ETHMarket cap rank 2

Ethereum (ETH) price and heat score

$1,884.76
24h +0.4% · 7d -1.0% · 30d +0.2%
27
Heat scoreCOOL▼ -6 vs yesterday
Smart Contract PlatformLayer 1 (L1)Ethereum EcosystemFTX HoldingsMulticoin Capital PortfolioProof of Stake (PoS)

Ethereum (ETH) trades at $1,884.76, up 0.2% over the past 30 days. Its market cap — supply times price — is $227.5B, the 2-largest in crypto. Over a year it is -60% (down), and it sits -62% from its all-time high. Total value locked on this chain is $41.2B, or 0.18x its market cap. On tradability, the book is thin, so incoming money moves the price easily. Taken together, the overall heat score is 27 (COOL). 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)
Candlestick chart (about a year; green = up, red = down; hover for OHLC)
$1,511$2,370$3,228$4,087$4,94608/1202/1208/11
Each candle shows the open, high, low and close for its period.
Price
$1,884.76
Market cap
$227.5B
FDV
$227.5B
24h volume
$6.1B
24h / 7d / 30d
+0.4% / -1.0% / +0.2%
From ATH
-61.9%
Chain TVL
$41.2B
Circulating / total
100%
Chain fees / day
$13.5M
a proxy for real usage
Stablecoins on chain
$148.5B
dry powder waiting on-chain
GitHub activity
★44,422
41 commits in the past 4 weeks (via CoinGecko)
Community bullish
96%
CoinGecko poll

Profile What kind of asset is Ethereum?

A mechanical read on Ethereum (ETH) from market data — a first impression to start from, not a verdict.
Market size
Mega cap
One of the largest assets in crypto, inside the overall top 10 (ranked #2)
Price swings
Narrow (24h range 1.8%)
A narrow daily range; relatively calm
Liquidity (24h volume)
Very high
Over $1B traded in a day — actively traded
Dilution risk
Mostly done (100% circulating)
Nearly the entire supply cap is already circulating, so little dilution pressure remains
Long-term trend
Down sharply over 1 year (-60%)
The direction on a longer time frame
A qualitative summary based on market data. This is not investment advice.

Overview What is Ethereum

Ethereum is a global, open-source platform for decentralized applications. In other words, it is a decentralized blockchain platform that enables developers to build and deploy smart contracts and applications without central authority control. Unlike Bitcoin, which primarily functions as digital currency, Ethereum operates as a programmable global computer where developers can create any type of decentralized service.

The platform hosts over $14 billion in DeFi applications with hundreds of thousands of active users across financial protocols, NFT marketplaces, and gaming platforms. Its transition to Proof of Stake in September 2022 reduced energy consumption by over 99%, addressing environmental concerns while strengthening network security.

The network operates through thousands of independent validator nodes that process transactions and execute smart contracts on the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Smart contracts are self-executing programs written in Solidity that automatically carry out agreements when conditions are met, eliminating intermediaries like banks or brokers.

Validators stake ETH as collateral to propose and validate blocks, earning rewards for honest participation while facing penalties for malicious behavior. The EIP-1559 upgrade introduced a dynamic base fee mechanism that burns ETH with each transaction, creating deflationary pressure during high network activity when more ETH is burned than issued to validators.

The description is based on public information from CoinGecko.This is information, not investment advice.

Basics How Ethereum started, and its basic data

Launched
2015-07-30
Running for about 11 years, since 2015
How it runs
Hashing algorithm Ethash
Technical characteristics of the chain
Watchlists
2.0M
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 Ethereum

Key price levels for Ethereum (ETH). Crypto is divisible, so you can buy well under a whole coin.
Current price
$1,884.76
as of 2026-08-14
24h range
$1,862.86 – $1,897.36
Low to high over the past 24 hours
All-time high
$4,946.05
The highest price on record (2025-08-24)
Distance from ATH
-61.9%
A new high would take about 2.6x the current price
All-time low
$0.432979
The lowest price on record (2015-10-19)
Distance from ATL
+435,200%
About 4,353x its all-time low
Where it sits in today's range
Low $1,863Mid-rangeHigh $1,897

Signals Catalysts currently in play (auto-extracted)

💤
Turnover is slow
24-hour volume equals 2.7% of market cap. Trading is quiet, so price moves are likely to stay contained.
⛓️
The chain is heavily used
Recent chain fees run about $13.5M per day. Fees stand in for real usage, and this level points to an actively used chain.
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-0.2%24 hours+0.4%1 week-1.0%2 weeks-2.1%1 month+0.2%200 days-32.5%1 year-60.4%
1 hour
-0.2%
24 hours
+0.4%
1 week
-1.0%
2 weeks
-2.1%
1 month
+0.2%
200 days
-32.5%
1 year
-60.4%
Over the past 30 days it has moved roughly in line with Bitcoin (-2.2%), the market's benchmark. (ETH: +0.2%)
Past performance, which does not guarantee future results.

Supply Who controls the supply

Of the current total supply of 120,681,993 ETH, 100% is on the market today. Practically all of it circulates. This asset publishes no maximum supply, so the figures above are measured against current total supply.
Circulating 100%

Project Project information and governance

Development activity
★44,422 · 19,618 forks · 41 commits in 4 weeks · 906 contributors · 97% of issues closed
Compiled by CoinGecko. A gauge of sustained development; teams building in private will look quieter than they are.
Community sentiment
96%
The share of bullish votes in CoinGecko's poll. Not a price forecast.
Category & ecosystem
Smart Contract Platform Layer 1 (L1) Ethereum Ecosystem FTX Holdings Multicoin Capital Portfolio Proof of Stake (PoS) Alameda Research Portfolio Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Portfolio
Major venues
Binance, Gate, OKX, Coinbase Exchange, Bitget, WhiteBIT, Ourbit, Bybit
External links point to each project's own official pages.We do not vouch for what those pages contain.

Exchanges Where is Ethereum traded?

The venues where Ethereum (ETH) trades most, by 24-hour volume in USD. Deeper volume generally means orders fill more easily and the price holds steadier.
WhiteBIT
$548.9M
Pionex
$299.7M
Binance
$293.4M
Biconomy.com
$287.1M
Tapbit
$264.4M
CoinW
$163.9M
WEEX
$161.3M
KCEX
$150.9M
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

27
Heat scoreCOOLOverall heat score
How the overall score is built: market gate 42 (applied to everything) × geometric mean of the four factors 65 (momentum, liquidity, fundamentals and supply, multiplied together) → 27. 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
48
→ The trend is flat — no clear direction yet.
Liquidity (traded volume depth)
100
→ Volume is deep enough that a move is one you could actually participate in.
Fundamentals (TVL / market cap)
36
→ Little capital is locked relative to market cap, or the asset is outside TVL coverage.
Supply lightness
100
→ Most of the supply already circulates, so unlock pressure is light.
Development activity → 41 code updates in the last four weeks; development is ongoing.
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Standard-score profile, compared against every asset on the site (50 is the mean). It shows where this asset sits in the population on each metric; higher is always the better direction.
Overall standard score
58.0 #160 of 4097 assets
Standard-score ranking →
Heat 58Momentum 51Volume depth 69TVL ratio 49Supply 56Dev 75ATH recovery 56Dilution 50Further out = higher standard score; the centre line is the mean of 50
Heat score
58
Momentum
51
Liquidity (traded volume depth)
69
TVL / market cap
49
Supply lightness
56
Development activity
75
Recovery toward ATH
56
Dilution lightness
50
A relative position within the assets covered here, not an absolute rating.

Related Structurally similar assets (shared categories)

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.

Compare Compare Ethereum with other major assets

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FAQ Ethereum — frequently asked questions

What is Ethereum (ETH)?
Ethereum is a global, open-source platform for decentralized applications. Read more →
What is the current price of Ethereum (ETH)?
$1,884.76 as of 2026-08-14. The price moves daily, and this page is rebuilt every day.
What is the market cap of Ethereum (ETH)?
About $227.5B as of 2026-08-14, which ranks #2 across all crypto assets.
What is Ethereum's heat score, and what does it mean?
The heat score is 27 (COOL) 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 Ethereum (ETH)?
As of 2026-08-14, 120,681,993 ETH is in circulation out of a total supply of 120,681,993 ETH — about 100%. The remainder may reach the market through future unlocks.
What is the all-time high for Ethereum (ETH)?
The all-time high on record as of 2026-08-14 is $4,946.05.The price is $1,884.76 today, -61.9% from that high.
How much Ethereum (ETH) can I buy with $100?
At the 2026-08-14 price ($1,884.76), $100 buys roughly 0.05306 ETH before fees and spread. Crypto is divisible, so you do not need to buy a whole coin.
Will Ethereum (ETH) go up? What are its prospects?
We do not forecast prices or give investment advice. What this page does is track Ethereum 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.
Is the Ethereum chain actually being used?
As of 2026-08-14, chain fees over the past day came to about $13.5M. Fees stand in for real demand for block space.
Where can I buy or trade Ethereum (ETH)?
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.

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