Fortune unveiled its inaugural Fortune Crypto 100 this week, naming Hyperliquid the leading decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. Coinbase topped the Centralized Finance (CeFi) category, ahead of second place Binance.
The rankings, prepared in collaboration with intelligence firm Inca Digital, sorted more than 3,000 companies into 10 categories with 10 entries each. A survey of over 200 cryptocurrency experts was conducted, reporting trust and reputation results.
How the Fortune Crypto 100 was built
Fortune designed the project based on its Fortune 500 franchise. Each entity can appear in only one category.
Companies that qualified for several of them were ranked highest, according to what was published methodology.
The results combine on-chain activity and financial data of companies with security infrastructure, regulatory track records and global media footprint. However, Fortune and Inca Digital declined to disclose metric weights, citing competitive reasons.
the advertisement Eight more category winners confirmed. Franklin Templeton led TradFi, Robinhood led fintech, and Andreessen Horowitz headed venture capital. Meanwhile, Tether won stablecoins, Chainalysis topped cryptocurrency services, Mara led mining, and Bitcoin (BTC) ranked first among blockchains and protocols.
BlackRock has acquired a class of digital asset treasuries (DATs) and ETFs. The result reflects how few Asset managers on Wall Street It now has the most institutional cryptocurrency exposure.
“Valuing digital assets means looking beyond trends and analyzing data that isolates real signals. Inca has brought cross-market financial and technical analysis, cross-chain sentiment and activity to the Fortune Crypto 100 list. This is what the highest standard for industry tracking looks like,” said Adam Zarazynski, CEO of Inca Digital, He said In release.
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Why has Hyperliquid topped the DeFi category?
Hyperliquid (HYPE) took the DeFi crown after a year of measurable growth. Recent permanent exchange Cracked the top 10 By market cap, flipping Dogecoin (DOGE) in the process.
He also directed its assistance fund $1.16 billion in buybacks Towards HYPE since launch. In addition, Increasing institutional demand for ETFs Token support until 2026.
HYPE was trading at $56.65 at press time, up 2% in 24 hours per BeInCrypto Markets Data. This gives the token a market cap of $12.66 billion, ranking it 11th overall.
The price remains below its June 2 all-time high of $75.48 after a 12.6% weekly decline.
Fortune admitted there was one gap in the first edition. Cryptocurrency market makers were excluded, and the publisher pledged to include them next time.
The accompanying Crypto Innovators List also recognized 30 startups across Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Whether the Fortune Crypto 100 becomes an annual industry benchmark may depend on how its winners perform before the 2027 edition.
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