Zero-knowledge tokens

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Chainlink LINK $ 13.74
$ 9.57B
$ 9.57 billion
+1.59%
2 Zcash ZEC $ 436.73
$ 7.18B
$ 7.18 billion
-4.12%
3 NEAR Protocol NEAR $ 1.66
$ 2.12B
$ 2.12 billion
+2.93%
4 Worldcoin WLD $ 0.596
$ 1.46B
$ 1.46 billion
+4.23%
5 Polygon (ex-MATIC) POL $ 0.121
$ 1.27B
$ 1.27 billion
+2.48%
6 Midnight NIGHT $ 0.0496
$ 824.03M
$ 824.03 million
+3.61%
7 Immutable IMX $ 0.278
$ 552.31M
$ 552.31 million
+6.05%
8 StarkNet Token STRK $ 0.105
$ 504.28M
$ 504.28 million
+1.74%
9 zkSync ZK $ 0.0313
$ 282.06M
$ 282.06 million
+2.32%
10 Lagrange LA $ 0.331
$ 221.40M
$ 221.40 million
+3.29%
11 dYdX Token DYDX $ 0.195
$ 158.01M
$ 158.01 million
+2.26%
12 Concordium CCD $ 0.0132
$ 150.27M
$ 150.27 million
+1.29%
13 Horizen ZEN $ 8.66
$ 140.91M
$ 140.91 million
-3.55%
14 Mina Protocol Token MINA $ 0.0913
$ 115.53M
$ 115.53 million
+2.86%
15 Newton NEWT $ 0.111
$ 95.98M
$ 95.98 million
+1.11%
16 Loopring LRC $ 0.0719
$ 89.90M
$ 89.90 million
+27.32%
17 Celo CELO $ 0.149
$ 87.98M
$ 87.98 million
-2.36%
18 ALEO ALEO $ 0.119
$ 86.47M
$ 86.47 million
-3.93%
19 Space and Time SXT $ 0.0278
$ 82.30M
$ 82.30 million
+5.20%
20 ZK Coin ZKC $ 0.126
$ 76.40M
$ 76.40 million
+0.15%
21 AltLayer Token ALT $ 0.0131
$ 64.96M
$ 64.96 million
+7.63%
22 Metis Token METIS $ 6.24
$ 62.36M
$ 62.36 million
+3.03%
23 Cysic CYS $ 0.290
$ 46.55M
$ 46.55 million
-6.51%
24 Marlin POND POND $ 0.00437
$ 43.73M
$ 43.73 million
+1.61%
25 Phala Network PHA $ 0.0416
$ 41.56M
$ 41.56 million
+3.48%
26 Taiko Token TAIKO $ 0.185
$ 38.87M
$ 38.87 million
+1.15%
27 Manta MANTA $ 0.0847
$ 38.44M
$ 38.44 million
+4.13%
28 Celer Network CELR $ 0.00418
$ 32.23M
$ 32.23 million
+7.58%
29 ZEROBASE ZBT $ 0.1000
$ 25.73M
$ 25.73 million
-0.79%
30 MAP Protocol MAPO $ 0.00417
$ 25.60M
$ 25.60 million
+1.15%
31 Firo FIRO $ 1.69
$ 17.05M
$ 17.05 million
-6.14%
32 Syscoin SYS $ 0.0196
$ 16.64M
$ 16.64 million
+1.80%
33 Dusk DUSK $ 0.0455
$ 16.41M
$ 16.41 million
+1.33%
34 Telos TLOS $ 0.0240
$ 10.66M
$ 10.66 million
-0.25%
35 PIVX PIVX $ 0.152
$ 9.60M
$ 9.60 million
+4.80%
36 cheqd CHEQ $ 0.00966
$ 9.35M
$ 9.35 million
-2.88%
37 Zircuit ZRC $ 0.00570
$ 8.50M
$ 8.50 million
+0.57%
38 Union U $ 0.00365
$ 8.21M
$ 8.21 million
-0.92%
39 Orbiter Token OBT $ 0.00225
$ 6.31M
$ 6.31 million
+1.75%
40 zkVerify VFY $ 0.0302
$ 4.84M
$ 4.84 million
-0.06%
41 Aleph Zero AZERO $ 0.0123
$ 3.71M
$ 3.71 million
-2.81%
42 Myria MYRIA $ 0.0001000
$ 3.41M
$ 3.41 million
-0.70%
43 ZKLink ZKL $ 0.00483
$ 2.04M
$ 2.04 million
-0.21%
44 Masa MASA $ 0.00392
$ 1.98M
$ 1.98 million
-1.30%
45 BitcoinOS Token BOS $ 0.00288
$ 1.94M
$ 1.94 million
-3.33%
46 LayerEdge EDGEN $ 0.00456
$ 1.32M
$ 1.32 million
+0.37%
47 ZKWASM Token ZKWASM $ 0.00717
$ 1.18M
$ 1.18 million
-0.18%

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48 Pirate Chain ARRR $ 0.312
$ 61.19M
$ 61.19 million
+2.09%
49 Ozone Chain OZO $ 0.131
$ 39.81M
$ 39.81 million
+0.18%
50 Cult DAO CULT $ 0.0₅200
$ 11.56M
$ 11.56 million
+0.52%
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Top gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Loopring LRC $ 0.0719
$ 89.90M
$ 89.90 million
+27.32%
AltLayer Token ALT $ 0.0131
$ 64.96M
$ 64.96 million
+7.63%
Celer Network CELR $ 0.00418
$ 32.23M
$ 32.23 million
+7.58%
Immutable IMX $ 0.278
$ 552.31M
$ 552.31 million
+6.05%
Space and Time SXT $ 0.0278
$ 82.30M
$ 82.30 million
+5.20%
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What Are Zero-Knowledge (ZK) Tokens?

ZK tokens are crypto assets that power blockchains, rollups, or privacy-centric protocols built around zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) cryptography. They secure networks, pay fees, reward provers, and/or govern protocols that allow data to be verified without revealing the data itself—unlocking scalable, private, and compliant DeFi, identity, and payment rails.

Quick Facts

  • Core tech: ZK-proofs bundle thousands of transactions into one succinct proof, cutting L1 gas 90-99 %.
  • Privacy: Sender, receiver, amount, or smart-contract inputs can stay encrypted while still being verifiable.
  • Security: Withdrawals inherit Ethereum (or base-layer) finality without extra trust assumptions.
  • Compliance-ready: Selective disclosure lets users reveal data to auditors while staying private on-chain.
  • Sector stage: Moving from “proof-of-concept” to production-grade zk-VMs, shared provers, and zk-co-processors.

Projects & Tokens You Should Know

Token Chain / L2 PQ Tech & Use-Case
MINA Mina Protocol Recursive zk-SNARKs; 22 kB fixed chain size; zkApps for private smart contracts.
LRC Loopring zk-Rollup DEX; off-chain order-book matching; fees & governance settled in LRC.
IMX Immutable zk-EVM StarkEx-based NFT & gaming rollup; IMX pays gas and staking rewards.
POL (ex-MATIC) Polygon zkEVM POL will secure Polygon’s zk-rollups via restaking and fee burn.
ZK zkSync Era Native token for fees, sequencer gas, governance, and boomerang airdrops.
DUSK Dusk Network PLONK-based confidential smart contracts; targets compliant on-chain securities.
AZERO Aleph Zero DAG + custom ZK privacy layer; enterprise DeFi and data-sharing use-cases.
EGLD MultiversX zk-SNARKs inside sharded architecture; private transfers and SGX-style secrecy.

Benefits

  • Scalability: 2 k–20 k TPS per rollup; 90-99 % cheaper than L1.
  • Privacy: Shield pools (Aztec), private DEXs, dark pools, and on-chain KYC without data leaks.
  • Compliance: Regulators see proof of solvency, transaction logs, or user accreditation without raw data exposure.
  • Developer UX: Same Solidity/Vyper code deploys to zk-EVMs; only prover layer changes.

Risks & Trade-offs

  • Prover overhead: Generating proofs is compute-heavy; fees spike during congestion.
  • Early tech: Some zk-VMs still in alpha; circuit bugs or soundness flaws possible.
  • Centralised sequencers: Many rollups run single sequencers—censorship & MEV risks until shared sequencing.
  • Token dilution: Fast prover subsidies or airdrop farms can pressure price short-term.
  • Cryptographic migration: If NIST later breaks a chosen scheme, hard-fork upgrades required.

How to Evaluate ZK Tokens

  1. Prover economics – who pays prover fees? Is there a fee-burn or rebate loop?
  2. Decentralisation roadmap – timeline for shared sequencer, permissionless provers, and fault proofs.
  3. Circuit audits – look for reports from Trail of Bits, Zellic, ABDK, or internal audits.
  4. Proof system – SNARK (Groth16, Plonk, STARK) vs. STARK (post-quantum friendly, bigger proofs).
  5. Data availability – on-chain calldata, blobs, or off-chain (validium) impacts security/cost.
  6. Network effects – TVL, DEX depth, wallet support, fiat on-ramps.

Future Outlook

Expect shared prover markets (= proof-as-a-service), zk-co-processors for Ethereum (Lagrange, Herodotus), and privacy layers that plug into any EVM chain. ZK tokens will evolve from pure “L2 gas” into restaking collateral, prover payment rails, and privacy middleware fees—but only chains that decentralise sequencers and keep prover costs low will win long-term.

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