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Best Crypto To Buy Now tracks key cryptocurrencies each week, focusing on liquidity, adoption, technology and long-term fundamentals. Nothing can be bought on this site, we simply help you do the leg work.
This week's highlights
Digital Store of Value
Bitcoin (BTC)
$96,637
1.7%
Smart Contract Leader
Ethereum (ETH)
$3,350
1.8%
High-Performance Layer 1
Solana (SOL)
$144.45
0.1%
Smart Contract Platform
Sui (SUI)
$1.81
0.9%
Exchange Token
BNB (BNB)
$937.9
0.4%
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These assets play different roles in the crypto ecosystem. Use this as a starting point for your own research.
#1$96,637
1.7%
BTC
Digital Store of Value
Bitcoin runs on a simple, unbreakable rule: only 21 million coins will ever exist. That hard cap is a big reason it’s treated as the market’s anchor in the digital asset world, and by 2026 it’s been pulling in meaningful capital from Wall Street and other institutions.
#2$3,350
1.8%
ETH
Smart Contract Leader
Ethereum is the go-to platform for DeFi. $ETH is the token to pay for all the gas (transaction fees) to keep things running. Unlike Bitcoin's "digital gold" vibe, Ethereum's all about building flexible financial tools that work together like Lego.
#3$144.45
0.1%
SOL
High-Performance Layer 1
Solana is a high-performance layer one blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions. It has become a popular environment for trading interfaces, NFT projects and consumer-facing experiments that benefit from frequent on-chain activity.
#4$1.81
0.9%
SUI
Smart Contract Platform
Sui is a next-generation layer-1 blockchain designed for global-scale adoption, offering a secure, resilient, and highly scalable foundation for developers. Built on a unique object-centric data model and powered by the trusted Move programming language, Sui addresses the performance and usability limitations that challenge today’s blockchain architectures.
#5$937.9
0.4%
BNB
Exchange Token
BNB is the native asset of the BNB Chain ecosystem and a major exchange platform. It is used for transaction fees, certain platform utilities and ecosystem incentives across a broad collection of applications.
#6$2.11
0.6%
XRP
Payment Protocol
XRP is designed for fast, low-cost value transfers and is often discussed in the context of cross-border payments and financial institution partnerships.
Detailed breakdowns to help inform your own research decisions. Remember: nothing here is financial advice.
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In-Depth Analysis
Price
$96,637
1.7%
Market Cap
$1.93T
24h Volume
$67.02B
Bitcoin runs on a simple, unbreakable rule: only 21 million coins will ever exist. That hard cap is a big reason it’s treated as the market’s anchor in the digital asset world, and by 2026 it’s been pulling in meaningful capital from Wall Street and other institutions.
Security comes from proof-of-work, where miners do intensive computations to protect the network and keep it honest. Bitcoin has lived through booms and busts, controversy after controversy, shifting regulation, and the same debates that never really go away. Hash rate, which reflects the total mining power pointed at the chain, has kept climbing even when profitability gets squeezed, and that persistence says a lot about long-term confidence.
In-Depth Analysis
Price
$3,350
1.8%
Market Cap
$404.03B
24h Volume
$32.19B
Ethereum is the go-to platform for DeFi. $ETH is the token to pay for all the gas (transaction fees) to keep things running. Unlike Bitcoin's "digital gold" vibe, Ethereum's all about building flexible financial tools that work together like Lego.
In 2022, it switched to proof-of-stake, which is more energy-efficient, and stakers earn yields by securing the network. That's created real demand beyond just trading hype. Right now, only about 8.7% of ETH sits on exchanges, hinting at less selling pressure ahead.
In-Depth Analysis
Price
$144.45
0.1%
Market Cap
$81.66B
24h Volume
$6.12B
Solana is a high-performance layer one blockchain designed for fast, low-cost transactions. It has become a popular environment for trading interfaces, NFT projects and consumer-facing experiments that benefit from frequent on-chain activity.
When researching SOL, readers may want to balance its throughput advantages with an understanding of its past reliability challenges, the hardware profile of validators and the evolving roadmap for stability and scaling.
In-Depth Analysis
Price
$1.81
0.9%
Market Cap
$6.88B
24h Volume
$1.29B
Sui is a next-generation layer-1 blockchain designed for global-scale adoption, offering a secure, resilient, and highly scalable foundation for developers. Built on a unique object-centric data model and powered by the trusted Move programming language, Sui addresses the performance and usability limitations that challenge today’s blockchain architectures.
In-Depth Analysis
Price
$937.9
0.4%
Market Cap
$127.86B
24h Volume
$1.89B
BNB is the native asset of the BNB Chain ecosystem and a major exchange platform. It is used for transaction fees, certain platform utilities and ecosystem incentives across a broad collection of applications.
Readers evaluating BNB may wish to consider both on-chain activity on BNB Chain and the broader regulatory and competitive landscape for large centralised platforms.
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