From Solana to Chainlink to Chiliz, here are 15 altcoins headlining a world of tokens that extends well beyond bitcoin - and what they re all used for ilee@insider.com (Isabelle Lee) © INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images
Bitcoin may be the most know cryptocurrency, but there is a world of altcoins out there with their own specific uses.
Apart from currencies, these cryptoassets have various utilities from proof of stake to decentralized finance.
Insider collected the most common types of cryptocurrencies and 15 examples from a wide world of digital assets.
Investing in cryptocurrencies has been synonymous with investing in bitcoin, especially for those new to the digital asset space. Bitcoin, after all, is often regarded as the first modern cryptocurrency, founded by an anonymous developer under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009.
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