City guide
One chain is one city. A coin stands in the city of the chain it lives on (the first chain CoinGecko lists for it), and a chain’s own coin becomes the city-hall tower in the middle.
Registry as of October 18, 2026
🏛️ Capital
Where every token issued on Ethereum stands.
🏙️ Capital region · Ethereum L2s
L2s that record their transactions on Ethereum. L2s with only a few coins share the L2 Suburbs.
Arbitrum One CityAn optimistic rollup — one of the biggest pillars among Ethereum’s L2s.23 coins · $10.9B · City hall ARBBase CityThe Ethereum L2 that the US exchange Coinbase built with the OP Stack.45 coins · $3.71BL2 SuburbsA small town next to the capital where Ethereum L2s with only a few coins live together.10 coins · $2.37BZKsync Era CityAn Ethereum ZK rollup that finalises transactions with zero-knowledge proofs.12 coins · $1.08B · City hall ZKRobinhood Chain CityThe real-world-asset L2 that the brokerage app Robinhood built with Arbitrum technology.15 coins · $653M
🌆 Mainnet cities
Mainnets with four or more coins, or whose own coin is in the top 30 by market cap.
Bitcoin CityThe first cryptocurrency. The largest coin by market cap is this city’s hall tower.8 coins · $1.63T · City hall BTCBNB Chain CityBinance’s EVM-compatible L1, crowded with meme tokens and consumer apps thanks to low fees.130 coins · $116B · City hall BNBXRP CityThe XRP Ledger, built for payments: validators agree on transactions in seconds, with no mining.3 coins · $82.8B · City hall XRPSolana CityA high-performance L1 that handles fast, cheap transactions on a single chain.94 coins · $75.6B · City hall SOLTRON CityA low-fee chain that carries an enormous flow of Tether (USDT) transfers.14 coins · $36.9B · City hall TRXZcash CityA privacy coin that can hide transaction details with zero-knowledge proofs.1 coins · $18.6B · City hall ZECHyperEVM CityHyperliquid’s L1 with a futures and spot exchange built into the chain (HyperCore + HyperEVM).5 coins · $17.5B · City hall HYPEDogecoin CityThe first meme coin — started as a joke and became the most famous.1 coins · $12.2B · City hall DOGEMonero CityA privacy coin where every transaction is hidden by default.1 coins · $11.1B · City hall XMRCardano CityAn L1 known for a proof-of-stake protocol verified in academic papers.3 coins · $8.81B · City hall ADAStellar CityA network tuned for payments and for linking money with digital assets.3 coins · $6.33B · City hall XLMNEAR Protocol CityA proof-of-stake L1 that splits the chain into shards processed side by side.3 coins · $6.22B · City hall NEARBitcoin Cash CityThe coin that split from Bitcoin to make blocks bigger.1 coins · $5.43B · City hall BCHLitecoin City“If Bitcoin is gold, Litecoin is silver” — a payments coin running since 2011.1 coins · $4.57B · City hall LTCAvalanche CityAn L1 with fast finality where anyone can launch their own chain.9 coins · $4.53B · City hall AVAXSui CityA fast L1 built on the Move language and object-based processing.12 coins · $4.39B · City hall SUITON CityA blockchain born at Telegram and linked to the wallet and mini apps inside Telegram.7 coins · $3.97B · City hall GRAMCanton CityA blockchain network for banks and institutions where only the parties see a transaction.1 coins · $3.94B · City hall CCBittensor CityA decentralised AI network made of “subnets” that split up AI work.20 coins · $3.79B · City hall TAOPolygon PoS CityA veteran Ethereum scaling chain, widely used for payments and stablecoins.10 coins · $1.54B · City hall POL
🏞️ Provinces
Small mainnets gathered chain by chain in the Mainnet Province, and provinces grouped by sector.
Mainnet ProvinceA province where mainnets with only a few coins each form a neighbourhood.105 coins · $56.7BFrontier ProvinceThe outskirts, where coins that fit no other city gather.15 coins · $2.17BPayments HarborA harbour for veteran mainnet coins built for payments and transfers.13 coins · $1.73BAI ValleyA valley of small mainnet coins in AI and computing.5 coins · $818MLayer-2 & Scaling DistrictA district for stand-alone chains that promise scaling but are not Ethereum L2s.7 coins · $394M