How We Score
Every token analysis on CryptoGuide carries a Crypto Score from 0 to 100. This page explains exactly how it is built, so you can decide how much weight to give it — or ignore it and read the analysis instead, which is the better use of your time.
Five dimensions, equally weighted
The composite is a straight average of five sub-scores, each worth 20%:
- On-chain health (20%) — network activity, active addresses, whale behaviour, exchange inflows and outflows, holder distribution.
- Tokenomics quality (20%) — supply mechanics, unlock and vesting schedule, inflation, staking economics, distribution fairness, real token utility.
- Sentiment & momentum (20%) — social volume and tone, news coverage, community and developer engagement, the Fear & Greed backdrop.
- Technical setup (20%) — trend, momentum, volume confirmation, market structure, key support and resistance.
- Fundamental strength (20%) — protocol revenue and adoption, team and treasury, competitive moat, regulatory exposure.
Grades and signals
| Score | Grade | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 85–100 | A+ | Favourable across every dimension we measure |
| 70–84 | A | Favourable overall, with manageable identified risks |
| 55–69 | B | Mixed — genuine strengths alongside genuine problems |
| 40–54 | C | No clear edge in the factors we measure |
| 25–39 | D | Significant headwinds or red flags |
| 0–24 | F | Major red flags across multiple dimensions |
What the score deliberately does not do
It does not forecast price, and it does not express a probability. Two tokens with the same score can have completely different risk profiles — a 70 built on strong fundamentals and weak technicals is a different asset from a 70 built the other way round. That is why the sub-scores are always shown, and why the bull and bear case matter more than the number.
The score is also a snapshot. It reflects the data available at the retrieval timestamp printed on the analysis. We do not silently re-score old articles; a new reading gets a new dated analysis.
Where the data comes from
Market data from public market-data APIs, protocol metrics from DefiLlama and protocol dashboards, on-chain data from block explorers and public analytics. Each analysis lists its own sources with links. Where a metric is self-reported by a protocol and cannot be independently verified, the analysis says so.
Limits worth knowing
- Sentiment is the noisiest input and the easiest to manipulate. Treat it as context, not signal.
- Technicals on a 24/7 market with thin weekend liquidity behave differently from equities. We do not pretend otherwise.
- Small-cap tokens have shallower, less reliable data than majors. Their scores deserve wider error bars.
All of this is research, not advice — see the disclaimer.