Counterparty (XCP) trades at $1.54, down 13.2% over the past 30 days. Its market cap — supply times price — is $4.0M, the 1738-largest in crypto. Over a year it is -58% (down), and it sits -98% from its all-time high. On tradability, the book is thin, so incoming money moves the price easily. Taken together, the overall heat score is 13 (COLD). A higher number means more of the conditions for a rally are in place — it is not a price forecast.
One-year chart (daily close; hover for the price)
Price
$1.54
Market cap
$4.0M
FDV
$4.1M
24h volume
$15
24h / 7d / 30d
+1.8% / -1.4% / -13.2%
From ATH
-98.3%
Circulating / total
98%
GitHub activity
★294
63 commits in the past 4 weeks (via CoinGecko)
Profile What kind of asset is Counterparty?
A mechanical read on Counterparty (XCP) from market data — a first impression to start from, not a verdict.
Market size
Micro cap
A micro-cap or newly listed asset with a small market cap (ranked #1738)
Price swings
Narrow (24h range 0.0%)
A narrow daily range; relatively calm
Liquidity (24h volume)
Thin
Volume is very small; even modest orders can move the price a lot
Dilution risk
Mostly done (98% circulating)
Nearly the entire supply cap is already circulating, so little dilution pressure remains
Long-term trend
Down sharply over 1 year (-58%)
The direction on a longer time frame
A qualitative summary based on market data. This is not investment advice.
Overview What is Counterparty
Counterparty is a platform for user-created assets on Bitcoin. It’s a protocol, set of specifications, and an API. Taken together, it allows users to create and trade assets on top of Bitcoin’s blockchain. In this way, Counterparty is similar to platforms like Waves or Ethereum. Of course, the difference is Counterparty integrates directly with Bitcoin. Therefore, it comes will all the security and reliability (and issues) that are part of the Bitcoin blockchain. This is a fairly old project. In fact, it pre-dates Ethereum with its launch in 2014. It was the original asset creation mechanism. As you’re probably aware, Counterparty has faded from prominence over the years. This is largely due to the rise of the ERC-20 token standard on Ethereum.
While we’ve become used to calling blockchain assets, tokens, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. An asset can represent anything that has value or is rare. As a result, Counterparty steers clear of the word “token” in their marketing and documentation. They’re much more interested in digital assets of all kinds, not just currencies, securities, and utility tokens. Digital assets can be a digital marker of a physical object, an easy way to manage shares in your company, or reputation karma for a website. These are all types of assets you could create on Counterparty (or Ethereum or Waves, for that matter). Counterparty creates the set of rules, requirements, integrations, etc that are necessary for assets on the Bitcoin blockchain. It’s the infrastructure behind user-created assets in much the same way that the ERC-20 protocol sets up guidelines and standards for asset creation on Ethereum.
One useful function of digital assets is as a marker of ownership or voting rights. Imagine a scenario where you issued a digital asset to each of your company’s board members in proportion to the amount of voting power held. Or if you gave your stockholders a digital asset as a marker of the amount of stock they owned. If you issued your stock asset, you could then use Counterparty’s distribution function to pay out dividends in BTC based on the amount of digital stock asset each person owned.
Counterparty addresses many of the same issues as Ethereum or Waves, but on the Bitcoin blockchain. While that does come with some advantages, ultimately it is not as strong a platform for development as its competitors. It’s best suited for applications that need to interface with Bitcoin or assets that have a specific connection to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
The description is based on public information from CoinGecko.This is information, not investment advice.
Basics How Counterparty started, and its basic data
Launched
2014-01-02
Running for about 12 years, since 2014
How it runs
Hashing algorithm SHA-256 · Blocks about every 10 minutes
Technical characteristics of the chain
Watchlists
3K
How many people track this asset on CoinGecko — a gauge of attention
Launch date, technical design and follower counts come from CoinGecko's public data.
Price detail Price levels for Counterparty
Key price levels for Counterparty (XCP). Crypto is divisible, so you can buy well under a whole coin.
Current price
$1.54
as of 2026-08-14
24h range
$1.54 – $1.54
Low to high over the past 24 hours
All-time high
$91.13
The highest price on record (2018-01-09)
Distance from ATH
-98.3%
A new high would take about 59.2x the current price
All-time low
$0.134356
The lowest price on record (2019-10-25)
Distance from ATL
+1,045%
About 11x its all-time low
Signals Catalysts currently in play (auto-extracted)
💤
Turnover is slow
24-hour volume equals 0.0% of market cap. Trading is quiet, so price moves are likely to stay contained.
🏔️
Far below its all-time high
Trading -98% from its all-time high. Recovering that ground would take a substantial return of demand — and a discount this large usually has a reason worth checking.
🛠️
Development is active
63 GitHub commits in the past four weeks (via CoinGecko). Steady development work supports the project's continuity.
These signals are extracted automatically by deterministic rules from the data on this page — price, volume, unlocks, development activity and chain usage. They do not forecast prices, and they contain no social-media rumour or speculation.This is not investment advice.
Returns Performance by period
Returns over each period, so you can compare short-term momentum against the longer-term trend at a glance. Positive is a gain, negative a loss.
1 hour
+0.0%
24 hours
+1.8%
1 week
-1.4%
2 weeks
+0.1%
1 month
-13.2%
200 days
-12.2%
1 year
-58.0%
Over the past 30 days it has run about 11 points behind Bitcoin (-2.2%), the market's benchmark. (XCP: -13.2%)
Past performance, which does not guarantee future results.
Supply Who controls the supply
Of the current total supply of 2,649,791 XCP, 98% is on the market today. The remaining 2% has been issued but is not circulating — locked, vesting, or held back.
Circulating 98%Issued but locked 2%
Market cap vs FDV (the dilution already priced in)
Market cap
$4.0M
Value of the circulating supply
FDV (fully diluted)
$4.1M
If the entire supply were circulating
Fully diluted valuation is only about 1.0x the current market cap, so there is little additional supply left to come.
Compiled by CoinGecko. A gauge of sustained development; teams building in private will look quieter than they are.
Category & ecosystem
Smart Contract PlatformProof of Work (PoW)
Major venues
Zaif, Dex-Trade
External links point to each project's own official pages.We do not vouch for what those pages contain.
Exchanges Where is Counterparty traded?
The venues where Counterparty (XCP) trades most, by 24-hour volume in USD. Deeper volume generally means orders fill more easily and the price holds steadier.
Dex-Trade
$101
Zaif
$0
Ranked by converted volume, highest first.Which venues you can use depends on where you live, so check what is licensed in your own jurisdiction.This is not a recommendation of any particular exchange.
Heat score Heat factor breakdown
13
Heat scoreCOLDOverall heat score
How the overall score is built: market gate 42 (applied to everything) × geometric mean of the four factors 31 (momentum, liquidity, fundamentals and supply, multiplied together) → 13. It is not a simple average: a weak market holds the whole score down, and a single weak factor drags the rest with it.
Factor breakdown (0–100; higher means more conditions are in place)
Regime (market gate)gate
42
→ The market gate is neutral. Asset-specific factors decide this one.
Momentum
37
→ The recent price trend is down. Going against it needs a reason.
Liquidity (traded volume depth)
5
→ Almost nothing is trading. There is no assurance you could enter or exit at the price shown.
Fundamentals (TVL / market cap)
50
→ TVL is unremarkable relative to market cap.
Supply lightness
98
→ Most of the supply already circulates, so unlock pressure is light.
Development activity → 63 code updates in the last four weeks; development is ongoing.
Similarity computed from shared CoinGecko categories rather than an industry taxonomy. Assets in the same L1 ecosystem or with the same use case tend to share capital flows and market conditions.
FAQ Counterparty — frequently asked questions
What is Counterparty (XCP)?
Counterparty is a platform for user-created assets on Bitcoin.It’s a protocol, set of specifications, and an API. Read more →
What is the current price of Counterparty (XCP)?
$1.54 as of 2026-08-14. The price moves daily, and this page is rebuilt every day.
What is the market cap of Counterparty (XCP)?
About $4.0M as of 2026-08-14, which ranks #1738 across all crypto assets.
What is Counterparty's heat score, and what does it mean?
The heat score is 13 (COLD) as of 2026-08-14. It is our own 0–100 measure of how many of the conditions a rally needs — momentum, tradable volume, light supply and a supportive market — are currently in place. It is not a price forecast. The model multiplies its factors, so a single missing condition holds the whole score down.
What is the supply of Counterparty (XCP)?
As of 2026-08-14, 2,587,620 XCP is in circulation out of a total supply of 2,649,791 XCP — about 98%. The remainder may reach the market through future unlocks.
What is the all-time high for Counterparty (XCP)?
The all-time high on record as of 2026-08-14 is $91.13.The price is $1.54 today, -98.3% from that high.
How much Counterparty (XCP) can I buy with $100?
At the 2026-08-14 price ($1.54), $100 buys roughly 64.94 XCP before fees and spread. Crypto is divisible, so you do not need to buy a whole coin.
Will Counterparty (XCP) go up? What are its prospects?
We do not forecast prices or give investment advice. What this page does is track Counterparty every day through factual data — the heat score, supply structure, charts and development activity. Use it as material for your own judgement; the decision is yours.
Where can I buy or trade Counterparty (XCP)?
It trades on major crypto exchanges. Which venues you can use depends on where you live, so check what is licensed in your own jurisdiction. This is information, not a recommendation of any asset or exchange.
The prices, market caps and heat scores above are as of 2026-08-14 and change daily.This is information, not investment advice.
Updated 2026-08-14 · rebuilt daily This site provides information based on public data. It is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell. The heat score is a deterministic, relative indicator computed by a fixed formula; it does not predict future prices. Trading crypto assets involves risk, including price volatility. Make your own decisions. Data provided by CoinGecko · TVL / fees / stablecoins: DefiLlama · Fear & Greed: alternative.me Operated by InSync Inc.
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