Best 10 crypto to buy now

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4. Binance Coin (BNB)

Market cap: $82.7 billion

Year-over-year return: 74%

Binance Coin (BNB) is a form of cryptocurrency that you can use to trade and pay fees on Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world. Since its launch in 2017, Binance Coin has expanded past merely facilitating trades on Binance’s exchange platform. Now, it can be used for trading, payment processing or even booking travel arrangements. It can also be traded or exchanged for other forms of cryptocurrency, such as Ethereum or bitcoin.

BNB’s price in 2017 was just $0.10. By late May 2024, its price had risen to around $560, a gain of 560,394%.

5. Solana (SOL)

Market cap: $61.5 billion

Year-over-year return: 543%

Developed to help power decentralized finance (DeFi) uses, decentralized apps (DApps) and smart contracts, Solana runs on a unique hybrid proof-of-stake and proof-of-history mechanisms to process transactions quickly and securely. SOL, Solana’s native token, powers the platform.

When it launched in 2020, SOL’s price started at $0.77. By late May 2024, its price was around $137.43, a gain of 17,748%.

6. U.S. Dollar Coin (USDC)

Market cap: $33.1 billion

Year-over-year return: 0%

Like Tether, USD Coin (USDC) is a stablecoin, meaning it’s backed by U.S. dollars and aims for a 1 USD to 1 USDC ratio. USDC is powered by Ethereum, and you can use USD Coin to complete global transactions.

7. XRP (XRP)

Market cap: $28.6 billion

Year-over-year return: 14%

Created by some of the same founders as Ripple, a digital technology and payment processing company, XRP can be used on that network to facilitate exchanges of different currency types, including fiat currencies and other major cryptocurrencies.

At the beginning of 2017, the price of XRP was $0.006. As of May. 2, 2024, its price reached $0.52, equal to a rise of 8,497%.