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The first and largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Created in 2009 by an unknown inventor using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin is considered to be the first
wide-scale implementation of blockchain technology. From just a few cents in 2009, BTC’s value skyrocketed to close to $20,000 in 2017.
Released in 2012 by Ripple Labs, a company founded by American programmer, Jed McCaleb. XRP enables real-time payments and settlements with greater transaction
speeds and lower costs. Aiming to provide solutions for financial institutions, XRP is already in use by many well-known brands, such as the Bank of America and UBS
Created by Russian programmer, Vitalik Buterin, and launched in 2015. Ethereum has received international recognition and support from technology giants such as Microsoft
and Intel.
In addition to payments, Ethereum also supports ‘'smart contracts'.'
Created in August 2017, when Bitcoin underwent a ‘'hard fork''. Designed to be a solution to the backlog of transactions Bitcoin was experiencing. Bitcoin Cash’s
larger block size (eight times that of Bitcoin) and improved hash rate enable faster transaction speeds at a lower cost.
Created in 2016, when Ethereum underwent a ‘'hard fork''. After Ethereum’s founders switched to a new blockchain, the original Ethereum platform became Ethereum
Classic. Ethereum Classic has a significantly lower market cap than its namesake, but is still a popular cryptocurrency.
Released in 2011 by former Google engineer, Charles Lee. Litecoin is based on Bitcoin’s technology, but offers quicker processing times and a larger number of tokens.
The first cryptocurrency to implement SegWit, a method of speeding up transaction times without compromising the underlying blockchain technology.
Developed by software programmer, Evan Duffield. Originally launched in 2014 as XCoin, rebranded as Dash in 2015. Based on Bitcoin’s technology, Dash’s additional infrastructure
enables faster transactions and higher liquidity.
Unlike other cryptocurrencies, Dash is a decentralised autonomous organization (DAO).
Launched in 2014 and cofounded by Jed McCaleb, the creator of Ripple. Operates on a unique consensus algorithm rather than mining. Average confirmation time for
a Stellar transaction is extremely fast — a mere few seconds to complete — at an extremely low cost. Stellar can facilitate transactions between multiple currencies, whether fiat or digital.
Created in 2014 by Da Hongfei. NEO was modeled after ETH, and is also known as the ‘Chinese Ethereum’. Designed to be easily modified and to have no forking ability, NEO
faces fewer challenges in the Chinese market than other cryptocurrencies. Overall supply of NEO is hard-capped at 100 million tokens, to be released gradually into circulation.
Released in early 2018, EOS quickly became one of the top ten cryptos. Similar to Ethereum in function, EOS was designed for faster transactions and extreme scalability.
EOS’s powerful open-source infrastructure could potentially support thousands of commercial scale decentralised applications (Dapps). EOS uses a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS), rather than a mining-based blockchain.
Launched in September 2017, Cardano quickly reached a multibillion dollar market cap Inspired by Ethereum, Cardano aims to utilise blockchain technology for far more
than just payments. Enables developers to create their own blockchain apps using the platform. Cardano’s dual-layer structure runs each layer separately, as opposed to Ethereum, where both layers are intertwined.
Launched in 2015. IOTA is based on a proprietary ''blockless'' blockchain called Tangle. Has secured strategic partnerships with well-known brands such as Volkswagen. IOTA is
paving the way for a decentralised network to power the Internet of Things (IoT).
Released in 2016. Zcash encrypts the contents of shielded transactions, using a novel form of zeroknowledge cryptography called zk-SNARKs to verify their validity. Ensures
that the sender, recipient, and amount transferred are all kept private. Zcash has a fixed total supply of 21 million units, similar to Bitcoin.
Originally founded in Shanghai in 2017, Binance now operates out of Taiwan. BNB is a utility cryptocurrency used to pay transaction exchange fees. Gives traders a discount on
the nominal 0.1% of the transaction’s value and supports transactions of over 150 cryptocurrencies.
