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1029:Polkadot
1024:Peercoin
1004:Gridcoin
998:Ethereum
978:Algorand
955:Vertcoin
925:AmbaCoin
855:Equihash
845:Litecoin
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1383:Genesis
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1293:Binance
1265:OneCoin
1227:Stellar
1113:The DAO
1103:Polygon
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988:Cardano
781:Titcoin
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737:SHA-256
380:Fortune
352:Fortune
202:launder
124:History
90:Website
62:Founder
54:Founded
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1476:Thodex
1403:Kucoin
1398:Kraken
1378:Gemini
1348:Circle
1323:BitMEX
1308:Bitkub
1255:Coinye
1217:Ripple
1192:Helium
1156:Tether
1061:tokens
1059:ERC-20
1034:Solana
993:EOS.IO
897:-based
885:Monero
857:-based
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818:-based
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793:-based
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1428:Upbit
1388:Huobi
1373:eToro
1328:Bitso
1270:Petro
1151:Terra
1098:Minds
1068:Augur
1044:Tezos
1039:Steem
1000:(2.0)
950:Verge
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909:Petro
869:Zcash
802:(1.0)
1655:List
1408:Kuna
1338:BTCC
1288:Abra
1207:Nano
1197:Luna
1177:Chia
1141:Diem
1118:TRON
935:IOTA
930:Firo
904:Dash
761:LBRY
683:Web3
658:Fork
566:2018
537:2023
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416:2016
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360:2016
332:2016
304:2018
276:2017
250:2021
97:.com
1449:FTX
1413:OKX
1343:BUX
1212:NEO
1146:Pax
1136:Dai
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1049:TON
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