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Crypto market steadies near $2.79T as Bitcoin holds 59% of the market

The total cryptocurrency market is worth $2.79T, up 0.21% in the last 24 hours. 80 of the top 100 coins are rising today, and Bitcoin makes up 59.2% of the market. Sentiment sits at "Greed".

Market cap
$2.79T ▲ 0.21%
24h volume
$127.51T
BTC dominance
59.2%
Fear & Greed
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# Coin Price 24h 7d Last 7 Days Market Cap Volume (24h)
1 Bitcoin btc $81,953.00 ▲ 0.18% -1.19% — $1.65T $28.14B
2 Ethereum eth $2,460.09 ▲ 2.73% -1.56% — $300.43B $12.89B
3 Tether usdt $0.9993 ▲ 0.02% +0.00% — $183.53B $53.00B
4 BNB bnb $727.73 ▼ 0.22% -1.96% — $96.89B $756.70M
5 XRP xrp $1.33 ▲ 0.43% -4.05% — $83.95B $1.35B
6 USDC usdc $0.9999 ▲ 0.03% +0.02% — $72.57B $16.22B
7 Solana sol $105.79 ▲ 0.92% -4.34% — $62.33B $2.87B
8 TRON trx $0.3356 ▲ 1.73% +0.85% — $31.88B $367.92M
9 Figure Heloc figr_heloc $1.03 ▼ 0.40% -0.06% — $24.72B $363.92M
10 Zcash zec $1,210.64 ▲ 6.59% -0.36% — $20.56B $1.39B
11 Hyperliquid hype $80.29 ▼ 0.72% -5.19% — $17.87B $694.55M
12 Dogecoin doge $0.0815 ▲ 2.09% -3.75% — $12.74B $621.34M
13 Monero xmr $555.68 ▲ 3.45% +3.48% — $10.46B $101.29M
14 USDS usds $1.00 ▲ 0.02% +0.08% — $10.24B $143.66M
15 Chainlink link $12.54 ▲ 1.62% -2.06% — $9.61B $275.47M
16 WhiteBIT Coin wbt $80.67 ▲ 0.81% -1.15% — $9.58B $108.11M
17 Cardano ada $0.2286 ▲ 0.62% -3.81% — $8.58B $296.97M
18 LEO Token leo $9.01 ▼ 0.37% +1.28% — $8.29B $34.45K
19 NEAR Protocol near $5.23 ▲ 5.24% +9.36% — $6.84B $1.26B
20 Rain rain $0.009106 ▲ 5.92% -12.36% — $6.47B $6.91M
21 Stellar xlm $0.1831 ▼ 0.16% -5.36% — $6.44B $128.78M
22 Bitcoin Cash bch $279.62 ▲ 1.88% +1.79% — $5.62B $138.10M
23 Litecoin ltc $60.59 ▲ 1.91% -4.77% — $4.71B $225.47M
24 Ethena USDe usde $0.9995 ▲ 0.01% +0.01% — $4.70B $39.83M
25 Uniswap uni $7.38 ▼ 0.48% +0.81% — $4.61B $500.64M
26 Avalanche avax $10.32 ▲ 4.34% -0.03% — $4.58B $349.88M
27 Dai dai $1.00 ▲ 0.02% +0.06% — $4.54B $229.29M
28 Sui sui $1.05 ▲ 3.52% -1.89% — $4.31B $617.75M
29 Canton cc $0.105 ▼ 3.70% -14.50% — $4.19B $24.65M
30 USD1 usd1 $0.9992 ▼ 0.00% +0.00% — $4.06B $902.02M
31 Gram (prev. Toncoin) gram $1.38 ▲ 0.68% -6.42% — $3.90B $29.33M
32 Hedera hbar $0.0857 ▲ 3.61% -6.08% — $3.77B $104.53M
33 Tether Gold xaut $4,178.61 ▲ 0.63% +0.13% — $3.38B $201.63M
34 Bittensor tao $286.64 ▲ 6.79% +4.21% — $3.25B $188.34M
35 Global Dollar usdg $1.00 ▲ 0.02% +0.04% — $3.10B $573.49M
36 Shiba Inu shib $0.00000513 ▲ 1.40% -4.49% — $3.02B $47.28M
37 Quant qnt $205.78 ▼ 0.10% -16.66% — $2.99B $95.86M
38 Cronos cro $0.0588 ▲ 2.14% -3.48% — $2.91B $6.45M
39 Bitway btw $1.91 ▼ 1.01% +22.71% — $2.87B $41.60M
40 PayPal USD pyusd $0.9999 ▲ 0.01% +0.03% — $2.83B $110.05M
41 Ethena ena $0.2047 ▲ 5.38% -4.54% — $2.74B $358.78M
42 OKB okb $118.79 ▲ 0.77% -5.09% — $2.49B $23.92M
43 Aave aave $160.30 ▲ 4.57% -4.72% — $2.47B $256.58M
44 Ripple USD rlusd $1.00 ▲ 0.03% +0.03% — $2.39B $131.24M
45 Circle USYC usyc $1.14 ▲ 0.03% +0.05% — $2.39B $0
46 Ondo US Dollar Yield usdy $1.15 ▲ 0.04% +0.11% — $2.36B $3.44M
47 Ondo ondo $0.464 ▲ 3.97% -3.74% — $2.26B $153.14M
48 BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund buidl $1.00 0.00% 0.00% — $2.19B $0
49 Polkadot dot $1.20 ▲ 9.58% -0.30% — $2.05B $209.44M
50 Pump.fun pump $0.0044 ▼ 1.18% -21.31% — $2.04B $122.01M

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Greed

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Market Dominance

$2.79Ttotal cap
Bitcoin59.1%
Ethereum10.8%
Stablecoins10.2%
Others19.9%

Altcoin Season 7D

45/100
Mixed Market

19 of 42 top altcoins outperformed Bitcoin over 7 days.

DeFi TVL
$90.47B
Stablecoin Cap
$306.02B
ETH Dominance
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BTC Fee (~30m)
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PairCountryOfficialParallel (USDT)Premium
USD / NGNNigeria₦1,331.19₦1,364.86▲ 2.53%
USD / GHSGhana₵11.66₵12.06▲ 3.35%
USD / EGPEgyptE£53.46E£53.86▲ 0.74%
USD / KESKenyaKSh129.75KSh129.64▼ 0.09%
USD / ZARSouth AfricaR16.52R16.96▲ 2.61%
USD / UGXUgandaUSh3,999.6USh4,119▲ 2.99%

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Understanding the Crypto Market

The total cryptocurrency market is worth $2.79T across thousands of coins, led by Bitcoin (59.2% 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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TLT aggregates live cryptocurrency market data from CoinGecko, Binance, DefiLlama and mempool.space, African parallel exchange rates from peer-to-peer markets, and crypto-news headlines from leading publishers. Every figure is stamped with the time it was captured and refreshes continuously throughout the day.

TLT is an independent market-data and information service — not an exchange, broker or financial adviser. Nothing here is financial, investment or trading advice, and we never fabricate a figure: when a feed is unavailable we label the number with its source time rather than guessing. Cryptocurrency is volatile and high-risk. Read our methodology and editorial standards.

What is the total crypto market cap today?

The total cryptocurrency market capitalisation is $2.79T, up 0.21% 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 59.2% 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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