Get listed

Apply to have a cryptocurrency, token, exchange, wallet or service added to CoinSpectrum. Applying is free and every application is read. What a project is decides where it is listed; the application makes sure it is looked at.

Where a project lands

Cryptocurrency

Its own chain, its own consensus, blocks being produced and a market the price sources can see. It enters the ranking, and its position follows the data from then on.

Token

Anything issued on another chain: utility tokens, stablecoins, wrapped assets, memecoins. Listed on the tokens pages with its host chain and backing, never added to the cryptocurrency count.

Exchange

Centralised and decentralised venues, ordered by the published methodology in the exchange ranking.

Wallet or service

Wallets, explorers, bridges, payment processors and other tools, listed in the directory for their kind.

The line between the first two is the counting rule: an asset with its own chain and consensus is a cryptocurrency, and everything that runs on someone else's is listed as what it is. Why a token is not a cryptocurrency.

What an application cannot buy

A place in the cryptocurrency ranking is not for sale, and neither is a rank, a classification or a faster count. Nobody acting for CoinSpectrum asks a project for payment, tokens or an allocation in return for a cryptocurrency listing; a request like that did not come from here. Other directories may carry paid placements, each labelled on its own row.

What happens next

  1. The application gets a reference such as CS-7K4M2Q. Quote it in any follow-up.
  2. It is checked against the rule for its kind: the chain and its explorer for a cryptocurrency, the host chain and contract for a token, the product itself for the rest.
  3. Any question or answer goes to the contact given. An accepted project appears with the next data build.

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What is it?

The fields below follow the choice.

Used only to reply about this application.
The address this is sent from is kept only as a one-way hash, to stop floods, and dropped after six months.

Questions

Is listing on CoinSpectrum free?

Yes. Applying costs nothing, and a cryptocurrency's place in the ranking is never sold. The counting rule and the market data decide where it lands.

Does applying guarantee a listing?

No. An application is a request for review. The rule for the project's kind decides the outcome: a cryptocurrency must have its own chain and consensus and a market the price sources can see; a token must name its host chain and contract.

Can a token be listed as a cryptocurrency?

No. A token runs on another chain's consensus, so it is listed on the tokens pages under what it is. If the project later launches a chain of its own, the coin on that chain can apply as a cryptocurrency.

Why is an accepted coin not in the ranking yet?

The ranking is rebuilt from market data, so a coin appears once the pipeline finds it: blocks being produced, a market on a venue the price sources cover, and trading volume above the gate described in the methodology.

Someone offered a CoinSpectrum listing for a fee. Is that real?

No. Nobody acting for CoinSpectrum sells cryptocurrency listings, ranks or classifications, or asks for tokens or an allocation. Report the message on X or Telegram.

How is an existing listing corrected?

Apply with Something else, name the row and the field, and link the source that shows the correct value. Reports on X and Telegram work too.