CoinMarketCap
8,175 / 1,756 / 27,356active / inactive / untrackedCMC’s much larger marketing count includes broad on-chain/DEX coverage, not curated projects with social metadata.
Official source ↗Coverage audit · 11 Jul 2026
Five providers.
No single universe.
The numbers below are not additive. Each source mixes different concepts—projects, assets, contracts, markets, wrappers and derivatives—and every “inactive” flag describes market support, not team communication.
CoinGecko
17,467active IDs returnedIts homepage simultaneously displayed 13,739 tracked cryptocurrencies; API marketing also includes much broader on-chain assets.
Official source ↗CoinPaprika
60,32712,311 active · 48,016 inactiveIts FAQ says roughly 8–10k active. Definitions and update timing do not align cleanly.
Official source ↗DropsTab
9,000+self-reported coinsNo audited total or public project/entity definition accompanies the claim.
Official source ↗CryptoRank
35,000+self-reported digital assetsThe category includes tokens, no-token projects, leveraged products, ETFs, fiat references and derivatives.
Official source ↗Strongest conclusion · 98% confidence
“All crypto projects” is not
a defined, auditable population.
The production scope must be the union of standard provider listings successfully observed on a named date, canonicalized by chain and contract—not by symbol.
Adapter ledger
Connected, blocked and pending.
Credentials stay server-side. Access does not imply permission to republish: licensing must be cleared separately for each provider.
ProviderAccessCurrent stateObserved inventoryNotes
CoinPaprikapublic apisnapshot complete60,327
Inactive is a candidate signal, not a dead-project verdict.
Documentation ↗CoinGeckokeyless or api keyactive snapshot only17,467
The Pro endpoint can request inactive supported coins; project metadata requires additional calls.
Documentation ↗CoinMarketCapapi keysnapshot complete37,287
Active, inactive and untracked listings must be snapshotted separately and deduplicated by numeric ID plus contracts.
Documentation ↗CryptoRankapi keyadapter pending credentials35,000
35,000+ is provider-reported, not an imported snapshot. Daily credits and rate limits constrain a full refresh.
Documentation ↗DropsTabapi key or commercial accessaccess terms under review9,000
9,000+ is provider-reported, not an imported snapshot. No inventory is republished until access and reuse terms are confirmed.
Documentation ↗CoinMarketCap
Discovery, not silence
The map endpoint distinguishes active, inactive and untracked listings. is_active=1 means at least one tracked market—not an active team. The info endpoint supplies official-link candidates but no last post, commit or website update.
Risk: commercial-use wording is internally inconsistent across current pricing materials. Obtain written confirmation before public redistribution.
Pricing and licensing FAQ ↗CoinGecko
Supported IDs, bounded metadata
The coins list exposes supported IDs; inactive status is paid-only. Coin detail supplies links and four-week aggregate developer data, not the exact newest meaningful commit. Its market last_updated field is not project-content freshness.
Risk: standard commercial plans require attribution and do not permit raw API redistribution; white-labelling needs Enterprise terms.
License explanation ↗CoinPaprika
The public lead generator
The unauthenticated coin list yielded this snapshot’s 60,327 IDs. “Active” means current price and volume can be calculated. The deprecated Twitter endpoint is not suitable production infrastructure.
Risk: free use is non-commercial and attribution is mandatory; only Enterprise explicitly permits redistribution.
API terms ↗DropsTab
Trading states only
The coin endpoint can distinguish currently trading, not yet trading and no longer trading. The documented detailed schema does not promise official social or repository links.
Risk: the paid commercial API has no clear public redistribution/retention terms. Written permission is a launch dependency.
Terms of use ↗CryptoRank
Use v3 and verify the license
The v3 profile can expose lifecycle plus website, GitHub, X and community-link candidates. “Inactive” is documented as not trading, not as a communication assessment.
Risk: pricing uses unclear license abbreviations. Confirm attribution, share-alike and retained-data rights in writing.
Terms and conditions ↗Primary evidence
The aggregators only find the doors.
Exact dates come from the source behind each door—and each source has a different blind spot.
X / public posts
A stable numeric account ID and native created_at can date posts. Standard timelines are bounded, handles can change, and private communication is invisible.
GitHub / repositories
Default-branch commit timestamps are exact for that history. Other branches, moved repositories, private work, bots and backdated Git metadata can overturn the broader inference.
Commit API ↗Websites / archives
Start content-hash monitoring now. HTTP Last-Modified, sitemap dates and Wayback captures usually cannot prove the exact historic edit time.
Public communities
Only named, accessible forums, Telegram, Discord, governance and public AMAs can be scoped. Deleted messages, DMs and investor calls remain unknown.
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