The highest-graded cryptocurrencies

The CoinSpectrum Grade scores every asset from A++ to F on published criteria: twenty for a coin and ten for a token. This list ranks the cryptocurrencies that have a grade; coins whose launch is still being researched are left off until it is, rather than graded on half the evidence.

The highest-graded cryptocurrencies are Bitcoin Cash (A++), Bitcoin (A+), Zcash (A+), Monero (A+), Litecoin (A+). The grade rewards a chain of its own, open minting, no premine and no insiders' sale, and a deep market.

Updated 28 October 2026, with every data build.

#CryptocurrencyGradeScoreConsensusMarket cap
1Bitcoin CashBCHA++91Proof of Work$5.8B
2BitcoinBTCA+89Proof of Work$1.62T
3ZcashZECA+86Proof of Work$21.6B
4MoneroXMRA+87Proof of Work$11.4B
5LitecoinLTCA+87Proof of Work$4.6B
6KaspaKASA+82Proof of Work$988M
7DigiByteDGBA+85Proof of Work$64M
8ErgoERGA+83Proof of Work$25M
9EthereumETHA79Proof of Stake$284.7B
10SolanaSOLA74Proof of Stake$59.5B
11DogecoinDOGEA79Proof of Work$12.4B
12DashDASHA79Proof of Work$684M
13PearlPEARLA76Proof of Work$638M
14TezosXTZA77Proof of Stake$304M
15DecredDCRA75Hybrid$255M
16eCashXECA76Proof of Work$134M
17KavaKAVAA74Proof of Stake$75M
18VergeXVGA78Proof of Work$41M
19FluxFLUXA74Proof of Stake$29M
20RavencoinRVNA78Proof of Work$24M
21NamecoinNMCA79Proof of Work$22M
22FiroFIROA78Proof of Work$16M
23GroestlcoinGRSA80Proof of Work$8M
24Bitcoin GoldBTGA74Proof of Work$7M
25Ycash (y.cash)YECA74Proof of Work$5M
26ZClassicZCLA76Proof of Work$5M
27PIVXPIVXA77Proof of Stake$4M
28MonaCoinMONAA75Proof of Work$4M
29VertcoinVTCA74Proof of Work$3M
30GrinGRINA78Proof of Work$3M
31DingocoinDINGOA76Proof of Work$2M
32XELISXELA74Proof of Work$2M
33SignumSIGNAA74Proof of Work$1M
34RadiantRXDA76Proof of Work$477,517
35FeathercoinFTCA76Proof of Work$190,258
36CardanoADAB66Proof of Stake$7.6B
37NEAR ProtocolNEARB70Proof of Stake$6.0B
38StellarXLMB65Federated$6.0B
39AvalancheAVAXB67Proof of Stake$3.9B
40Gram (prev. Toncoin)GRAMB64Proof of Stake$3.5B
41PolkadotDOTB71Proof of Stake$1.7B
42Ethereum ClassicETCB73Proof of Work$1.2B
43AlgorandALGOB66Proof of Stake$925M
44Cosmos HubATOMB71Proof of Stake$874M
45FilecoinFILB71Proof of Space / Storage$747M
46AptosAPTB64Proof of Stake$605M
47Bitcoin SVBSVB71Proof of Work$349M
48Akash NetworkAKTB69Proof of Stake$199M
49IOTAIOTAB65Proof of Stake$195M
50SonicSB65Proof of Stake$179M
51Theta NetworkTHETAB65Proof of Stake$177M
52MultiversXEGLDB67Proof of Stake$104M
53Quantum Resistant LedgerQRLB65Proof of Work$95M
54QtumQTUMB68Proof of Stake$88M
55Mina ProtocolMINAB65Proof of Stake$84M
56Nervos NetworkCKBB72Proof of Work$67M
57Theta FuelTFUELB70Proof of Stake$65M
58NanoXNOB73Proof of Stake$45M
59Fractal BitcoinFBB67Proof of Work$40M
60SiacoinSCB73Proof of Work$40M

Grades are provisional while holder concentration is being collected; it is left out of every asset's average equally. How the grade is built.

Questions

What is the CoinSpectrum Grade?

A published rating from A++ to F built from criteria scored 0 to 10 and weighted equally: consensus (two market ladders, each its own criterion; asset class for a token, ranked below every native coin family), the Cryptocurrency Standards in five sections: sound money (six qualities: scarcity, durability, fungibility, portability, divisibility and verifiability; coins only), scalability (fees, throughput against the real demand of the busiest networks, block time and block space, each on a scale, and three features: fast safe payments, pruned nodes, light clients; coins only), security (miner pay on a scale and seven checks: own hashrate, pool and validator concentration, clients, open-source node software, real use, no attacks), decentralisation (censorship resistance and no central team, who can mint, node count and holder concentration, each on a scale, then premine, fundraising and developer share after launch, coins only) and privacy (keys not tied to an identity, a UTXO ledger, network privacy, hidden amounts, hidden parties); then programmability (token issuance and smart contracts, 2 points each, and five checks: multisig and time locks, atomic swaps, a native exchange, cross-chain messaging, NFTs; coins only), liquidity (exchange count, daily volume on a 30-day median, $10K 0 to $1B or more 10, turnover, market cap and paper trading in futures, options and margin, read live), supply (a fixed maximum, or the supply in circulation where none is fixed, 21 million 10, less above and below), record (origin, claims and halts), age (a point for each full year since genesis, ten at most), and development (steady work and improvements, less unfixed vulnerabilities and exploits); the last two for coins only.

Which cryptocurrencies have the best grade?

Bitcoin Cash (A++), Bitcoin (A+), Zcash (A+), Monero (A+), Litecoin (A+), Kaspa (A+).

Is the grade investment advice?

No. It rates how an asset is built and how deep its market is, by published rules. It is not a price forecast and not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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