Friday,17 Aug all top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap have seen green today, with Ripple (XRP) and EOS up over 15 percent over the past 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap.

Taking inspiration from TechCrunch’s list of 100 cryptocurrencies summarized in four words or less, we’ve put together our own overview of cryptocurrencies, described in 10 words or less.
Below is a list of the top 50 cryptocurrencies sorted by decreasing market cap at the time of writing. Each description provides just enough information to get a thumbnail of the project. You’ll also find links for in-depth discussions of many of the cryptocurrencies mentioned below.

Use this list to kickstart your investment research, or to finally put a purpose to that odd cryptocurrency you keep running into.

Coin Symbol Description

1 Bitcoin- BTC - Digital value storage — buy it and hodl forever.
2 Ethereum- ETH - Smart contracts, decentralized apps, and lots of hype.
3 Ripple - XRP - Fast transactions built for enterprises.
4 Bitcoin Cash - BCH - Bitcoin spin-off with larger block size and lower fees.
5 EOS - EOS - Smart contracts platform with a user-centric fees system.
6 Litecoin - LTC - Lightweight Bitcoin made for daily spending.
7 Stellar Lumens- XLM -Super-fast payments with incredibly small fees.
8 Cardano - ADA - Open and democratic smart contracts platform.
9 Tether- USDT - One Tether equals one USD — always.
10 IOTA - MIOTA - Blockchain meets the Internet-of-Things, with no transaction fees.
11 Tron- TRX -Decentralizing web content: Power to the people!
12 Monero - XMR - Private and completely anonymous payments.
13 NEO - NEO - Smart contracts platform often called China’s Ethereum.
14 Dash- DASH - Scalable and user-friendly digital cash with instant payments.
15 Binance Coin- BNB -Binance exchange’s token used to pay discounted transaction fees.
16 Ethereum Classic- ETC -he “other” Ethereum formed after the 2016 hard fork.
17 VeChain- VEN - Business supply chains on the blockchain.
18 NEM- XEM - Customizable blockchains for businesses.
19 Ontology- ONT - A trust-based ecosystem designed for business use.
20 Qtum - QTUM -Proof-of-Stake value coin and smart contracts platform.
21 OmiseGO - OMG -Aims to compete with banks by offering fast transactions.
22 Zcash - ZEC -Similar to Bitcoin, but with anonymous transactions.
23 ICON - ICX - Making it possible for different blockchains to communicate.
24 Lisk - LSK -Create smart contracts with JavaScript.
25 Decred - DCR -Hybrid currency completely driven by community governance.
26 Zilliqa - ZIL - Blockchain platform built with sharding and scaling in mind.
27 Bytecoin - BCN -Privacy coin with untraceable payments and instant transactions.
28 Aeternity- AE - Efficient and scalable payments network.
29 Bitcoin Gold - BTG - Bitcoin that’s easier to mine.
30 Bytom - BTM - System that transfers real world assets to digital tokens.
31 Siacoin - SC - Cost-efficient peer-to-peer cloud storage system.
32 BitShares- BTS - Decentralized peer-to-peer exchange.
33 Verge - XVG -Private transactions carried out using Tor and I2P.
34 Steem- STEEM -Incentivized social media participation with cryptocurrency payments.
35 0x - ZRX - Decentralized exchange framework with fast smart contracts.
36 Augur - REP - Market that uses game theory to make crowdsourced predictions.
37 Bitcoin Diamond- BCD - Bitcoin, but private — has suspicious origins.
38 Maker - MKR - Stablecoin that attempts to curb price volatility.
39 Nano - XRB - Impressively scalable digital currency.
40 Dogecoin- DOGE - Very spendy. Much Shiba. Such payments. Wow.
41 Waves- WAVES - Blockchain token creation made easy — well, easier, anyway.
42 RChain - RHOC - Fast and scalable content delivery.
43 Golem - GNT -Decentralized supercomputer platform anyone can use.
44 DigiByte- DGB -Secure payments through a highly decentralized network.
45 Nebulas- NAS - A continuously improving blockchain ecosystem that never hard forks.
46 Stratis- STRAT - Smart contracts in C# and .Net, built for enterprise use.
47 Populous- PPT - Fast, secure, transparent global invoice trading platform.
48 Wanchain- WAN - Efficient and decentralized cross-chain digital asset transactions.-
49 Basic Attention Token- BAT - Replacing online ads with direct consumer-to-creator payments.
50 Bitcoin Private- BTCP - Privacy-oriented Bitcoin forked from ZClassic.