Statistics · 2026 · Crypto
Number of Cryptocurrencies Statistics (2026)
CoinGecko tracks 21,782 active cryptocurrencies as of October 2, 2026, but the top 10 hold 91.2% of the $2.90T global market cap, and only 80 coins top $1 billion. That count covers coins CoinGecko lists, not every token ever created. Beyond the top 250 sit 21,532 coins whose combined value this data cannot size.
Key takeaways
- CoinGecko counts 21,782 active cryptocurrencies as of October 2, 2026; the 250 largest are 1.1% of that count.
- The 10 largest coins are worth $2.65T, 91.2% of CoinGecko’s $2.90T global total, with stablecoins included.
- 80 coins are worth $1 billion or more, 15 are worth $10 billion or more, and 4 are worth $100 billion or more.
- 35 of the top 250 belong to CoinGecko’s stablecoin category, and 3 more look like stable-value tokens by price.
- CoinGecko lists 769 categories, and they overlap, so their totals cannot be added.
How many cryptocurrencies are there?
CoinGecko reports 21,782 active cryptocurrencies as of October 2, 2026. That is the number of coins CoinGecko tracks as active, not a count of every token in existence. CoinGecko lists only assets that meet its listing criteria, so unlisted tokens fall outside this number.
1. 21,782 active cryptocurrencies on CoinGecko
The figure is the active_cryptocurrencies field of CoinGecko’s global endpoint, which its API reference describes as “Number of active cryptocurrencies”. The documentation does not say whether stablecoins or other asset types are counted differently (WealthyBud data · global endpoint · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
2. CoinGecko’s listing criteria include a working website and at least one active exchange
The CoinGecko methodology lists these criteria: “Working, functional website that has sufficient information on cryptoasset that is being listed” and “Listed on at least one (1) active exchanges where CoinGecko is integrated with”. CoinGecko lists only assets that meet its criteria.
3. The top 250 coins are 1.1% of the active count
21,532 active cryptocurrencies, or 98.9%, rank below the 250 coins in the market snapshot this page uses. The share is WealthyBud’s calculation from CoinGecko counts (WealthyBud data · global count and top-250 snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
4. BIS: total crypto market capitalisation reportedly reached $3 trillion at the end of 2025
BIS Working Paper No 1377 (September 2026) says: “According to industry estimates, the total market capitalisation of cryptoassets reportedly reached $3 trillion by the end of 2025, after peaking at $4.2 trillion earlier that year.” That is an estimate for a past date, not a current figure; CoinGecko’s $2.90T is a different date and measure. Read the BIS paper for its context.
See cryptocurrency market statistics for the whole market and crypto exchange statistics for the 1,508 exchanges CoinGecko tracks.
How concentrated is crypto market value?
The 10 largest coins are worth $2.65T, 91.2% of CoinGecko’s $2.90T global total as of October 2, 2026. The 50 largest hold 98.9%. Stablecoins are included in every figure, and the base is CoinGecko’s global total. Bitcoin alone is worth $1.71T.
5. CoinGecko global total: $2.90T; Bitcoin dominance 58.69%
Both come from CoinGecko’s global call. Every “share of global total” on this page uses that $2.90T as its base (WealthyBud data · global endpoint · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
6. The top 10 hold 91.2% of the global total; the top 50 hold 98.9%
Out of the top-250 sum, they hold 89.0% and 96.5%. 2 of the top 10 are stablecoins (WealthyBud data · top-10 and top-50 groups · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
7. The top 100 and top 250 sums exceed the global total (101.0% and 102.4%)
The top-250 sum is $2.97T against a global total of $2.90T. They come from different CoinGecko calls, and this page does not determine why they differ. Read shares above 100% as a measurement gap and use the top-250 column for shares inside the group (WealthyBud data · top-100 and top-250 groups · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
8. Bitcoin: 59.0% of the global total by snapshot, 58.69% by CoinGecko’s dominance figure
Dividing Bitcoin’s $1.71T by the global total is WealthyBud’s calculation. The 0.31-point gap comes from the two snapshots (WealthyBud data · Bitcoin · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
| Group (largest by market cap) | Combined market cap | Share of CoinGecko global total | Share of top-250 sum | Stablecoins inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 | $2.65T | 91.2% | 89.0% | 2 |
| Top 50 | $2.87T | 98.9% | 96.5% | 9 |
| Top 100 | $2.93T | 101.0% | 98.6% | 16 |
| Top 250 | $2.97T | 102.4% | 100.0% | 35 |
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How many coins are worth more than $1 billion?
80 of CoinGecko’s top 250 coins are worth $1 billion or more as of October 2, 2026. 15 reach $10 billion and 4 reach $100 billion. Stablecoins count in these totals; excluding CoinGecko’s stablecoin category leaves 66, 13 and 3.
9. 80 coins are worth $1 billion or more (66 without stablecoins)
The smallest coin above the line is Pi Network at $1.01B; the largest below it is Blockchain Capital at $0.99B. The count covers the top-250 snapshot, so any coin outside that list is worth roughly $131.5M or less (WealthyBud data · top-250 snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
10. 15 coins are worth $10 billion or more (13 without stablecoins)
The line is close: WhiteBIT Coin sits at $10.08B and USDS at $9.96B, so a small price move changes this count. No two coins share a market cap at any cut-off (WealthyBud data · top-250 snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
11. 4 coins are worth $100 billion or more (3 without stablecoins)
BNB is the smallest at $103.08B, ahead of XRP at $94.90B. Context for supply and unlock effects is in tokenomics statistics (WealthyBud data · top-250 snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
| Cut-off | Coins at or above | Of which not in the stablecoin category | Smallest coin above | Largest coin below |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 billion | 80 | 66 | Pi Network ($1.01B) | Blockchain Capital ($0.99B) |
| $10 billion | 15 | 13 | WhiteBIT Coin ($10.08B) | USDS ($9.96B) |
| $100 billion | 4 | 3 | BNB ($103.08B) | XRP ($94.90B) |
How many of the top coins are stablecoins?
35 of CoinGecko’s top 250 coins belong to its stablecoin category as of October 2, 2026, worth $304.9B, or 10.3% of the top-250 sum. A price rule finds 3 more stable-value tokens outside the category, for 38 in total. Both counts are reported here.
12. 35 stablecoin-category members in the top 250, $304.9B
Rule: membership in CoinGecko’s stablecoin category. That is 10.3% of the $2.97T top-250 sum, and 2 of the top 10 are members (WealthyBud data · top-250 snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
13. CoinGecko’s stablecoin category total: $292.7B, 10.1% of the global total
It comes from the category snapshot, a separate call from the coin snapshot, so it is lower than the $304.9B member sum above (WealthyBud data · stablecoin category · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
14. 3 more top-250 tokens trade like stablecoins but sit outside the category
Rule: price within 3% of $1.00 and within 1% of the recorded all-time high. They are BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund and Tradable APAC Diversified Finance Provider SSTN, worth $2.6B together. CoinGecko does not tag them as stablecoins, and this page does not test their peg. 5 category members trade far from $1, such as EURC at $1.13, so price alone would miss them (WealthyBud data · top-250 snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
15. Federal Reserve: stablecoin assets reached $320 billion in May 2026
The Fed’s May 2026 Financial Stability Report says stablecoin assets “have grown 16 percent from July 2025 to the end of last year” and that “the level is currently $320 billion”, citing DeFiLlama. That is a May 2026 figure from a different data provider, not today’s value. For more, see stablecoin statistics.
What does the long tail look like?
Value falls steeply down the ranking. The 100th-largest coin is worth $666.5M and the 250th $131.5M as of October 2, 2026. Coins ranked 101 to 250 together hold 1.4% of the top-250 sum. The value of the coins below rank 250 cannot be sized here.
16. Rank 100: $666.5M; rank 250: $131.5M
The 100th-largest is Open USD and the 250th is CASH. The 250th is 20% of the 100th. Positions follow market cap in the snapshot, not CoinGecko’s displayed rank (WealthyBud data · top-250 snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
17. Coins ranked 101 to 250 hold $42.1B, 1.4% of the top-250 sum
That is 150 coins. Base: the top-250 sum, not the global total (WealthyBud data · ranks 101-250 · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
18. Share beyond rank 250: not computable from this data (global total minus top-250 sum is −$70.3B)
Subtracting the top-250 sum ($2.97T) from the global total ($2.90T) is WealthyBud’s calculation. It comes out negative because the figures are different snapshots or measures, so this page publishes no tail share. 21,532 coins, 98.9% of the active count, rank below 250; each is worth roughly $131.5M or less at the cut (WealthyBud data · global total and top-250 sum · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
How many crypto categories are there?
CoinGecko lists 769 categories as of October 2, 2026, and 379 of them report a market cap. The five largest are Smart Contract Platform, Layer 1 (L1), Proof of Work (PoW), World Liberty Financial Portfolio and Proof of Stake (PoS). Coins sit in many categories at once, so the totals overlap and cannot be added.
19. 769 categories, 379 with a reported market cap
The other 390 report a blank or zero market cap and are left out of the ranking (WealthyBud data · category snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
20. The five largest categories sum to 2.8 times the global total
Their combined $8.03T against $2.90T shows the overlap: one coin can sit in several categories. The multiple is WealthyBud’s calculation (WealthyBud data · category snapshot · CoinGecko · October 2, 2026).
- Smart Contract Platform ranks #1 at $2.53T, 87.0% of the global total. Its top three coins are Bitcoin, Ethereum and BNB.
- Layer 1 (L1) ranks #2 at $2.49T, 85.6% of the global total. Its top three coins are Bitcoin, Ethereum and BNB.
- Proof of Work (PoW) ranks #3 at $1.78T, 61.2% of the global total. Its top three coins are Bitcoin, Zcash and Dogecoin.
- World Liberty Financial Portfolio ranks #4 at $649.3B, 22.4% of the global total. Its top three coins are Ethereum, Tether and USDC.
- Proof of Stake (PoS) ranks #5 at $596.5B, 20.5% of the global total. Its top three coins are Ethereum, BNB and Solana.
What this means for crypto readers
For readers quoting the count, say “21,782 active cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinGecko”, with the date. It is not the number of all tokens.
For buyers, the market is top-heavy: the top 10 hold 91.2% of the global total.
For researchers, keep bases straight. Coin sums, the global total and category totals come from separate calls and do not reconcile. Treat Bitcoin’s share the same way.
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