Apply to list a cryptocurrency, token, exchange, wallet or service on CoinSpectrum. Applying is free, every application is read, and a listing in the ranking is never for sale. What a project is decides where it lands; the application makes sure it is looked at.
CS-7K4M2Q. Quote it in any follow-up.Its own base-layer chain and its own consensus, with blocks being produced and a quoting venue the market-data pipeline covers. It enters the ranking and its position follows the data from then on.
Anything issued on a host chain rather than its own: utility tokens, stablecoins, wrapped assets, memecoins. Listed on the tokens pages with its host chain and backing, never added to the cryptocurrency count.
Centralised and decentralised venues, ordered by the published methodology in the exchange ranking.
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 any asset that runs on a host blockchain is listed as what it is. Why a token is not a cryptocurrency.
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. A project can also suggest a topic for a journal feature with Feature suggestion above; features are written on merit, never paid for and never promised.
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.
No. An application is a request for review. The rule for the project's kind decides the outcome: a cryptocurrency must have its own base-layer chain and its own consensus, with blocks being produced, and a venue the market-data pipeline covers; a token must name its host chain and contract.
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.
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 a snapshot aggregator that carries its price and supply. Liveness is checked at each build. A low-volume row is hidden from the default view, not dropped — signed-in readers can widen the Supply / 24h volume filter to see it.
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.
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.