Which coins we cover
Every coin in the top 300 by market value that has traded for at least a year. Stablecoins, gold receipts, and wrapped or staked copies of other coins are tracked but not rated. The full list of what's left out is on what we don't cover. The biggest covered coins get a full research page, starting with the top 50.
Where the numbers come from
Prices, market value, trading volume, supply and all-time highs come from CoinGecko and are refreshed every few hours. Token contract checks (who can mint, freeze or tax the token, and who holds it) come from GoPlus Security. Each page shows when its data was last updated.
The checks on every coin page
| Track record | How long the coin has traded. Three years or more means it has lived through at least one full boom and bust. |
|---|---|
| Trading activity | How much trades in a day compared with the coin's size. Thin trading means a few sellers can move the price. |
| Coins still to come | How much of the supply hasn't been released yet. Big unlocks for insiders and early backers often push prices down. |
| Distance from its peak | How far the price is from its all-time high. A big drop doesn't make a coin cheap. |
| Past year | The coin's return against simply holding bitcoin. |
| Contract powers | For tokens, whether anyone can create new tokens, freeze accounts, pause transfers or charge a sell tax. |
| Who holds it | How much the 10 largest wallets hold. |
| Tied to one company | Exchange tokens get a permanent flag: their value rides on one business. |
The written research
Every research page has a plain-English explanation of what the coin is, how it works, and what has gone wrong with it before. The research desk writes these and checks them against the project's own documents and reputable reporting, and lists the sources on the page. Nobody on the desk holds a coin it covers.
How verdicts are decided
Each covered coin with a research page gets a verdict: Buy, Watch or Reject. It comes from a fixed points rule, not a feeling. The score starts at 50 and moves with the checks above; 75 or more is Buy, 45 to 74 is Watch, under 45 is Reject. A verdict is research on the coin's health, not a prediction of its price and not a recommendation for your situation.
| Track record | 3+ years trading: +10. Under 3 years: −5. |
|---|---|
| Size | Top 20 by market value: +10. Top 50: +5. |
| Trading activity | Healthy (2%+ of market value a day): +10. Thin: −10. Very thin: −25. |
| Coins still to come | 15% or less: +10. 15–40%: −5. Over 40%: −20. |
| Distance from peak | Within 50%: +5. Down 50–80%: −5. Down over 80%: −15. |
| Who holds it | Top 10 wallets over 80%: −15. |
| Contract powers | Any serious red flag (honeypot, sell tax over 5%, hidden owner, unverified code): automatic Reject. Issuer powers: −5. |
| Caps | Meme coins and exchange tokens can't score above Watch: one has no business behind it, the other depends on one company. |
When a verdict changes
Scores are recalculated every time the data refreshes, about every six hours. To stop a coin flipping back and forth on small moves, a score has to clear a line by 3 points before the verdict changes (for example, a Watch coin moves up to Buy at 78, not 75). Contract red flags and the caps apply at once.
The Scorecard
Every call is logged with its date and the price at the call, and nothing is ever deleted. When a verdict changes, the old call is closed and the new one starts its own clock. Each call is scored against simply holding bitcoin over 30, 90 and 365 days, using our daily price snapshots: a Buy is right if the coin beat bitcoin, a Reject is right if it trailed bitcoin. Watch calls are logged but not scored. The results, good and bad, are on the Scorecard.
Research, not financial advice. Crypto can lose most or all of its value.
What we don't do
We don't predict prices, we don't take payment to cover a coin, and we never cover presales. See how we make money.