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Crypto market steadies near $2.85T as Bitcoin holds 60% of the market

The total cryptocurrency market is worth $2.85T, down 0.60% in the last 24 hours. 86 of the top 100 coins are rising today, and Bitcoin makes up 59.6% of the market. Sentiment sits at "Greed".

Market cap
$2.85T ▼ 0.60%
24h volume
$83.89B
BTC dominance
59.6%
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# Coin Price 24h 7d Last 7 Days Market Cap Volume (24h)
1 Bitcoin btc $84,607.00 ▲ 2.24% +3.59% — $1.70T $29.81B
2 Ethereum eth $2,515.66 ▲ 2.75% +3.36% — $307.34B $13.46B
3 Tether usdt $0.9995 ▲ 0.02% +0.01% — $182.85B $52.63B
4 BNB bnb $750.17 ▲ 1.77% +2.80% — $98.66B $748.07M
5 XRP xrp $1.38 ▲ 4.23% +4.07% — $87.39B $1.78B
6 USDC usdc $0.9997 ▼ 0.01% -0.01% — $72.44B $17.87B
7 Solana sol $108.60 ▲ 1.95% +4.30% — $64.05B $2.40B
8 TRON trx $0.3328 ▲ 0.53% -0.06% — $31.62B $324.92M
9 Figure Heloc figr_heloc $1.03 ▲ 0.64% -0.40% — $25.61B $133.47M
10 Zcash zec $1,360.42 ▲ 11.99% +16.61% — $23.13B $1.09B
11 Hyperliquid hype $81.47 ▲ 1.56% +1.30% — $18.12B $820.58M
12 Dogecoin doge $0.0833 ▲ 2.54% +1.59% — $13.04B $480.37M
13 Monero xmr $605.82 ▼ 2.74% +10.77% — $11.40B $251.89M
14 USDS usds $1.00 ▲ 0.03% +0.06% — $10.03B $161.20M
15 WhiteBIT Coin wbt $82.79 ▲ 2.27% +3.35% — $9.84B $99.80M
16 Chainlink link $12.71 ▲ 3.91% +1.86% — $9.75B $262.46M
17 Cardano ada $0.2288 ▲ 2.73% +0.59% — $8.60B $280.23M
18 LEO Token leo $9.04 ▲ 0.04% -0.01% — $8.31B $180.15K
19 NEAR Protocol near $5.35 ▲ 8.03% +9.68% — $7.01B $1.36B
20 Rain rain $0.009299 ▲ 5.09% +0.89% — $6.61B $25.14M
21 Stellar xlm $0.1856 ▲ 3.00% +1.92% — $6.54B $135.38M
22 Bitcoin Cash bch $287.21 ▲ 2.92% +7.65% — $5.77B $160.34M
23 Litecoin ltc $61.91 ▲ 2.59% +4.96% — $4.81B $259.26M
24 Uniswap uni $7.64 ▲ 2.92% +5.84% — $4.77B $549.56M
25 Ethena USDe usde $0.9998 ▲ 0.02% +0.03% — $4.66B $26.43M
26 Dai dai $0.9999 ▼ 0.02% -0.05% — $4.56B $9.38M
27 Avalanche avax $9.94 ▲ 2.70% +0.79% — $4.41B $282.12M
28 Canton cc $0.109 ▲ 2.52% -7.93% — $4.35B $13.74M
29 Sui sui $1.05 ▲ 2.79% +3.53% — $4.32B $428.11M
30 USD1 usd1 $0.9992 ▲ 0.03% -0.01% — $3.99B $951.64M
31 Gram (prev. Toncoin) gram $1.36 ▲ 1.36% +0.10% — $3.85B $32.79M
32 Hedera hbar $0.086 ▲ 2.78% +2.49% — $3.79B $93.90M
33 Tether Gold xaut $4,133.44 ▲ 0.34% +1.16% — $3.34B $162.84M
34 Global Dollar usdg $1.00 ▼ 0.01% +0.03% — $3.17B $552.80M
35 Bittensor tao $277.15 ▲ 1.31% +2.82% — $3.14B $142.20M
36 Shiba Inu shib $0.00000523 ▲ 2.46% +4.01% — $3.08B $44.71M
37 Ethena ena $0.2227 ▲ 14.53% +11.81% — $2.98B $530.77M
38 Cronos cro $0.0588 ▲ 2.58% +1.61% — $2.98B $5.95M
39 Quant qnt $203.69 ▲ 3.30% -3.98% — $2.96B $72.42M
40 PayPal USD pyusd $1.00 ▲ 0.03% +0.07% — $2.88B $57.60M
41 Bitway btw $1.70 ▼ 1.86% -31.31% — $2.56B $29.98M
42 Aave aave $159.52 ▲ 4.23% +1.38% — $2.46B $244.62M
43 OKB okb $116.95 ▲ 1.64% -4.89% — $2.46B $19.92M
44 Circle USYC usyc $1.14 ▲ 0.01% +0.06% — $2.39B $0
45 Ripple USD rlusd $1.00 ▲ 0.01% +0.00% — $2.37B $212.23M
46 Ondo US Dollar Yield usdy $1.15 ▼ 0.07% +0.14% — $2.36B $4.93M
47 Pump.fun pump $0.004992 ▲ 7.03% +3.61% — $2.31B $171.29M
48 Ondo ondo $0.4688 ▲ 3.77% +5.16% — $2.28B $125.81M
49 BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund buidl $1.00 0.00% 0.00% — $2.20B $0
50 Worldcoin wld $0.5719 ▼ 0.57% +16.84% — $2.18B $467.74M

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Greed

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Market Dominance

$2.85Ttotal cap
Bitcoin59.7%
Ethereum10.8%
Stablecoins10.0%
Others19.5%

Altcoin Season 7D

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Mixed Market

13 of 42 top altcoins outperformed Bitcoin over 7 days.

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ETH Dominance
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PairCountryOfficialParallel (USDT)Premium
USD / NGNNigeria₦1,332.68₦1,361.93▲ 2.19%
USD / GHSGhana₵11.65₵12.03▲ 3.22%
USD / EGPEgyptE£54.49E£54.93▲ 0.81%
USD / KESKenyaKSh129.81KSh129.56▼ 0.19%
USD / ZARSouth AfricaR16.4R16.91▲ 3.10%
USD / UGXUgandaUSh4,040.74USh4,188▲ 3.64%

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Understanding the Crypto Market

The total cryptocurrency market is worth $2.85T across thousands of coins, led by Bitcoin (59.6% of the market) and Ethereum. TLT tracks live prices, market capitalisation and 24-hour movement for the top assets, and explains what is moving them — all sourced from public market data and stamped with the time it was captured.

Market capitalisation (price × circulating supply) is the standard way to rank coins by size, while 24-hour volume shows how actively an asset is trading. The Fear & Greed Index currently reads 63 ("Greed") — a gauge of overall market sentiment. For readers in Nigeria, our naira section tracks the real USDT/NGN P2P rate and its premium over the official dollar rate.

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What is the total crypto market cap today?

The total cryptocurrency market capitalisation is $2.85T, down 0.60% in the last 24 hours. It is the combined value of all tracked cryptocurrencies.

Which cryptocurrency is the biggest?

Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, making up about 59.6% of the total market, followed by Ethereum.

Why are crypto prices moving today?

The market is currently broadly up. See our Why Is It Moving page for the biggest movers with source-cited explanations, updated hourly.

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