BNB is a native cryptocurrency for Binance exchange and BNB Chain ecosystem.

BNB is a cryptocurrency created by Binance Exchange in 2017. Binance, which quickly became the top cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, launched BNB as a utility token for its platform. Over time, the Binance Ecosystem has expanded to include the Binance Smart Chain network and Binance Chain, which includes the Binance DEX. Binance has continued to expand the utility of BNB beyond its initial purpose by offering various services directly on the Binance Exchange and through partnership agreements outside of the centralized exchange.

BNB also has various use cases within the Binance ecosystem, including:

Trading fee discounts. Users who hold BNB can use it to pay for trading fees on the Binance Exchange, and receive a discount depending on how much BNB they hold
Staking. Binance offers several staking options for BNB holders, such as staking BNB to earn rewards in other cryptocurrencies
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Binance Launchpad is a platform for hosting token sales, and requires participants to hold BNB to participate
Payment. Binance has partnered with various merchants to allow customers to pay with BNB for goods and services

Ethereum is an open-source, decentralized blockchain platform that includes ETH cryptocurrency.

Ethereum (ETH) is a platform based on an open-source, Proof-of-Stake blockchain. Unlike Bitcoin and Litecoin, Ethereum is primarily used as a computing platform rather than a payment system. It provides developers with the ability to build and deploy decentralized applications, utilizing the platform's processing power. Additionally, Ethereum serves as a platform for launching new cryptocurrencies, with the Ethereum Foundation defining the ERC20 token as a standard that developers of other currencies can use as a template for fundraising through an initial coin offering (ICO).

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Solana is a high performance, PoS based smart contract platform.

In addition to its key features of scalability and high transaction speed, Solana also offers low transaction fees. As validators are paid in SOL tokens for processing transactions, there is less of a need for high transaction fees to incentivize them. This makes Solana an attractive option for developers and users who want to transact quickly and cheaply.

Solana also supports smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) through its programming language, Rust. Developers can build on Solana using Rust, which is a popular and efficient language for system-level programming. Solana’s smart contract platform is called Solana Program Library (SPL), which enables developers to create and deploy custom tokens, NFTs, and other digital assets.

Solana’s architecture also includes a feature called Cloudbreak, which enables the network to automatically scale up or down based on demand. This means that as more transactions are processed on the network, the system can automatically add more validators to handle the increased load.

Overall, Solana aims to provide a fast, secure, and decentralized blockchain platform that can support a wide range of digital assets and applications. Its unique combination of Proof of History and Proof of Stake has allowed it to achieve high transaction speeds without sacrificing security or decentralization. With its low fees and support for smart contracts, Solana is positioning itself as a strong contender in the growing decentralized finance (DeFi) space.

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Ripple is a blockchain-based digital payment network and protocol.

Ripple's journey began in 2004 when Ryan Fugger created RipplePay in Vancouver, Canada, aiming to improve international money transfers. However, the company transformed significantly in 2011 when Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto, and David Schwartz acquired it, rebranding it as OpenCoin. This shift introduced Ripple (XRP), a digital currency designed for faster, more efficient transactions compared to traditional systems.

Ripple Labs, co-founded by Chris Larsen and Jed McCaleb, played a crucial role in developing the Ripple Protocol and the XRP cryptocurrency. Ripple's focus is on connecting banks and payment providers, offering real-time, cost-effective global transactions. Their RippleNet payment network, developed in 2012, positioned Ripple as a major player in cross-border payments, often viewed as an alternative to the SWIFT system.

XRP was designed to facilitate fast, low-cost transfers and act as a bridge for currency exchange. RippleNet leverages XRP to provide liquidity and streamline transactions without the need for pre-funded accounts. The Ripple Protocol's efficiency, combined with its unique consensus algorithm, allows transactions to settle within seconds, making it a powerful tool for financial institutions worldwide.

Bitcoin Cash is a proof-of-work blockchain network, forked from the original Bitcoin blockchain.

Bitcoin Cash was created in August 2017 through a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain due to disagreements over Bitcoin's scalability. A hard fork splits a blockchain into two, creating a new cryptocurrency with its unique blockchain. In this case, BCH was designed to process more transactions at a faster rate than BTC by increasing the block size limit, addressing concerns about Bitcoin’s transaction speed and scalability.

The BCH blockchain operates similarly to BTC, with miners using powerful computers to solve mathematical puzzles to verify transactions and add blocks to the blockchain. However, BCH introduced larger block sizes, initially 8MB and later increasing to 32MB, allowing for more transactions per second (TPS) than Bitcoin's 7 TPS. Despite the technological similarities, the larger block size in BCH requires more computing power, increasing mining costs, but providing more opportunities for transaction fees.

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 Cardano is a blockchain featuring an energy-efficient Ouroboros proof-of-stake consensus protocol and a dual-layer architecture.

Cardano is a blockchain platform powered by the energy-efficient Ouroboros proof-of-stake (PoS) protocol. Its native cryptocurrency, ADA, is integral to the network, supporting transactions, staking, governance, and smart contracts, with a capped supply of 45 billion tokens. ADA plays a key role in diverse applications, including finance, gaming, art, and supply chain management, while also contributing to network security and the operation of decentralized applications.

Cardano's dual-layer architecture separates settlement from computation, enhancing scalability and flexibility. The platform's development is structured into distinct eras—Byron, Shelley, Goguen, Basho, and Voltaire—each focused on progressively building a secure, scalable, and sustainable ecosystem. ADA's use cases extend beyond trading, with significant potential in decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other advanced blockchain applications, making it a prominent asset in the crypto landscape.

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Tron is a blockchain-based network, created by Justin Sun, running on delegated proof-of-stake (DPos) consensus mechanism. 

Tron enables developers to create decentralized applications (dApps) and execute smart contracts on its network. The platform was founded in 2017, and the Tron Foundation raised $70 million through its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that same year. Tron is based on a delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism that allows for better network performance by allowing only selected node operators to participate in the network.

One of Tron's key features is its support for smart contracts written in various programming languages, such as Java and Python, which makes it easier for developers to create dApps on the platform. The network also hosts a variety of decentralized applications, including a decentralized exchange (PoloniDex), wallet, explorer, and DeFi applications such as JustLend and JustSwap.

Tron's own oracle solution, JustLink, enables developers to access off-chain data to create more sophisticated smart contracts, and its sidechain-based scaling solution helps to improve scalability on the network. Tron's focus on improving scalability and speed has made it a popular choice for dApp developers and users alike.

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The first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network.

Bitcoin is a revolutionary internet protocol that enables anonymous peer-to-peer digital transactions without the need for central authorities or banks. This decentralized approach means that transactions are fully peer-to-peer and not controlled by any single entity. The bitcoin network operates through a collective consensus of network nodes, and it is open-source, public, and entirely beyond the control of any individual or organization.

Bitcoin transactions are permissionless and borderless, allowing you to send payments in BTC to anyone, anywhere, at any time, without intermediaries like banks or governments. Transactions cannot be restricted, frozen, or controlled in any way, making bitcoin a valuable technology for those in financially underdeveloped or sanctioned countries, privacy-conscious communities, or the unbanked. Bitcoin transactions are also tamper-proof, irreversible once added to the blockchain, and fast, with transactions processed within seconds and fully irreversible within an hour. The bitcoin network is available and online 24/7/365. 

The bitcoin total supply is predefined and stable at 21 million bitcoins, with no additional bitcoins to be issued, ensuring that BTC won't be debased. Bitcoin's blockchain rules guarantee that only 21 million bitcoins will ever exist. The final bitcoin is unlikely to be mined until around the year 2140, as the number of bitcoins mined every 24 hours is currently around 900 and halving once every four years. Moreover, bitcoins do not take up any physical space, meaning there are no storage costs, regardless of the amount.

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Dogecoin (DOGE) is based on the popular "doge" Internet meme and features a Shiba Inu on its logo.

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency that was created in 2013 by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer. It was based on the popular "Doge" meme and was initially created as a joke. However, it quickly gained popularity and has since become a serious digital currency, with a market cap of billions of dollars.

One of the key features of Dogecoin is its community. The Dogecoin community is known for its friendly and welcoming nature, and it has been involved in a number of charitable initiatives over the years. For example, in 2014, the community raised over $30,000 worth of Dogecoin to help send the Jamaican bobsleigh team to the Winter Olympics.

Another key feature of Dogecoin is its inflationary supply. While Bitcoin has a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins, there is no limit to the number of Dogecoins that can be mined. This means that new coins are constantly being created, which can help to keep the value of each coin relatively low. However, this also means that the long-term inflation rate of Dogecoin is higher than that of Bitcoin.

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WBT is the native coin of one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Europe, WhiteBIT.

WhiteBIT Token (WBT) is the native token of the WhiteBIT exchange, established in 2018. As Europe's largest crypto exchange, it aims to make crypto accessible. The platform offers high security, robust infrastructure, transparency, and multilingual support. WBT has a total supply of 400,000,000, available as ERC20 and TRC20.

The WhiteBIT ecosystem provides diverse products. The exchange facilitates buying, trading, and selling crypto with various pairs (spot, margin, instant, P2P, futures). It also features an "Earn" product for crypto yield. Additional offerings include WhiteSwap (DEX), BITCOIN GLOBAL (P2P), and whitepay (crypto payments). A maximum 0.1% exchange fee applies.

WBT is usable across the entire WhiteBIT ecosystem. Holders gain reduced trading fees, increased referral rates, commission rebates, free withdrawals, and complimentary AML checks. WhiteBIT implements a buyback and burn program, aiming to destroy at least 50% of the original supply, enhancing WBT's value.

Name	Price	24h	Market cap	Volume 24h	7d	30d	YTD

Bitcoin BTC	$84,775	2.82%	$1,686,855,184,390	$135,875,379,833	11.4%	21.5%	13.7%
Ethereum ETH	$2,761	3.59%	$331,013,445,087	$50,550,381,393	11.8%	27.0%	17.7%
XRP XRP	$1.94	3.80%	$116,195,917,023	$8,834,116,155	16.1%	18.5%	64.6%
BNB BNB	$828	5.84%	$66,088,800,000	$4,394,826,867	9.83%	22.3%	33.0%
Solana SOL	$128	5.00%	$59,421,065,500	$10,392,241,670	10.6%	29.2%	49.9%
TRON TRX	$0.276	0.62%	$26,110,426,196	$1,487,610,596	6.61%	14.0%	38.6%
Dogecoin DOGE	$0.139	7.87%	$21,044,593,378	$3,604,358,547	12.2%	26.6%	64.0%
Cardano ADA	$0.407	7.14%	$14,850,151,714	$1,933,705,870	18.8%	34.6%	49.0%
WhiteBIT WBT	$56.97	0.46%	$12,221,286,594	$317,503,388	9.23%	38.7%	129.58%
Bitcoin Cash BCH	$514	6.47%	$10,141,222,398	$680,272,936	6.59%	9.49%	6.02%

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