The VALT Score ®
The VALT Score is a weighted cryptocurrency fundamentals scorecard developed by the CRYPTO 100 Index. It aims to evaluate the fundamental strength and reliability of cryptoassets, considering aspects such as crypto adoption and the inherent volatility in crypto markets.
This approach goes beyond market capitalisation, which primarily reflects size.
The VALT Score assesses whether a cryptoasset merits inclusion in the CRYPTO 100 Index across four key dimensions.
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The name stands for the four components that contribute to the score:
Component Weight
V Volatility 50%
A Adoption 30%
L Liquidity 15%
T Tokenomics 5%
Each component is scored from 0 to 100 using percentile ranking within the eligible universe — a score of 80 means the asset ranks better than 80% of its peers on that dimension. The four scores are then combined into a single VALT Score using the specified weights.
The VALT Score is not intended to rank assets by price performance or growth potential; rather, it serves as a measure of structural quality — evaluating how stable, accessible, established, and well-designed an asset is relative to its peers. An asset with a high VALT Score is one that a serious, rule-based index can hold with confidence.
The VALT Score is then multiplied by the asset's market capitalisation to produce a Quality Adjusted Size — the figure used to rank assets and determine their weight in the index.
This means the CRYPTO 100 Index fundamentally operates as a market cap weighted index, with a quality filter applied: larger assets with poor fundamentals are scaled down, while smaller assets with strong fundamentals, as determined through tokenomics analysis, can rank higher than their raw market cap might suggest.
1. Volatility (risk/stability)
What they measure:
How much the price swings over time
Plain English:
Cryptoassets with significant price volatility → worse score
Cryptoassets with stable prices → better score
Reality check:
Lower cryptoassets volatility doesn’t always mean ‘better’ - some of the best performing assets are indeed volatile.
2. Adoption (real world usage)
What they measure:
Users, transactions, network activity
Plain English: More people using it → higher score
Reality check:
This aspect of crypto adoption is one of the stronger fundamentals, but data quality can vary greatly between projects.
3. Liquidity (ease of trading)
What they measure:
Trading volume
Order book depth
Ease of buying/selling
Plain English:
Cryptoassets that are easy to trade without impacting price → good
Cryptoassets that are hard to trade → bad
Reality check:
This is a very practical metric - low liquidity in crypto coins is risky regardless of hype.
4. Tokenomics (design of the coin)
What they measure:
Token Supply (fixed vs inflationary)
Token Distribution
Token Emissions / unlocks
Plain English: Scarce, well-structured supply → better score
Reality check:
This is the most subjective part - ‘good tokenomics’ depends on assumptions.
How to use the VALT Score
The VALT Score helps you understand the cryptoasset market as a whole, particularly when analyzing the CRYPTO 100 Index.
Use it to compare similar coins
Use it as a filter (e.g. avoid low liquidity cryptoassets and cryptocurrencies)
Don’t treat it as a buy signal
The VALT Score may benefit large established coins with high liquidity and proven crypto adoption.
It could give lower scores to newer projects, high growth but volatile assets, and experimental token models while conducting tokenomics analysis.
The VALT 10 represents the top performing cryptoassets within the CRYPTO 100, selected based on their overall VALT scores. These are the assets that rank highest across our proprietary framework, reflecting a combination of strength, resilience, and long-term potential within the digital asset market.
VALT is our proprietary scoring methodology designed to evaluate cryptoassets using a structured, data-driven approach. It incorporates key factors such as Volatility, Adoption, Liquidity and Tokenomics including market capitalisation to produce a single, comparable score. This allows us to consistently assess and rank assets based on both current performance and forward-looking potential, rather than short term market movements alone.
Each asset in the VALT 10 is equally weighted at 10%, ensuring a balanced and diversified view of the highest ranked segment of the market. This equal weighting removes bias toward any single asset and provides a clearer representation of collective performance at the top tier.
By combining multiple performance indicators into one unified score, the VALT 10 highlights the projects that consistently demonstrate leadership and relevance in a rapidly evolving ecosystem. For investors and market observers, it offers a focused benchmark of quality—cutting through noise to surface the assets that stand out based on disciplined analysis.
The VALT 10 can also be compared against the broader CRYPTO 100 index and Bitcoin, providing additional context on relative performance. This allows users to assess whether top ranked assets are outperforming the wider market or the leading benchmark asset in crypto.

Complementing the VALT 10, the VALT10V highlights a distinct group of cryptoassets identified through their VALT scoring profile as potential emerging opportunities.
Rather than focusing on established leaders, the VALT10V captures assets that may be earlier in their growth cycle or undergoing positive shifts in fundamentals. These projects can reflect changing momentum, innovation, or improving adoption trends that are not yet fully recognised by the broader market.
The VALT10V provides a forward looking perspective, helping users identify where new value may be forming within the crypto landscape. It is designed to surface signals, not noise - offering insight into assets that could evolve into future contenders within the CRYPTO 100.
Together, the VALT 10 and VALT10V deliver a more complete view of the market: one anchored in proven performance, the other focused on emerging potential.
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