By ledger type

Cryptocurrencies in the ranking grouped by the shape of the ledger they run — one native asset, one plus overlay tokens, or multi-asset from the ground up — 527 chains across 3 ledger type categories, $2.48T combined.

Single-asset ledger

Chains that carry one native asset and nothing else.

389 chains$44.8B combined

Overlay-asset ledger

Chains that carry a native asset AND an overlay layer for tokens defined by convention or contract — Bitcoin's SLP or Runes, Ethereum's ERC-20.

6 chains$1.72T combined

Multi-asset ledger

Chains designed from day one to carry multiple assets natively — Stellar and XRP Ledger let anyone issue an asset, and the ledger treats it as first-class.

132 chains$720.8B combined

Categories are curated in-house — see methodology for the definitions. A chain without a stated ledger type on its own page is not filed under one here either.