Is Layer 1 outperforming Bitcoin, and is leadership broad?
Bottom line
TRON ranks first for research priority in Layer 1 crypto at 76/100, and its native activity evidence clears the coverage gate. The theme's 13-week excess versus Bitcoin is -6.4% on 6% breadth, which is what decides whether that lead is isolated or broad. 6 of the 78 assets here carry enough native evidence to move past a tape-led label.
These Layer 1 coins are part of the cryptocurrency universe this site tracks daily — 894 of the top 1,000 crypto currency assets by market cap, priced from exchange closes and matched to protocol fees and revenue where a protocol publishes them.
The theme itself · before any single company
How has Layer 1 moved against Bitcoin?
The line below covers 5 years. Over the most recent two of them this theme is 31% behind Bitcoin. Protocol revenue across its protocols fell 28% on average over the last four reported quarters. It has been ahead of Bitcoin on a rolling three-month view for 9 weeks running.
BREAKING OUT · ahead 9w⚠Price down, no fundamental support22 of 60 coins ahead of Bitcoin by 5% or more over three months
Layer 1, equal-weighted, based at 200Bitcoin, same base, same starttrailing 12-month protocol revenue risingfalling
Strength anatomyMixedHow much of the theme is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together22 of 60 coins moving
Fresh5 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large5/120
Mid9/21+1
Small8/27+1
Participation is spreading downward — the mid and small companies added more this month than the large ones did.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the theme line is an equal-weighted index of its 60 coins. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month protocol revenue, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the theme taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while protocol revenue grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
RISK OFF market context
Layer 1 vs Bitcoin — Relative Strength & Breadth
Layer 1 crypto has underperformed Bitcoin by 26.1% over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of current members. Over 13 weeks the figure is -6.4%. 4 of 62 covered assets are above their own 200-day average. Worldcoin leads Bitcoin-relative strength at +51.7%. Price readings are as of 2026-07-24.
-6.4%13w vs BTC
-26%52w vs BTC
4/62Above 200-DMA
WLDRS leader · +52%
Assets
78
canonical functional membership
Activity-covered
6/78
enough native evidence
Top score
76.0/100
TRON
Calendar quarters
20
complete; missing stays missing
Global asset selection · top 20 shown
Showing 20 of 78 assets
00 · exact additive research priority
4-Factor Crypto Evidence Score
A within-theme research-priority score for the 78 assets in Layer 1, out of 100. The four displayed point contributions add exactly to the total, and the market regime changes the action label, never the arithmetic. TRON is highest at 76/100 on 87% evidence. It ranks research attention, not portfolio action.
TRON leads the current research queue at 76/100 with 87% evidence.
6/78 assets have enough native activity evidence to move beyond a tape-led label.
Missing native metrics are not scored as zero and are not silently reweighted. They pull only the affected factor toward neutral and lower its visible evidence percentage.
Which projects are generating the most network fees?
TRON leads Layer 1 crypto on Trailing 12-month fees at $429M, 43% ahead of Solana. 0 of 9 assets with comparable change data are growing. Coverage is 15 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero.
LeaderTRON · $429M
Gap43% versus #2
Persistence0 assets have positive comparable growth
Coverage15/78 assets
Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture.
This conclusion weakens if: fee growth turns negative across two complete calendar quarters or fee coverage falls below the stated threshold.
Trailing 12-month fees is the sum of the latest four complete calendar quarters. Growth compares that sum with the prior four-quarter sum.
Trailing 12-month feestop five
1TRON TRX$429.0M
2Solana SOL$299.1M
3Ethereum ETH$292.3M
4Bitcoin BTC$101.4M
5Avalanche AVAX$6.3M
Fee growthtop five
1Aptos APT-5.0%
2Avalanche AVAX-31%
3TRON TRX-35%
4Cardano ADA-59%
5Bitcoin BTC-65%
Network fees · asset comparison
15/78 level · 9/78 change
Latest comparable data · top 20 shown first
Asset
Trailing 12-month fees
Fee growth
tron
$89.7M
-35%
ethereum
$52.8M
-74%
g-token
$3.2K
-91%
solana
$41.1M
-68%
avalanche-2
$330.4K
-31%
cardano
$164.6K
-59%
proton
—
—
ecash
—
—
ozone-chain
—
—
bitcoin-cash-sv
—
—
worldcoin-wld
$57.3K
—
the-open-network
$391.1K
—
constellation-labs
—
—
sui
$528.5K
—
qanplatform
—
—
nesa
—
—
ripple
—
—
digibyte
—
—
chain-2
—
—
xphere
—
—
abey
—
—
aptos
$505.6K
-5.0%
bitcoin
$18.6M
-65%
cysic
—
—
fractal-bitcoin
—
—
hippo-protocol
—
—
mango-network
—
—
orizon
—
—
pharos-network
—
—
pi-network
—
—
plasma
$7.0K
—
qtum
—
—
vaulta
—
—
songbird
—
—
bityuan
—
—
ethereum-classic
—
—
sonic-3
$10.4K
—
celestia
$6.2K
-89%
ong
—
—
hedera-hashgraph
$62.8K
—
conflux-token
—
—
harmony
—
—
vechain
—
—
ethereum-pow-iou
—
—
kava
—
—
flare-networks
$43.0K
—
apex-4
—
—
movement
$42
—
aelf
—
—
brevis
—
—
coredaoorg
—
—
oho-blockchain
—
—
polkadot
—
—
bitcoin-cash
—
—
monad
$458.8K
—
neo
—
—
nexus-4
—
—
electroneum
—
—
cosmos
—
—
kaia
—
—
naoris
—
—
space-and-time
$33.8K
—
kusama
—
—
gas
—
—
moonriver
—
—
vethor-token
—
—
iostoken
—
—
ontology
—
—
stratis
—
—
waves
—
—
ark
—
—
quantum-resistant-ledger
—
—
bitkub-coin
—
—
zilliqa
—
—
ardor
—
—
irys
—
—
atomone
—
—
venom
—
—
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02 · complete calendar-quarter evidence
Which projects convert activity into protocol revenue?
TRON leads Layer 1 crypto on Trailing 12-month revenue at $429M, 1128% ahead of Solana. 0 of 3 assets with comparable change data are growing. Coverage is 7 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero.
LeaderTRON · $429M
Gap1128% versus #2
Persistence0 assets have positive comparable growth
Coverage7/78 assets
Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture.
This conclusion weakens if: revenue growth turns negative or the revenue-to-fees take rate falls for two complete calendar quarters.
Trailing 12-month revenue is the sum of the latest four complete calendar quarters. Growth compares that sum with the prior four-quarter sum.
Trailing 12-month revenuetop five
1TRON TRX$429.0M
2Solana SOL$34.9M
3Avalanche AVAX$6.3M
4Gram (prev. Toncoin) GRAM$1.6M
5Worldcoin WLD$541.8K
Revenue growthtop five
1Avalanche AVAX-31%
2TRON TRX-35%
3Solana SOL-91%
Protocol revenue · asset comparison
7/78 level · 3/78 change
Latest comparable data · top 20 shown first
Asset
Trailing 12-month revenue
Revenue growth
tron
$89.7M
-35%
ethereum
—
—
g-token
$3.2K
—
solana
$4.9M
-91%
avalanche-2
$330.4K
-31%
cardano
$32.9K
—
proton
—
—
ecash
—
—
ozone-chain
—
—
bitcoin-cash-sv
—
—
worldcoin-wld
$41.2K
—
the-open-network
$195.5K
—
constellation-labs
—
—
sui
$528.5K
—
qanplatform
—
—
nesa
—
—
ripple
—
—
digibyte
—
—
chain-2
—
—
xphere
—
—
abey
—
—
aptos
$366.1K
—
bitcoin
$0
—
cysic
—
—
fractal-bitcoin
—
—
hippo-protocol
—
—
mango-network
—
—
orizon
—
—
pharos-network
—
—
pi-network
—
—
plasma
$7.0K
—
qtum
—
—
vaulta
—
—
songbird
—
—
bityuan
—
—
ethereum-classic
—
—
sonic-3
$10.4K
—
celestia
$0
—
ong
—
—
hedera-hashgraph
$0
—
conflux-token
—
—
harmony
—
—
vechain
—
—
ethereum-pow-iou
—
—
kava
—
—
flare-networks
—
—
apex-4
—
—
movement
$42
—
aelf
—
—
brevis
—
—
coredaoorg
—
—
oho-blockchain
—
—
polkadot
—
—
bitcoin-cash
—
—
monad
$312.3K
—
neo
—
—
nexus-4
—
—
electroneum
—
—
cosmos
—
—
kaia
—
—
naoris
—
—
space-and-time
$29.0K
—
kusama
—
—
gas
—
—
moonriver
—
—
vethor-token
—
—
iostoken
—
—
ontology
—
—
stratis
—
—
waves
—
—
ark
—
—
quantum-resistant-ledger
—
—
bitkub-coin
—
—
zilliqa
—
—
ardor
—
—
irys
—
—
atomone
—
—
venom
—
—
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03 · complete calendar-quarter evidence
Where is capital actually committed on-chain?
Ethereum leads Layer 1 crypto on Quarter-end TVL at $37B, 656% ahead of Solana. 3 of 39 assets with comparable change data are growing, fastest at Movement. Coverage is 42 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero.
LeaderEthereum · $37B
Gap656% versus #2
Persistence3 assets have positive comparable growth
Coverage42/78 assets
Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture.
This conclusion weakens if: TVL rises while fees and users fall; that pattern can be incentive-funded mercenary liquidity.
Quarter-end TVL uses protocol TVL first for protocol assets and exact-ID chain TVL for chain assets or where protocol TVL is unavailable. A blank is unavailable, not zero. Growth compares with the same complete quarter one year earlier.
Quarter-end TVLtop five
1Ethereum ETH$37.0B
2Solana SOL$4.9B
3TRON TRX$4.4B
4Bitcoin BTC$3.9B
5Plasma XPL$792.6M
TVL growthtop five
1Movement MOVE+70%
2VeChain VET+69%
3Electroneum ETN+19%
4Xphere XP0.0%
5TRON TRX-3.9%
Total value locked · asset comparison
42/78 level · 39/78 change
Latest comparable data · top 20 shown first
Asset
Quarter-end TVL
TVL growth
tron
$4.4B
-3.9%
ethereum
$37.0B
-41%
g-token
$80.8K
-97%
solana
$4.9B
-43%
avalanche-2
$471.6M
-69%
cardano
$82.4M
-70%
proton
$40.1M
-10%
ecash
—
—
ozone-chain
—
—
bitcoin-cash-sv
—
—
worldcoin-wld
$30.9M
-30%
the-open-network
$69.1M
-53%
constellation-labs
—
—
sui
$413.8M
-76%
qanplatform
—
—
nesa
—
—
ripple
$36.0M
-52%
digibyte
—
—
chain-2
—
—
xphere
$5
0.0%
abey
—
—
aptos
$109.7M
-89%
bitcoin
$3.9B
-38%
cysic
—
—
fractal-bitcoin
—
—
hippo-protocol
—
—
mango-network
—
—
orizon
—
—
pharos-network
$739.5K
—
pi-network
—
—
plasma
$792.6M
—
qtum
—
—
vaulta
—
—
songbird
$189.6K
-86%
bityuan
—
—
ethereum-classic
$74.6K
-80%
sonic-3
$17.2M
-97%
celestia
—
—
ong
$1.6K
-61%
hedera-hashgraph
$44.3M
-40%
conflux-token
$7.2M
-26%
harmony
$200.7K
-86%
vechain
$1.1M
+69%
ethereum-pow-iou
$10.6K
-81%
kava
$22.1M
-84%
flare-networks
$117.3M
-27%
apex-4
—
—
movement
$121.8M
+70%
aelf
$4.8M
-42%
brevis
—
—
coredaoorg
$6.4M
-98%
oho-blockchain
—
—
polkadot
—
—
bitcoin-cash
$7.5M
-19%
monad
$362.8M
—
neo
$1.8M
-88%
nexus-4
—
—
electroneum
$113.5K
+19%
cosmos
$121.9K
-70%
kaia
—
—
naoris
—
—
space-and-time
—
—
kusama
—
—
gas
—
—
moonriver
$1.6M
-38%
vethor-token
—
—
iostoken
—
—
ontology
$4.1M
-34%
stratis
$21.9K
-64%
waves
$6.5M
-66%
ark
—
—
quantum-resistant-ledger
—
—
bitkub-coin
$1.2M
-64%
zilliqa
$220.1K
-83%
ardor
—
—
irys
—
—
atomone
—
—
venom
$558.1K
-92%
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04 · complete calendar-quarter evidence
Which chains are gaining real users?
Ethereum leads Layer 1 crypto on Average daily active addresses at 534,071 addresses, 1652% ahead of Gravity (by Galxe). 1 of 3 assets with comparable change data is growing. Coverage is 3 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero.
LeaderEthereum · 534,071
Gap1652% versus #2
Persistence1 assets have positive comparable growth
Coverage3/78 assets
Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture.
This conclusion weakens if: address growth reverses for two complete quarters or activity rises without corresponding fees.
Average daily active addresses uses verified chain activity only. Host-chain users are never assigned to an application token. A blank means the source does not cover that asset, not zero users.
Average daily active addressestop five
1Ethereum ETH534,071
2Gravity (by Galxe) G30,478
3Worldcoin WLD16,977
User growthtop five
1Ethereum ETH+28%
2Worldcoin WLD-20%
3Gravity (by Galxe) G-76%
Active users · asset comparison
3/78 level · 3/78 change
Latest comparable data · top 20 shown first
Asset
Average daily active addresses
User growth
tron
—
—
ethereum
534,071
+28%
g-token
30,478
-76%
solana
—
—
avalanche-2
—
—
cardano
—
—
proton
—
—
ecash
—
—
ozone-chain
—
—
bitcoin-cash-sv
—
—
worldcoin-wld
16,977
-20%
the-open-network
—
—
constellation-labs
—
—
sui
—
—
qanplatform
—
—
nesa
—
—
ripple
—
—
digibyte
—
—
chain-2
—
—
xphere
—
—
abey
—
—
aptos
—
—
bitcoin
—
—
cysic
—
—
fractal-bitcoin
—
—
hippo-protocol
—
—
mango-network
—
—
orizon
—
—
pharos-network
—
—
pi-network
—
—
plasma
—
—
qtum
—
—
vaulta
—
—
songbird
—
—
bityuan
—
—
ethereum-classic
—
—
sonic-3
—
—
celestia
—
—
ong
—
—
hedera-hashgraph
—
—
conflux-token
—
—
harmony
—
—
vechain
—
—
ethereum-pow-iou
—
—
kava
—
—
flare-networks
—
—
apex-4
—
—
movement
—
—
aelf
—
—
brevis
—
—
coredaoorg
—
—
oho-blockchain
—
—
polkadot
—
—
bitcoin-cash
—
—
monad
—
—
neo
—
—
nexus-4
—
—
electroneum
—
—
cosmos
—
—
kaia
—
—
naoris
—
—
space-and-time
—
—
kusama
—
—
gas
—
—
moonriver
—
—
vethor-token
—
—
iostoken
—
—
ontology
—
—
stratis
—
—
waves
—
—
ark
—
—
quantum-resistant-ledger
—
—
bitkub-coin
—
—
zilliqa
—
—
ardor
—
—
irys
—
—
atomone
—
—
venom
—
—
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06 · complete calendar-quarter evidence
Which chains are processing the most transactions?
Ethereum leads Layer 1 crypto on Trailing 12-month transactions at 696,772,935 transactions, 24% ahead of Worldcoin. 1 of 2 assets with comparable change data is growing. Coverage is 3 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero.
LeaderEthereum · 696,772,935
Gap24% versus #2
Persistence1 assets have positive comparable growth
Coverage3/78 assets
Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture.
This conclusion weakens if: transaction growth turns negative while users and fees also deteriorate.
Trailing 12-month transactions is the sum of the latest four complete calendar quarters. Growth compares that sum with the prior four-quarter sum.
Trailing 12-month transactionstop five
1Ethereum ETH696,772,935
2Worldcoin WLD560,848,823
3Gravity (by Galxe) G99,169,480
Transaction growthtop five
1Ethereum ETH+56%
2Gravity (by Galxe) G-76%
Transactions · asset comparison
3/78 level · 2/78 change
Latest comparable data · top 20 shown first
Asset
Trailing 12-month transactions
Transaction growth
tron
—
—
ethereum
203,851,224
+56%
g-token
6,482,289
-76%
solana
—
—
avalanche-2
—
—
cardano
—
—
proton
—
—
ecash
—
—
ozone-chain
—
—
bitcoin-cash-sv
—
—
worldcoin-wld
109,358,934
—
the-open-network
—
—
constellation-labs
—
—
sui
—
—
qanplatform
—
—
nesa
—
—
ripple
—
—
digibyte
—
—
chain-2
—
—
xphere
—
—
abey
—
—
aptos
—
—
bitcoin
—
—
cysic
—
—
fractal-bitcoin
—
—
hippo-protocol
—
—
mango-network
—
—
orizon
—
—
pharos-network
—
—
pi-network
—
—
plasma
—
—
qtum
—
—
vaulta
—
—
songbird
—
—
bityuan
—
—
ethereum-classic
—
—
sonic-3
—
—
celestia
—
—
ong
—
—
hedera-hashgraph
—
—
conflux-token
—
—
harmony
—
—
vechain
—
—
ethereum-pow-iou
—
—
kava
—
—
flare-networks
—
—
apex-4
—
—
movement
—
—
aelf
—
—
brevis
—
—
coredaoorg
—
—
oho-blockchain
—
—
polkadot
—
—
bitcoin-cash
—
—
monad
—
—
neo
—
—
nexus-4
—
—
electroneum
—
—
cosmos
—
—
kaia
—
—
naoris
—
—
space-and-time
—
—
kusama
—
—
gas
—
—
moonriver
—
—
vethor-token
—
—
iostoken
—
—
ontology
—
—
stratis
—
—
waves
—
—
ark
—
—
quantum-resistant-ledger
—
—
bitkub-coin
—
—
zilliqa
—
—
ardor
—
—
irys
—
—
atomone
—
—
venom
—
—
Showing 20 of 78 assets
06 · let price answer last
Which assets lead on price and relative strength?
Worldcoin leads the Layer 1 tape on Bitcoin-relative strength at +52% over 90 days. 4 of 62 covered assets are above their own 200-day average. Price shows what happened; BTC-relative strength shows whether the asset beat crypto’s opportunity-cost benchmark. Both lines run through 2026-07-24.
Complete set · no silent drops
Which assets are in Layer 1?
78 priced assets are assigned to Layer 1, listed below by rank with every one visible — including tape-only names that publish no protocol activity. Each asset has exactly one canonical functional theme, chosen by a specific-to-general first match on its categories. Pegged, wrapped, liquid-staking receipt and tokenized-asset instruments are excluded because they have no independent price discovery.
Rank
Asset
Price
90d
RS-BTC
200-DMA
30d vol
Median volume
Price quality
Activity source
Score
Evidence
1
TRON TRX
$0.3305
+2.0%
+19%
Above
17%
$461.3M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
76.0
87%
2
Ethereum ETH
$1,860.18
-20%
-2.4%
Below
44%
$10.4B
usable
chain + chain TVL
55.9
82%
3
Gravity (by Galxe) G
$0.0001
+1.7%
+19%
Above
10%
$655
usable
chain + protocol + chain TVL
53.7
82%
4
Solana SOL
$73.88
-14%
+3.2%
Below
48%
$2.0B
usable
protocol + chain TVL
53.0
87%
5
Avalanche AVAX
$6.30
-33%
-15%
Below
49%
$240.9M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
47.0
87%
6
Cardano ADA
$0.1638
-35%
-17%
Below
71%
$315.0M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
39.9
78%
7
XPR Network XPR
$0.0025
-2.5%
+15%
Above
85%
$1.5M
usable
chain TVL
59.6
55%
8
eCash XEC
$0.0000
0.0%
+17%
Below
208%
$5.0M
usable
tape only
56.1
50%
9
Ozone Chain OZO
$0.1302
-0.9%
+16%
Below
3%
$251.6K
usable
tape only
55.6
50%
10
Bitcoin SV BSV
$13.21
-17%
+0.7%
Below
69%
$13.5M
usable
tape only
54.9
50%
11
Worldcoin WLD
$0.3473
+34%
+52%
Below
97%
$216.2M
usable
chain + chain TVL
52.9
73%
12
Gram (prev. Toncoin) GRAM
$1.47
—
—
Above
66%
$51.5M
return withheld · discontinuity
protocol + chain TVL
52.7
40%
13
Constellation DAG
$0.0077
-1.8%
+16%
Below
112%
$740.9K
usable
tape only
52.1
50%
14
Sui SUI
$0.7574
—
—
—
—
$17.4M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
51.8
17%
15
QANplatform QANX
$0.0121
-2.6%
+15%
Below
115%
$165.8K
usable
tape only
51.7
50%
16
Nesa NES
$0.2536
—
—
—
186%
$258.1M
usable
tape only
51.4
23%
17
XRP XRP
$1.09
-23%
-6.0%
Below
37%
$1.2B
usable
chain TVL
51.3
55%
18
DigiByte DGB
$0.0035
-14%
+3.2%
Below
139%
$3.1M
usable
tape only
51.1
50%
19
Onyxcoin XCN
$0.0010
0.0%
+17%
Below
0%
$0
usable
tape only
51.0
42%
20
Xphere XP
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
chain TVL
50.8
5%
21
Abey ABEY
$0.0152
-11%
+6.2%
Below
20%
$21.2K
usable
tape only
50.6
50%
22
Aptos APT
$0.6060
—
—
—
—
$3.2M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
50.5
35%
23
Bitcoin BTC
$64,098.50
-17%
0.0%
Below
31%
$27.3B
usable
protocol + chain TVL
50.3
73%
24
Cysic CYS
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
tape only
50.0
0%
25
Fractal Bitcoin FB
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
tape only
50.0
0%
26
Hippo Protocol HP
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
tape only
50.0
0%
27
Mango Network MGO
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
tape only
50.0
0%
28
Orizon ORI
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
tape only
50.0
0%
29
Pharos PROS
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
chain TVL
50.0
0%
30
Pi Network PI
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
tape only
50.0
0%
31
Plasma XPL
$0.0847
-15%
+2.1%
Below
123%
$78.1M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
49.9
50%
32
Qtum QTUM
$0.6810
-24%
-6.6%
Below
37%
$7.9M
usable
tape only
48.8
50%
33
Vaulta A
$0.0664
—
—
—
—
$440.6K
usable
tape only
48.6
12%
34
Songbird SGB
—
—
—
—
—
—
usable
chain TVL
48.0
5%
35
Bityuan BTY
$0.0320
-0.5%
+17%
Below
134%
$347.9K
usable
tape only
47.9
50%
36
Ethereum Classic ETC
$6.55
-22%
-5.0%
Below
34%
$33.2M
usable
chain TVL
47.8
55%
37
Sonic S
$0.0243
—
—
—
—
$1.1M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
47.1
25%
38
Celestia TIA
$0.3393
-3.1%
+14%
Below
74%
$31.1M
usable
protocol
46.6
68%
39
Ontology Gas ONG
$0.0466
—
—
—
—
$226.6K
usable
chain TVL
46.5
17%
40
Hedera HBAR
$0.0707
-23%
-5.1%
Below
48%
$48.9M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
46.2
63%
41
Conflux CFX
$0.0436
-28%
-11%
Below
48%
$7.5M
usable
chain TVL
46.0
55%
42
Harmony ONE
$0.0004
-17%
+0.2%
Below
11%
$0
usable
chain TVL
45.8
55%
43
VeChain VET
$0.0047
-36%
-19%
Below
44%
$11.9M
usable
chain TVL
45.6
55%
44
EthereumPoW ETHW
$0.2343
-21%
-3.8%
Below
57%
$2.0M
usable
chain TVL
45.5
55%
45
Kava KAVA
$0.0454
-27%
-9.4%
Below
34%
$8.7M
usable
chain TVL
45.2
55%
46
Flare FLR
$0.0064
-19%
-1.5%
Below
41%
$2.7M
usable
protocol + chain TVL
45.1
63%
47
APEX AP3X
$0.0151
-22%
-4.2%
Below
40%
$43
usable
tape only
44.9
50%
48
Movement MOVE
$0.0106
—
—
—
—
$466.4K
usable
protocol + chain TVL
44.9
30%
49
aelf ELF
$0.0598
-24%
-6.7%
Below
62%
$1.5M
usable
chain TVL
44.7
55%
50
Brevis BREV
$0.0728
-46%
-28%
Below
107%
$13.3M
usable
tape only
43.7
43%
51
Core CORE
$4,710.33
-21%
-3.7%
Below
55%
$0
usable
protocol + chain TVL
43.2
55%
52
OHO Blockchain OHO
$0.0007
-24%
-6.5%
Below
44%
$126.6K
usable
tape only
43.2
50%
53
Polkadot DOT
$0.8083
-35%
-18%
Below
46%
$79.9M
usable
tape only
42.3
50%
54
Bitcoin Cash BCH
$210.58
-54%
-36%
Below
51%
$120.9M
usable
chain TVL
42.2
55%
55
Monad MON
$0.0218
-30%
-13%
Below
78%
$109.1K
usable
protocol + chain TVL
41.6
50%
56
NEO NEO
$1.98
-31%
-14%
Below
40%
$5.9M
usable
chain TVL
41.4
55%
57
Nexus NEX
$0.0987
-13%
+4.1%
Below
219%
$0
usable
tape only
41.1
50%
58
Electroneum ETN
$0.0007
-29%
-11%
Below
70%
$270.5K
usable
chain TVL
40.7
55%
59
Cosmos Hub ATOM
$1.39
-31%
-14%
Below
29%
$24.8M
usable
chain TVL
40.5
55%
60
Kaia KAIA
$0.0313
-36%
-18%
Below
36%
$4.8M
usable
tape only
39.3
50%
61
Naoris Protocol NAORIS
$0.0348
-49%
-31%
Below
118%
$1.1M
usable
tape only
39.2
50%
62
Space and Time SXT
$0.0069
-59%
-42%
Below
152%
$83.8M
usable
protocol
38.7
50%
63
Kusama KSM
$3.05
-36%
-18%
Below
61%
$4.0M
usable
tape only
38.0
50%
64
Gas GAS
$1.00
-40%
-22%
Below
51%
$3.6M
usable
tape only
37.8
50%
65
Moonriver MOVR
$1.24
-50%
-33%
Below
80%
$3.3M
usable
chain TVL
37.5
55%
66
VeThor VTHO
$0.0004
-39%
-22%
Below
39%
$1.3M
usable
tape only
37.5
50%
67
IOST IOST
$0.0006
-41%
-24%
Below
34%
$5.4M
usable
tape only
37.3
50%
68
Ontology ONT
$0.0408
-45%
-28%
Below
36%
$4.7M
usable
chain TVL
36.7
55%
69
Xertra STRAX
$0.0093
-29%
-12%
Below
46%
$991.3K
usable
chain TVL
36.4
55%
70
Waves WAVES
$0.2458
-41%
-24%
Below
27%
$3.6M
usable
chain TVL
35.6
55%
71
ARK ARK
$0.1022
-41%
-24%
Below
46%
$618.6K
usable
tape only
35.6
50%
72
Quantum Resistant Ledger QRL
$0.8598
-35%
-17%
Below
101%
$34.5K
usable
tape only
35.2
50%
73
KUB Coin KUB
$0.6137
-32%
-14%
Below
50%
$159.9K
usable
protocol + chain TVL
35.1
55%
74
Zilliqa ZIL
$0.0025
-38%
-21%
Below
52%
$4.2M
usable
chain TVL
34.5
55%
75
Ardor ARDR
$0.0212
-50%
-32%
Below
302%
$1.3M
usable
tape only
33.5
50%
76
Irys IRYS
$0.0124
-64%
-46%
Below
49%
$4.3M
usable
tape only
31.2
50%
77
AtomOne ATONE
$0.1562
-50%
-33%
Below
46%
$5.6K
usable
tape only
28.9
50%
78
Venom VENOM
$0.0102
-47%
-30%
Below
97%
$100.7K
usable
chain TVL
27.4
55%
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Methodology · boundaries make the answer useful
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Layer 1 comparison names 5 ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. The largest is that crypto network activity is not company earnings: protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders. Coverage is also uneven — 6 of 78 assets carry enough native evidence to rank on more than price.
Crypto network activity is not company earnings. Protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders.
Market-cap values are a dated universe snapshot, not point-in-time historical supply data.
Current category labels are applied to historical prices; this creates survivorship and taxonomy hindsight.
Funding rates, open interest, liquidations, exchange flows, unlock schedules, historical circulating supply and developer activity are not held and are not inferred.
Equal weighting is used for sector history because true historical market-cap weights are unavailable.
Price and technicalsThrough 2026-07-24. Five-year weekly observations benchmarked to Bitcoin.
Protocol activityThrough 2026-07-24. Fees, revenue, protocol TVL and DEX volume.
Chain activityUsers and transactions through 2026-07-24; separately sourced chain TVL through 2026-07-24.
Market capSnapshot dated 2026-07-04; no historical supply series is implied.
Questions the page should answer directly
Crypto analysis FAQs
These 20 answers cover the questions this page can settle from data it holds — what the category is, how the score is built, what the coverage gaps are, and what would change the read. Every answer below is also present in the page’s FAQ schema and in its plain-text rendition. None of them is a recommendation.
What is Layer 1 crypto?
Layer 1 crypto refers to cryptocurrency projects grouped by what they actually do rather than by market fashion. This page tracks 78 such coins by market cap, price and Bitcoin-relative strength, with protocol fees and revenue where a project publishes them. Readings are as of 2026-07-24.
What is the total market cap of Layer 1 crypto coins?
The Layer 1 coins on this page are tracked against a universe of 894 of the top 1,000 crypto currency assets by market cap. Market-cap metadata is dated 2026-07-04, separately from the price series, and each coin's own figure is in the table on this page.
Are Layer 1 crypto coins outperforming Bitcoin?
Layer 1 has returned -26.1% versus Bitcoin over 52 weeks and -6.4% over 13 weeks on an equal-weight current-member index. 4/62 covered assets are above their 200-day averages as of 2026-07-24.
Which Layer 1 asset has the strongest research score?
TRON ranks first at 76/100: 31.2 + 13.9 + 16.9 + 14.0 = 76.0. It is labelled “Priority research · market gate closed” with 87% overall evidence and 74% native-economics evidence.
How is the Layer 1 4-factor score calculated?
The exact sum is Market leadership /35 + Network and economic traction /30 + Value capture /20 + Liquidity and downside risk /15. Missing data pulls only the affected factor toward neutral and lowers evidence; it is never silently reweighted.
Why can a Layer 1 asset be labelled tape-led?
Tape-led means price and relative-strength evidence exists but less than half of the native traction and value-capture evidence is available. Such assets remain visible but rank below fully evidenced assets.
Does protocol revenue accrue to the token?
Not necessarily. Protocol fees and revenue measure network economics; token-holder value depends on the protocol’s burn, buyback, staking, distribution and governance rules. This page never assumes accrual merely because revenue exists.
Does crypto have a P/E or PEG ratio?
No comparable company-style P/E or PEG is used. Where coverage permits, the page shows network fee yield and protocol-revenue yield against a dated market-cap snapshot, with an explicit token-accrual caveat.
How much history is shown for Layer 1?
The page shows five years of weekly price and relative-strength history and 20 complete calendar quarters of on-chain activity where available. Missing periods remain gaps.
Why do the crypto data dates differ?
Prices and technical metrics run through 2026-07-24; protocol activity through 2026-07-24; chain users and transactions through 2026-07-24; chain TVL through 2026-07-24; market capitalisation is a separate snapshot dated 2026-07-04.
Are stablecoins and wrapped tokens included in Layer 1?
No. Pegged, wrapped, liquid-staking receipt and tokenized-asset instruments are excluded because they do not have independent price discovery.
Can one token appear in multiple raw crypto categories?
Yes, but public MLA pages assign each asset to exactly one functional theme using a specific-to-general first-match taxonomy. Layer 1 therefore has one canonical membership list.
What would invalidate the current Layer 1 theme read?
The read weakens if the sector’s 13-week relative return versus Bitcoin falls below zero, fewer than one-third of covered assets remain above the 200-day average, and the leading asset’s native activity also contracts.
Does this page include funding rates, open interest or token unlocks?
No. Those datasets are not held in the current research store, so the page names them as unavailable rather than inferring them from price.
Which projects are generating the most network fees?
TRON leads Layer 1 crypto on Trailing 12-month fees at $429M, 43% ahead of Solana. 0 of 9 assets with comparable change data are growing. Coverage is 15 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero. Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture. This conclusion weakens if fee growth turns negative across two complete calendar quarters or fee coverage falls below the stated threshold.
Which projects convert activity into protocol revenue?
TRON leads Layer 1 crypto on Trailing 12-month revenue at $429M, 1128% ahead of Solana. 0 of 3 assets with comparable change data are growing. Coverage is 7 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero. Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture. This conclusion weakens if revenue growth turns negative or the revenue-to-fees take rate falls for two complete calendar quarters.
Where is capital actually committed on-chain?
Ethereum leads Layer 1 crypto on Quarter-end TVL at $37B, 656% ahead of Solana. 3 of 39 assets with comparable change data are growing, fastest at Movement. Coverage is 42 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero. Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture. This conclusion weakens if TVL rises while fees and users fall; that pattern can be incentive-funded mercenary liquidity.
Which chains are gaining real users?
Ethereum leads Layer 1 crypto on Average daily active addresses at 534,071 addresses, 1652% ahead of Gravity (by Galxe). 1 of 3 assets with comparable change data is growing. Coverage is 3 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero. Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture. This conclusion weakens if address growth reverses for two complete quarters or activity rises without corresponding fees.
Which chains are processing the most transactions?
Ethereum leads Layer 1 crypto on Trailing 12-month transactions at 696,772,935 transactions, 24% ahead of Worldcoin. 1 of 2 assets with comparable change data is growing. Coverage is 3 of the 78 assets in this theme, through the Q2 2026 calendar quarter. Where a project publishes nothing, the cell stays blank rather than being read as zero. Investor read: Use this as a network-economics research lead, not token-holder earnings. Verify whether the measured activity accrues to the token before treating scale as value capture. This conclusion weakens if transaction growth turns negative while users and fees also deteriorate.
Which Layer 1 project has the largest fee base?
TRON leads covered trailing-12-month fees at $429M. Coverage is 15/78; this is network activity, not automatically token-holder income.