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Monad MON
Monad (MON) was trading at $0.0256, ranked #133 by market cap at $302.17M, with 24h volume of $79.70M.
Data snapshot: 2026-09-02 12:15 UTC.
Monad is a layer-1 that keeps full EVM bytecode compatibility while executing transactions in parallel and pipelining consensus, aiming for throughput far beyond Ethereum without forcing developers to rewrite contracts. Existing Solidity code is meant to deploy unchanged, which is the core of its pitch to teams unwilling to move to a new language. Monad's design goal is to keep full Ethereum compatibility while removing the sequential bottleneck: transactions are executed optimistically in parallel and re-run only where they genuinely conflict, and the storage layer was rewritten to keep up. The bet is that developers do not want a new language or new tooling — they want the same environment, faster. As one of the newer entrants in this group, its market behaviour reflects that recency: liquidity is thinner than the established chains and percentage moves are correspondingly larger.
What does Ethereum-equivalent mean here?
Contracts, tooling and addresses work as they do on Ethereum, so developers do not need to rewrite code or learn a new language to deploy.
How does parallel execution work?
Transactions run optimistically at the same time; where two touch the same state, the conflict is detected and those transactions are re-executed in order.
What is MON used for?
It pays transaction fees and secures the network through staking.
Why are newer chains more volatile on the map?
Thinner liquidity and shorter price history mean the same flow moves them further, so they typically appear as smaller bubbles with stronger colour.
Market cap decides how big a bubble is drawn, so rank is what places MON on the map relative to the rest of its sector.
| Rank | Coin | Market cap |
|---|---|---|
| #126 | Bitcoin SV (BSV) | $314.95M |
| #128 | Sei (SEI) | $277.69M |
| #133 | Monad (MON) | $302.17M |
| #140 | Terra Luna Classic (LUNC) | $274.55M |
| #149 | Conflux (CFX) | $243.69M |