Core price

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$0.2353
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Market cap
$237.56M #94
Circulating supply
1.02B / 2.1B
All-time high
$6.900
24h volume
$9.29M
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About Core

Core (CORE) is a cryptocurrency designed to unlock the full potential of Bitcoin within decentralized finance (DeFi). By combining Bitcoin’s security with the flexibility of an Ethereum-compatible blockchain, Core enables users to earn yield on their Bitcoin holdings without sacrificing custody. Through innovative features like Dual Staking, users can pair BTC with CORE tokens to access higher rewards, making it a gateway to self-custodial financial growth. Core also supports advanced applications, including tokenized assets, lending, and decentralized exchanges, creating a robust ecosystem for both individual and institutional users. With a fixed supply of 2.1 billion tokens, Core emphasizes scarcity and long-term value, making it a compelling choice for those exploring Bitcoin-powered DeFi solutions.
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Core risk

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Core’s price performance

Past year
-73.88%
$0.90
3 months
-57.39%
$0.55
30 days
-38.90%
$0.39
7 days
-2.77%
$0.24

Core in the news

CoinDesk|23 Oct 2025
Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Upgraded to Buy as HPC Momentum Builds: B. Riley

The bank also reaffirmed TeraWulf (WULF) as its top pick in the sector.

CoinDesk|22 Oct 2025
Kadena Foundation to Cease Operations, Leaving Blockchain to Run Without Core Team

The Kadena blockchain itself will continue to operate, the team noted, as it is maintained by independent miners and community developers.

CoinDesk|21 Oct 2025
CoreWeave CEO Stands Firm on $9B Core Scientific Offer as Shareholder Opposition Mounts

Michael Intrator calls the deal a “nice to have” as ISS and major investors urge shareholders to reject the proposed acquisition.

Crypto Briefing|21 Oct 2025
Ethereum core dev criticizes Vitalik Buterin’s influence, cites centralization

Péter Szilágyi, a lead developer for Ethereum’s Geth client, has raised concerns about Vitalik Buterin’s...

CoinDesk|17 Oct 2025
CoreWeave Has No Plans to Boost Price in Core Scientific Takeover Battle

The company calls its offer for CORZ “best and final” as it counters hedge fund criticism and urges investors to back the deal.

CoinDesk|15 Oct 2025
Stablecoin Boom Nears $300B as New Platforms Push Market Beyond Trading: Artemis

Supply has surged 72% year-over-year, led by Ethereum, Solana, and Plasma’s record debut, as stablecoins begin to mirror core banking functions

CoinDesk|15 Oct 2025
After Oct. 10 Crypto Crash, Bitwise CIO’s Three-Question Test Finds No Lasting Damage

In an Oct. 14 memo, Matt Hougan says about $20 billion was liquidated, no major firms failed, core tech mostly held and clients stayed calm — signs the impact won’t last.

CoinDesk|14 Oct 2025
DWS Sees Stablecoins Emerging as Core Payments Infrastructure

With rising liquidity, regulatory clarity and institutional use, stablecoins are moving beyond crypto trading to challenge traditional payment networks, DWS said.

CoinDesk|12 Oct 2025
There Is Too Much Friction in Web3 For Newcomers. Here’s How We Fix it.

The promise of a seamless digital economy is being sabotaged by a simple, recurring nightmare: network switching, says ZetaChain core contributor Jonathan Covey.

Crypto Briefing|6 Oct 2025
Tom Lee’s BitMine acquires 179,251 ETH in the past week

BitMine, a publicly traded firm focused on aggressive accumulation of Ethereum as a core treasury...

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[Data] A simple audit of the TVL for major ecosystems First of all, I must say that the DeFi TVL may be inflated. After all, if an ecosystem issues several tokens and then adds them to DeFi protocols, it can increase the DeFi TVL. However, the issuance of stablecoins requires asset collateral, and RWA TVL corresponds to real-world assets, which are purely valuable. Moreover, stablecoins and RWA TVL are less affected by fluctuations in the crypto market. Therefore, this article mainly analyzes by calculating two ratios: "On-chain stablecoin market cap/DeFi TVL", "RWA TVL/DeFi TVL". Excluding Tron and those ecosystems where the on-chain stablecoin value cannot be found, the average value of on-chain stablecoin market cap/DeFi TVL for the remaining ecosystems is 0.92, which is considered relatively healthy around 0.92. Considering those with no RWA assets as having RWA TVL of 0, the average value of RWA TVL/DeFi TVL is 0.41, which is also considered relatively healthy around 0.41. ┈┈➤ RWA TVL ╰┈✦ First, let's look at the rankings First, let me correct a mistake made by Brother Bee earlier; the correct RWA TVL rankings should be: 1st place: Ethereum 12.369b 2nd place: Avalanche 871.21m 3rd place: Polygon 793.49m 4th place: BSC 717.99m 5th place: Solana 633.5m 6th place: Aptos 588.9m 7th place: Arbitrum 353.53m 8th place: ZKsync Era 285.93m 9th place: XRPL 198.13m 10th place: Plume Mainnet 183.82m 11th place: Base 166.34m 11th place: Gnosis 162.82m 12th place: Algorand 127.89m These are the ecosystems with RWA TVL exceeding 100 million USD. ╰┈✦ Now let's analyze RWA TVL First, Ethereum's RWA TVL is far ahead, and it seems that Ethereum has not engaged much with traditional financial institutions. It can only be said that traditional financial institutions are more confident in Ethereum's security. Second, Avalanche and Polygon's RWA TVL have surpassed BSC, which is somewhat unexpected. Especially Polygon, as we know Avalanche is a U.S. project, but Polygon's development team is from India. However, it should be noted that @0xPolygon, as an Ethereum Layer 2 or sidechain, has multiple validators recording through PoS consensus (according to the OKLink block explorer, there were 37 active validators on Polygon in the last day), and the blocks recorded by multiple validators are not centralized (as shown in the image), so Polygon's degree of decentralization is much higher compared to other Layer 2s, which is why Polygon's RWA TVL is higher than all Layer 2s and even ranks among the top in Layer 1. Third, we can see that @Aptos is a watershed; above Aptos, RWA TVL exceeds 500 million USD, and apart from Ethereum, these ecosystems are closely competing. Arbitrum's RWA TVL is over 200 million less than Aptos. Fourth, Aptos and SUI, both Move language public chains, show a very obvious difference in RWA TVL; SUI's DeFi TVL is more than three times that of Aptos, but Aptos's RWA TVL is more than 12 times that of SUI. This indicates that traditional financial institutions are not very confident in SUI's security, but are very confident in Aptos's security. It should be mentioned that although both use the Move language, Aptos uses the native Move language of Libra, which is more mature and secure. However, SUI has made significant modifications to the Move language to achieve more complex functions, but currently, its security and developer-friendliness are still lacking. Fifth, the BASE chain backed by Coinbase has a relatively low RWA TVL. The RWA TVL of Arbitrum and OP Mainnet, both part of the OP series Layer 2, is also relatively low. Among them, @arbitrum's technology is relatively independent, while Base is developed using OP Stack. It can be seen that traditional financial institutions are not very confident in the security of Layer 2, and their confidence in OP Stack's security seems to be even lower. In fact, these Layer 2s only have one sequencer, or only one node, so their degree of decentralization is indeed insufficient. ┈┈➤ Comprehensive analysis of the two ratios The first ratio: "On-chain stablecoin market cap/DeFi TVL", The second ratio: "RWA TVL/DeFi TVL". ╰┈✦ Some ecosystems may not have fully developed If both of these ratios are high, it indicates that the ecosystem of this public chain has not fully developed, and there are not many altcoins or meme coins issued in the ecosystem, so the DeFi TVL is relatively small. Such ecosystems mainly include XRPL and Aptos. Among them, XRPL's two ratios are 2.5 and 2.36, which are the 2nd highest and the 1st highest, respectively; indeed, we rarely hear about any applications on XRPL. Aptos's two ratios are 2.41 and 0.87, which are both ranked 4th highest. Both of these comparisons are relatively high, indicating that Aptos's ecosystem has developed somewhat, but it is far from reaching a prosperous stage, and there may still be significant development potential in the ecosystem. ╰┈✦ Some TVLs may be relatively saturated or have bubbles However, if both of these ratios are low, it may indicate that the ecosystem has issued too many altcoins or meme coins, leading to a high DeFi TVL, which could be a signal of ecosystem bubbles or saturation. GOAT, Linea, and Scroll exhibit such characteristics. GOAT's on-chain stablecoin accounts for only 0.000195 of the DeFi TVL, and RWA TVL has not been recorded by DefiLlama. Linea's ecosystem stablecoin accounts for only 0.127 of the DeFi TVL, and RWA TVL accounts for only 0.000003 of the DeFi TVL. Scroll's ecosystem stablecoin accounts for only 0.14 of the DeFi TVL, and RWA TVL has also not been recorded by DefiLlama. This may be because these three ecosystems are all Layer 2. Next are Movement, PulseChain, and Katana; these three Layer 1 chains' stablecoins account for only about 20% of the DeFi TVL, and RWA TVL has also not been recorded by DefiLlama, or the ratio of RWA TVL to DeFi TVL is very small. Among mainstream public chains, Berachain's stablecoin accounts for only 28.24% of the DeFi TVL; we know that Berachain's ecosystem mainly consists of some nested DeFi based on liquidity. Sei and Sui's stablecoins account for 40%~50% of the DeFi TVL, which is not too high, and the RWA TVL accounts for 2.16%~3.8% of the DeFi TVL. Of course, this ratio cannot be said to indicate an ecosystem bubble, but the ecosystem's development is relatively saturated, and the space for further development is lower compared to other mainstream public chains. Of course, unless there is innovation in the ecosystem, it can still achieve significant growth. ╰┈✦ Some ecosystems have relative advantages in stablecoins or RWA Among the two ratios, one is particularly prominent. For example, Tron’s on-chain stablecoin is 13.43 times the DeFi TVL, far exceeding other ecosystems, indicating that USDT has indeed gained a significant market on Tron, and this market is not entirely within the crypto circle. Similarly, ZKsync Era's RWA TVL is 6.61 times the DeFi TVL, indicating that ZKsync Era has a relative advantage in RWA. This may be because traditional financial institutions have relatively more trust in the security of ZK technology, or it may be because the team has worked harder to connect with traditional financial markets. ╰┈✦ Some ecosystems' RWA is in the early stages For example, Plasma's RWA TVL is somewhat laughable, at 65.49 USD; you read that right, it's less than 500 RMB. It’s not even as much as some ecosystems that simply haven’t done RWA; anyone could buy some treasury bonds and exceed this amount. However, Plasma's on-chain stablecoin is 1.31 times the DeFi TVL, reflecting that Plasma's ecosystem is relatively healthy, has certain development, and still has room for growth. ╰┈✦ Ecosystems may have bubbles If the RWA TVL/DeFi TVL ratio is not low, but the on-chain stablecoin market cap/DeFi TVL ratio is low, it may indicate that the ecosystem has bubbles. Because RWA is developing well, it is unlikely that there would be a lack of stablecoins on-chain. Such an ecosystem is only Cardano, which has an RWA TVL/DeFi TVL of 0.8, indicating that there are quite a few RWA assets in the Cardano ecosystem. However, the stablecoin market cap/DeFi TVL is only 0.1, making it hard to imagine how this DeFi TVL is composed. ┈┈➤ Comparison of mainstream ecosystems Now let's compare the four major ecosystems. Ethereum has the highest DeFi TVL and RWA TVL, far exceeding other ecosystems, and is undoubtedly the king of public chains. The on-chain stablecoin market cap/DeFi TVL is very high, indicating that there are very few MEMEs in the Ethereum ecosystem. In contrast, Base chain's two ratios are the lowest among the four major public chains. The on-chain stablecoin market cap/DeFi TVL is significantly lower than the other three ecosystems, indicating that the Meme ecosystem on Base chain is relatively larger, as the tokens issued by Virtuals Protocol are paired with $VIRTUAL, leading to less demand for stablecoins. On the other hand, Base is built on OP Stack, which is currently single-node, having only one node/sequencer, resulting in a relatively high degree of centralization; thus, even with the backing of Coinbase, its RWA TVL amount and ratio are relatively low. Additionally, Solana's two ratios are also relatively low. Although Solana's MEMEs may be more than those on Base, the Solana chain has not only MEMEs but also various other application scenarios that have a certain demand for stablecoins, so the on-chain stablecoin market cap/DeFi TVL is higher than that of Base. Solana's RWA TVL/DeFi TVL is slightly higher than that of Base chain, but the actual value of RWA TVL is much higher than that of BASE chain, indicating that Solana has a certain influence and trust in the traditional financial sector. BSC chain's two ratios are second only to Ethereum, reflecting that BSC chain has a certain MEME ecosystem, but also has more application scenarios that require stablecoins: DeFi, trading, payments, and other ecosystems. RWA TVL/DeFi TVL is second only to Ethereum, and RWA TVL ranks second among the four major public chains, indicating that BSC chain's influence and trust in the traditional financial sector is only second to Ethereum. Overall, among the four major public chains, BSC chain has the best balance in various ecosystems such as MEME, DeFi, payments, and RWA, followed by Solana. Ethereum and Base are relatively "specialized"; Ethereum excels in DeFi and RWA ecosystems, while Base excels in MEME.
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Aptos has made breakthrough progress in the RWA field. @Monica_xiaoM noticed that @aptos ranked second in appreciation at BUIDL. Coincidentally, Brother Bee also saw a significant increase in Aptos RWA TVL around October 20 on @DefiLlama. ┈┈➤Securitize and BUIDL The growth of BUIDL may stem from the RWA infrastructure @Securitize, which provides a platform for the issuance and management of tokenization of real-world assets on-chain. Securitize is the RWA protocol with the highest TVL, reaching $3.315 billion. Among this, 64.37% is BUIDL. BUIDL is a tokenized money market fund issued on-chain by BlackRock, with its real-world assets mainly including cash, short-term U.S. Treasury bills (T-Bills), and repurchase agreements (Repo, where financial institutions use U.S. Treasuries as collateral for short-term financing to the BUIDL fund). ┈┈➤Securitize and Aptos Currently, Securitize's TVL is mainly on Ethereum ($1.081 billion), followed by Aptos ($575.86 million). ┈┈➤Aptos and RWA As a result, Aptos has developed into the fourth largest RWA ecosystem chain after Ethereum, BSC, and Solana. Among them, Ethereum's RWA TVL is $12.369 billion. BSC's RWA TVL is $718 million. Solana's RWA TVL is $633.5 million. Aptos's RWA TVL is $588.9 million. The scale of Aptos's RWA ecosystem can, to some extent, reflect its influence in the U.S. and traditional financial sectors. #RWA #Aptos

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Core FAQ

Core is an L1 blockchain that combines the composability of an EVM chain and the decentralization and security of Bitcoin. It features a native token called CORE, which powers its network.

Core DAO intends to become the biggest community network of Web3. The bigger its community, the more dApps and other products and solutions will have to offer. Meanwhile, the more it has to offer, the more people will join the community.

You can buy CORE tokens on a number of different spot trading markets. One example is the OKX crypto exchange, which offers CORE/USDT pairs. In addition, it has a COREUSDT pair for perpetual swaps and margin trading.

If you wish to purchase USDT with fiat currencies, OKX has an “Express Buy” option that comes in handy. The platform also lets you use the Convert feature to convert your excess holdings to CORE. Alternatively, if you want to convert CORE into fiat, you can use the OKX crypto calculator to check the conversion rates.

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Dive deeper into Core

When most people think about cryptocurrency they first think of its monetary and technological capabilities. After all, Bitcoin was created to replace the traditional monetary system. However, crypto has now become an industry that revolves around the community and decentralization. 

Of course, the monetary and technological aspects are still the core of the crypto industry, however, the idea of community and inclusivity has become a crucial component. This is best reflected in Core DAO (CORE).

What is Core DAO (CORE)?

Core DAO (CORE) is a project built as an L1 blockchain. It is Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible, meaning that it can run ETH smart contracts and decentralized apps (dApps). The Core network is powered by a unique consensus mechanism called Satoshi Plus. The mechanism’s purpose is to secure the network by combining Bitcoin’s mining hash and Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS).

The developers wish to create an infrastructure that would operate at the core of Web3. This is a young project that launched in January 2023. It is completely decentralized and run by its DAO, which is responsible for the development of Satoshi Plus.

The Core DAO project team

Based on the official Core Dao accounts, the project was created by a global team of contributors — all of which have decided to remain anonymous — who share a vision of creating for a better Web3, the team plan to do this by establishing protocol rules ensuring the ecosystem’s growth on top of the decentralized Satoshi Plus consensus. 

How does Core DAO work?

Core DAO revolves around Satoshi Plus, which validates transactions and secures the network. It was created to combine the best aspects of Bitcoin and Ethereum to produce a blockchain that doesn't compromise on Security, Decentralization, and Composability. Core offers the composability of the EVM chain. This ensures that developers have conditions for managing smart contracts and dApps. Through the creation of dApps, they bring value to the ecosystem and in turn — receive rewards.

CORE: Core DAO’s native token

CORE is the native cryptocurrency of Core DAO, and it was launched in early February 2023. The project created a max supply of 2.1 billion CORE tokens. The project’s total supply is also 2.1 billion units. However, its circulating supply sits at 7.07 percent of the total supply. As of July 2023, only 148.38 million CORE tokens are available on the market.

CORE token use cases

CORE is the native cryptocurrency of Core DAO, meaning that it is used to power the network. It serves as a governance token and can be used for staking. It also powers the project’s smart contracts and decentralized applications. Of course, like any other cryptocurrency, it is also used for trading and investing.

Core DAO (CORE) token Distribution

The allocation of Core DAO tokens (CORE) was distributed as follows:

  • 39.995 percent was allocated to node mining.
  • 25.029 percent was distributed to Core users.
  • 15 percent was designated for contributors.
  • 10 percent was reserved for future use.
  • 0.476 percent was utilized for relayer rewards.
  • 9.5 percent was earmarked for the treasury.

Core DAO: The core community project of Web3

Core DAO has created use cases for its project and token, but its main purpose is to connect the people. It does this by offering rewards for quality dApps, ensuring that developers would create them. With dApps to offer, the project can expect more users to join and connect with one another. This web of users is what it is after — a strong community with its own user base. As such, they would understand and power Web3 and help bring others to it.

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Market cap
$237.56M #94
Circulating supply
1.02B / 2.1B
All-time high
$6.900
24h volume
$9.29M
CORECORE
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