CRYPTO SECTOR DIRECTORY
Crypto categories and sectors
Understand crypto assets by technology and use case, then compare market position, core metrics and shared risks within each sector.
Layer 1 blockchains
Layer 1 networks operate their own consensus, settlement and data availability. Research should combine network usage, developer activity, fee revenue and token supply.
Stablecoins
Stablecoins aim to maintain value around a reference asset such as the US dollar and are widely used for settlement, transfers and on-chain collateral.
Decentralized finance
DeFi protocols use smart contracts for trading, lending, yield and asset management. Core metrics include value locked, revenue, utilization and risk reserves.
Real-world assets
RWA projects represent treasuries, credit, funds and other off-chain assets on blockchains, connecting traditional cash flows with on-chain settlement.
Exchange tokens
Exchange-token demand is often linked to fee discounts, platform benefits, buybacks, burns and ecosystem utility, as well as exchange volume and reputation.
Meme coins
Meme coins are driven mainly by community distribution, attention and liquidity, often with weaker fundamentals than infrastructure or cash-flow projects.
Artificial intelligence
AI crypto projects span compute, models, data, agents and decentralized infrastructure. It is important to separate real product demand from thematic narratives.
Privacy coins
Privacy coins and protocols use cryptography to conceal amounts, address relationships or identity, emphasizing fungibility and censorship resistance.
Proof-of-work assets
Proof-of-work networks use computational resources to secure consensus. Security depends on hashrate, miner economics, block rewards and fee markets.
Category tags come from the CoinGecko API. MarketBit AI selects research-relevant sectors and adds explanatory context. One project may belong to multiple categories.
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