# Altcoins list

> On 21 October 2026 we track 594 altcoins, every coin except Bitcoin, leaving out stablecoins. The biggest by market cap were Ethereum ($297 billion), BNB ($97.1 billion) and XRP ($84.7 billion). Prices are daily closes in dollars and rupees; nothing here is a tip.

Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins
About this page: By Sector Alpha · Updated 21 October 2026 · Prices to 21 Oct 2026 · How the numbers are worked out
Full list as CSV: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins.csv

## Questions this page answers

### Altcoins list by market cap

On 21 October 2026 we track 594 altcoins, every coin except Bitcoin, leaving out stablecoins. The biggest by market cap were Ethereum ($297 billion), BNB ($97.1 billion) and XRP ($84.7 billion). The table gives each one's price in dollars and rupees, 24-hour and 7-day change and market cap. Each coin links to its own page. (Daily closes (UTC) of 21 Oct 2026; market cap from CoinGecko, read 22 Oct 2026)
Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins#list

### Top 10 altcoins

The top 10 altcoins by market cap on 21 October 2026 were Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Solana, TRON, Figure Heloc, Zcash, Dogecoin, Monero and WhiteBIT Coin. Together they were 79% of the 588 altcoins' market cap. Ethereum led. In the 24 hours to that close, 3 of the 10 rose; over 7 days, 7 did. (Daily closes (UTC) of 21 Oct 2026; market cap from CoinGecko, read 22 Oct 2026)
Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins#top-10

### Altcoin market cap

On 21 October 2026, the 588 altcoins we track were worth $826 billion together (₹78.3 lakh crore), 30% of all the coins we track. Bitcoin alone was $1.66 trillion, 60%. Stablecoins are counted in neither. Caps are CoinGecko's, read 22 Oct 2026. (Sum of CoinGecko market caps read 22 Oct 2026)
Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins#altcoin-market-cap

### Are altcoins beating Bitcoin?

Over the 90 days to 21 October 2026, 56 of the 90 biggest altcoins rose more than Bitcoin, which rose 27.3%. That is 62%. Some sites call it "alt season" when most of the top 100 beat Bitcoin; we only report the count, not a season call. (90-day returns to 21 Oct 2026, the 100 biggest altcoins by CoinGecko rank)
Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins#alt-season

### Altcoins this week

In the 7 days to 21 October 2026, 245 of 590 altcoins rose and 345 fell; the middle one moved −0.6%, against Bitcoin's +1.5%. The biggest risers were Fuzzybear (+94.0%), Sophon (+85.2%) and Janction (+79.7%). The biggest faller was Qubic (−56.5%). (Close to close, 14 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026)
Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins#this-week

### Layer 1 crypto coins

A Layer 1 is a blockchain of its own, with its own coin to pay fees, such as Ethereum or Solana. On 21 October 2026, CoinGecko tags 107 of the altcoins we track as Layer 1; the biggest were Ethereum (ETH), BNB and XRP. 39 rose over 7 days. (CoinGecko "Layer 1 (L1)" tag; prices of 21 Oct 2026)
Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins#layer-1

### DeFi coins

DeFi, short for decentralised finance, means lending, trading and saving run by code on a blockchain instead of a bank. On 21 October 2026, CoinGecko tags 123 of the coins we track as DeFi; the biggest were Chainlink (LINK), Dai and Uniswap (UNI). 62 rose over 7 days. (CoinGecko "Decentralized Finance (DeFi)" tag; prices of 21 Oct 2026)
Link: https://www.sectoralpha.in/altcoins#defi

### Questions people ask about altcoins

- What is an altcoin? Any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin. This page also leaves out stablecoins, whose price is pinned to a currency.
- What is the biggest altcoin? Ethereum (ETH), worth $297 billion on 21 October 2026, then BNB and XRP.
- How many altcoins are there? Many thousands. This page tracks the 594 altcoins in CoinGecko's top 1,000 that had a price on 21 October 2026.
- Does this page say which altcoin to buy? No. The list is sorted by size only. Sector Alpha gives no tips, price targets, ratings or forecasts.

## The first 10 rows of the list

| Coin | Price | Price (₹) | 24 hours | 7 days | Market cap |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Ethereum (ETH) | $2,444 | ₹2,31,500 | −0.1% | +1.1% | $297 billion |
| 2. BNB | $741.15 | ₹70,199 | 0.0% | +1.6% | $97.1 billion |
| 3. XRP | $1.33 | ₹126.23 | −0.1% | +0.2% | $84.7 billion |
| 4. Solana (SOL) | $105.91 | ₹10,031 | −0.5% | +1.8% | $61.8 billion |
| 5. TRON (TRX) | $0.3309 | ₹31.34 | 0.0% | −0.4% | $31.4 billion |
| 6. Figure Heloc | $1.03 | ₹97.47 | +0.4% | −1.0% | $25.7 billion |
| 7. Zcash (ZEC) | $1,263 | ₹1,19,617 | +0.5% | +10.3% | $21.6 billion |
| 8. Dogecoin (DOGE) | $0.08156 | ₹7.73 | −0.3% | −0.2% | $12.5 billion |
| 9. Monero (XMR) | $578.74 | ₹54,816 | −3.7% | +5.3% | $12.1 billion |
| 10. WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) | $80.87 | ₹7,660 | −0.3% | +1.4% | $9.53 billion |

Disclosure: Sector Alpha is not a SEBI-registered research analyst. This page is information and education only, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any crypto asset. No price targets, ratings or forecasts are given. Crypto prices can move a lot in a day and a coin can lose all its value. Data: daily closes from Yahoo Finance and Binance; market caps, ranks and categories from CoinGecko; the rupee rate from Yahoo Finance.