

$63663485.407597

Market cap

$0.063727216320096

Price

( -6.19% )

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VertCoin (VTC)

$63416073.667523

Market cap

$1.5690329058973

Price

( -3.08% )

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Astral (AST)

$51618450

Market cap

$0.344123

Price

( +0% )

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What is cryptocurrency?

Cryptocurrency is a digital (virtual currency) that uses cryptography to secure translations and to control creation of new coins. First crypto currency was created in 2009 and it's called Bitcoin. After Bitcoin success there have been hundreds of other cryptocurrencies and they are called altcoins. Bitcoin uses SHA-256 hashing function and is based of proof-of-work system. Cryptocurrency is free of governmental oversight, the economy monitored by peer-to-peer internet protocol, this makes cryptocurrencies fully decentralized. All translations are processed by miners who are members of general public that uses their computers to validate transactions by finding hash that connects the new block to the old one, this is where term blockchain come in. Every cryptocurrency is different, but most of them share same features, they are anonymous, fast and globally accessible, secure and decentralized. Learn more about cryptocurrency