Cas9

Cas9 stands out because the name itself carries a number, and in crypto that usually points to a token that wants a technical, science-tinged identity. By our assessment, the problem is that a striking name does not tell you much about daily use, and that is typical of many small tokens. As a cryptocurrency, it still lives or dies on the usual mix of trading interest, speculation, and whatever story surrounds it. In practice, Cas9 is the sort of thing people encounter as a market asset before they can name a clear function. That makes it closer to the crowded speculative end of crypto than to a payment tool with an obvious job. The number in the name is memorable; the use case, from the outside, is much less so.