Chains built as clearing rails for large-value transfers rather than end-user payments. Optimised for finality guarantees and the absence of surprising behaviour, not for retail throughput.
| # | Asset | Consensus | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BitcoinBTC | SHA-256 | $1.47T |
| 2 | XRPXRP | XRP Ledger Consensus (RPCA, federated) | $67.2B |
| 3 | StellarXLM | Stellar Consensus Protocol (FBA) | $5.1B |
| 4 | CantonCC | Canton BFT (privacy L1) | $3.6B |
| 5 | HederaHBAR | Hashgraph (gossip, aBFT) | $2.9B |
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.