Fortune Crypto 100
This is the Fortune Crypto 100, a definitive ranking of the most influential companies in blockchain. The arrival of the list, which draws on rigorous data analysis by Inca Digital and a survey of leading crypto experts, coincides with a new suit-and-tie era of crypto. This is reflected by the presence of a growing number of names from the world of traditional finance, which appear alongside original crypto pioneers and cutting-edge new projects. The Fortune Crypto 100, published simultaneously with a Fortune Crypto Innovators 30 list, consists of 10 categories of excellence, and is the most authoritative ranking of its kind.
CeFi
Crypto-first companies—exchanges, lenders, and custodians—that handle, hold, or trade digital assets.
TradFi
Financial institutions—banks, brokers, custodians, exchanges, and asset managers—that offer crypto products and services.
Fintech
Financial technology companies, including payment networks, that include crypto features in their products and on their platforms.
DeFi
Decentralized protocols that recreate traditional finance services—lending, borrowing, and trading—on blockchains.
VCs
Venture investors that back crypto startups and protocols.
Stablecoins
Issuers of tokens designed to track the value of fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar or euro.
Crypto Services
Crypto-native companies that sell infrastructure, tools, and products to other businesses and consumers.
DATs & ETFs
Public firms that accumulate crypto on their balance sheets as well as asset managers that issue digital asset exchange-traded funds.
Mining
Companies that operate, build, or develop software for computing infrastructure that secures blockchains.
Blockchains & Protocols
Decentralized ledgers and protocols with their own associated cryptocurrencies.
