COINPICKS RESEARCH · THE ALTCOIN DATABASE
Every coin that earned a spot.
Thousands of coins go through the three-lens filter — liquidity, demand, team. These are the ones that came out. The 💎 Diamond shelf — Alex’s personal selections — is free for everyone. Members unlock Gold and Silver, and VIP opens Bronze.
- 90
- researched assets
- 💎 8
- Diamond · free for everyone
- 🥇 31
- Gold · members
- 🥈 25
- Silver · members
- 🥉 26
- Bronze · VIP only
- 32
- categories
Showing 8 of 8 on your shelves · 82 more behind the locks
$BTC
Bitcoin
Layer 1 · Bitcoin · LIQ Maximum (CEX + Spot ETF)
The original cryptocurrency, running since January 2009 — the deepest liquidity in the asset class and the anchor of the long-term sleeve.
$ETH
Ethereum
Layer 1 · Ethereum · LIQ Very High
The second-biggest crypto and the foundation for almost everything that isn’t Bitcoin — the platform where smart contracts live.
$LINK
Chainlink
Oracle Data · Ethereum · LIQ High
The oracle network the DTCC — the clearinghouse behind essentially every US stock trade — picked in May 2026 to run its blockchain rails.
$XLM
Stellar
Tokenization Economy · Stellar · LIQ High
The first public blockchain in DTCC’s tokenization strategy — announced May 2026 as the venue for tokenizing Russell-index funds.
$TAO
Bittensor
Decentralized AI · Bittensor · LIQ High
“The AI version of Bitcoin” — takes Bitcoin’s mining idea and pays miners for useful AI work instead of puzzle-solving.
$AERO
Aerodrome Finance
DEX · Base · LIQ High
The main DEX on Base — over half of all Base DEX volume, endorsed by the Coinbase/Base team, ~$100M annualized fees, merging with Velodrome into “Aero.”
$VIRTUAL
Virtuals Protocol
AI Agents · Base · LIQ High
The face of AI agents on Base — sitting where the agentic-AI narrative meets the new machine-payments internet.
$ZEC
Zcash
Privacy · Zcash · LIQ High
A Bitcoin fork being positioned as “the better Bitcoin” by credible backers — running a playbook that has worked before. High risk, watched closely.
31 coins are on the Gold shelf 🔒
The best of the best — projects that survived the refinement of Bronze and Silver.
Every member unlocks this shelf.
25 coins are on the Silver shelf 🔒
Projects that stand out — after primary analysis, these show real potential.
Every member unlocks this shelf.
26 coins are on the Bronze shelf 🔒
Results of the initial screening of thousands of projects — worth monitoring.
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This is research, not endorsement. Nothing here is financial advice, and a spot in this database is never a buy signal — it reflects analysis, not recommendation. Projects are not removed from the system: this is a running record of everything we have researched, not a list to invest in. Study the method. All crypto coins are risky, and you can lose money.