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What sub-sectors make up each category

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Category breakdown
What sub-sectors make up each category
Each category splits into more granular sub-sectors. Subcategory coverage: 99.9% (6,103 of 6,106 companies). Hover a category name for a one-line description. Click any sub-sector to drill into its companies.
Cross-Border B2B Payments
589 companies · 8 sub-categories
Stablecoin Cross-Border Rails 348 Cross-Border B2B 84 Payroll & Disbursements 48 Cross-Border Payments 42 Emerging Market Corridors 27 Liquidity & Settlement 26 B2C Cross-Border 13 Payment Gateway 1
Agentic Payments
943 companies · 6 sub-categories
Agent-Native Payment Rails 518 Agent Identity & Authorization 173 Agent Marketplaces / Discovery 117 AI-Native Fintech Tooling 67 Agentic Payments 53 Agent Credit & Underwriting 15
Stablecoin Issuance
261 companies · 5 sub-categories
Non-USD Currency Stablecoins 81 Algorithmic / Crypto-Backed Stablecoins 70 USD-Pegged Stablecoins 54 Yield-Bearing Stablecoins 33 Stablecoin Issuers 23
Stablecoin Infrastructure
786 companies · 14 sub-categories
Settlement Infrastructure 178 DeFi Protocols 159 Stablecoin Yield & Earn 111 Analytics & Orchestration 93 Issuance Platforms & Tooling 82 Liquidity & Collateral Markets 61 Banking-as-a-Service 49 Stablecoin-Native L1s 29 CBDC Infrastructure 18 Other 2 Lending / Credit 1 Stablecoin Payment Rails 1 On-Chain Analytics 1 Stablecoin Cross-Border Rails 1
Merchant & Payment Processing
887 companies · 5 sub-categories
Payment Gateway 295 Stablecoin Payment Rails 256 Merchant Acceptance / Commerce 140 Crypto Cards 103 Payment Processing 93
RWA Tokenization
653 companies · 9 sub-categories
Tokenization Platforms 373 Private Credit On-Chain 63 Real Estate (institutional) 54 Equity & Bond Tokenization 51 Commodities (institutional) 49 Tokenized Treasuries & Money Markets 43 Trade Finance 18 Crypto-Native Neobanks 1 Stablecoin Cross-Border Rails 1
Wallet Infrastructure
400 companies · 7 sub-categories
Self-Custody Wallets 136 Embedded Wallets / WaaS 92 Custody (institutional) 77 Wallet Infrastructure 36 Developer Tools 30 Account Abstraction & Smart Wallets 24 Hardware Wallets 5
On/Off Ramps
638 companies · 5 sub-categories
Fiat-Crypto Ramps 387 Off-Ramps (Crypto-to-Fiat) 95 On/Off Ramps 69 P2P Exchanges 55 Aggregator / Routing 32
Crypto Banking
358 companies · 5 sub-categories
Crypto-Native Neobanks 233 Stablecoin Bank Accounts 35 Digital Asset Banks 33 Crypto Banking 32 Crypto Prime Brokerage 25
Treasury / FX / Orchestration
244 companies · 4 sub-categories
Lending / Credit 107 Stablecoin FX / Orchestration 65 Crypto Treasury Management 40 Treasury / FX / Orchestration 32
Compliance / RegTech
184 companies · 4 sub-categories
AML / KYC 80 Compliance / RegTech 55 On-Chain Analytics 48 Other 1
Consumer Remittances
163 companies · 5 sub-categories
Stablecoin Remittance Apps 78 Remittance Services 43 Consumer Remittances 25 Corridor Specialists 15 White-Label Remittance Infrastructure 2