CoinMarketCap Holds Top 10 as MON, FET Enter Top 100

As of 15:00 UTC on 20 Aug 2026, CoinMarketCap's top-10 boundary was unchanged from 19 Aug 2026, while the top-100 edge saw a two-in, two-out rotation: MON and FET arrived as VELVET and JTO left.

Boundary comparison

MON entered at rank 99 and FET at 100. VELVET exited from rank 98 and JTO from rank 99. Both entrants were absent from the baseline, so net membership was unchanged. No token entered or exited the top 10.

Among names present in both snapshots, ARB climbed 73 -> 70 on a 12.4% 24h gain. Other advances came from meme and L1 exposure, with gains of two to three ranks, while stablecoin-linked names fell three to five places with prices near flat.

Token	19 Aug -> 20 Aug	24h
MON Monad	entered at 99	▲ 17.5%
FET Artificial Superintelligence Alliance	entered at 100	▲ 8.3%
ARB Arbitrum	73 -> 70	▲ 12.4%
EURC	77 -> 82	▲ 0.2%

What the comparison shows

AI, L1, Ethereum L2 and meme exposure led rank gains; stablecoin-linked names fell, while exchange and payments infrastructure also softened. The rotation stayed below the top 10.