Chains whose primary product is moving assets and messages between other chains — cross-chain bridges, light-client hubs, and interoperability layers.
| # | Asset | Consensus | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PolkadotDOT | NPoS (BABE + GRANDPA) | $1.4B |
| 2 | Cosmos HubATOM | Tendermint (CometBFT) | $748M |
| 3 | ZetaChainZETA | Tendermint (CometBFT) | $57M |
| 4 | AxelarAXL | Tendermint (CometBFT) | $45M |
| 5 | BandBAND | Tendermint (CometBFT) | $32M |
| 6 | NerveNetworkNVT | POCBFT (Proof of Credit + BFT) | $213,467 |
| 7 | QubeticsTICS | Tendermint (CometBFT) | $0 |
Methodology — the rules under which each chain's purpose was decided. Assets that don't fit one of the categories are left unclassified rather than filed under a guess.