Live Cryptocurrency Prices, Charts And Market Capitalization

Stay On Top Of The Live Cryptocurrency Prices by Market Capitalization

The current cryptocurrency market Capitalization as of today is $2.35T. The over all cryptocurrency trading volume for the last 24 hours is currently at $49.64B. Bitcoins dominance is now at 55.6% with a market capitalization of $1.30T and Ethereum dominance is now at 15.5% with a market capitalization of $362.58B. The ranks of the crypto coins are based on market capitalization, trading volume and the current live cryptocurrency prices.

What is a cryptocurrency?

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that keeps records about balances and transactions on a distributed ledger, which is most commonly in the form of a blockchain. Cryptocurrencies enable peer-to-peer transactions between participants across the globe.

A distributed ledger is a database with no central administrator that is maintained by a network of nodes. In permissionless distributed ledgers, anyone is able to join the network and operate a node. In permissioned distributed ledgers, the ability to operate a node is reserved for a pre-approved group of entities.

Top cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum employ a permissionless design, in which anyone can participate in the process of establishing consensus regarding the current state of the ledger. This enables a high degree of decentralization and resiliency, making it very difficult for a single entity to arbitrarily change the history of transactions.