How to use crypto categories

1. Each row is a sector that CoinGecko tracks, such as layer-1 blockchains, meme coins, AI tokens, real-world assets or DeFi. You see its total market cap, the change in that market cap over 24 hours, and its 24-hour trading volume.
2. Click a column heading to sort. For example, sort by 24h to see which sectors are rising or falling today. Type in the filter box to find a category by name.
3. Open a category to see every coin in it, with the same columns, pages, column chooser and watchlist stars as the main crypto table.
4. Use the currency menu in the header (USD, PKR, EUR, GBP, AED, SAR, INR, BTC or ETH) to change the currency. CoinGecko quotes coin prices in that currency directly; totals that CoinGecko gives in USD or BTC are converted with CoinGecko’s free exchange-rate list, and the source line under each table says which currency you are looking at.

Where the data comes from

• The category list and its totals come from CoinGecko’s free public /coins/categories endpoint. The coins inside a category come from /coins/markets?category=. Both are fetched straight from your browser, with no key or account.
• CoinGecko decides which coins belong to which category, and a coin can be in several categories. Small categories that have no market cap are hidden from the list.
• The list is cached for 10 minutes and the coins for 2 minutes, which keeps us inside CoinGecko’s free rate limit. If the limit is hit, the page says so and tries again instead of showing made-up numbers.

Reading the numbers

• A sector’s 24h change is the change in its combined market cap, so a few large coins can move it more than many small ones.
• Market cap is price × circulating supply. It is not money that has been invested, and thinly traded coins can show large caps that would be hard to sell into.
• Nothing on Ozelinx is financial advice; prices can be delayed or wrong, so check with your broker or exchange before you trade.

Frequently asked questions

Why is a coin listed in more than one category?

Categories overlap. A token can be both an Ethereum ecosystem token and a DeFi token, for example. CoinGecko assigns them and we show them as they are.

Why does a category show a different total from the sum of its coins?

CoinGecko computes the category totals on its side and refreshes them on its own schedule, so they can differ slightly from the coins you see, especially for coins without a reported supply.