My Top Cryptocurrencies Tier List for 2025–2026 (ranked from E to S)

I did one of these a couple of years ago, and the cryptocurrency market has changed quite a lot since. I think we’re overdue for a new Tier List.

Just like last time, I will be ranking the top 20 Cryptocurrencies by market cap on a tier list from F to S, and provide the rationale behind it.

The ranking will take into consideration how close each one is to solving the blockchain trilemma, as well as the utility that they bring to the crypto world. So the ranking factors are:

• Decentralization
• Scalability
• Security
• Utility

The ranking is primarily data-driven, but I’ll also provide a brief rationale for each decision. That said, these are ultimately my own interpretations and opinions on how well each chain performs across the categories above. Stablecoins are excluded, and the rationale for each coin will be concise and to the point, no deep dives.

After much consideration, I’ve decided to include memecoins in this edition. However, I’m excluding recent memecoins such as Trump and Melania since they were pretty much rug pulls, so they get an honorary mention as Z-tier shitcoins.

Here’s our line-up.