The price of the native coin from BNB Chain (formerly BSC) grew by 50 percent in late 2021 but was much lower in 2022. On August 20, 2025, for example, a single BNB coin was worth more than 823.46 U.S. dollars - a value that is very different from the all-time high of 823.46 U.S. dollars in November 2021. Regardless, Binance Coin ranked in the top 10 most expensive cryptocurrencies in 2022. Noticeable is that the price increase of BNB in November 2021 coincides with a similar price change for Ethereum (ETH), a cryptocurrency where BNB initially originated in 2017 before coming to its own years later.BNB's history: From a reward token in 2017 to an ecosystem after 2019As the name suggests, Binance Coin, or BNB, originally started as an extension of the Binance.com trading platform, the most used cryptocurrency exchange in the world. It initially functioned on the Ethereum blockchain network as an ERC-20 token, offering incentives to owners like reduced trading fees, affiliate rewards, or a lottery ticket system ('Launchpad') that let users invest in new, Binance-selected crypto projects. In 2019, however, BNB moved away from the Ethereum network and migrated to Binance's self-developed blockchain: Binance Smart Chain, or BSC (called BNB Chain since February 2022). Here, BNB started to support a chain that initially did not focus on hosting decentralized apps but focused on high transaction speed and being able to handle large amounts of traffic.DeFi and GameFi: the main segments for BNBBSC, however, made significant strides in 2021, partly due to traffic overload and high gas prices on Ethereum, as well as the growing interest in both Decentralized Finance (DeFI) and NFTs. Much like Cardano, Solana, and Terra, Binance Smart Chain consequently became a valid alternative to Ethereum. The total value locked (TVL) of BNBs blockchain within DeFi, for example, ranked only behind that of Terra and Ethereum in early 2022. Another area where Binance's blockchain and token play a significant role is that of GameFi, or 'play-to-earn' blockchain games that are powered by cryptocurrencies. Some of the more well-known and most popular NFT games, like Alien Worlds and Axie Infinity, run on the blockchain behind BNB.

In 2021 Binance's cryptocurrency reached a market cap of more than ** billion U.S. dollars twice, after being worth less than * billion in 2020. Indeed, the digital coin's market cap rally in 2021 places it in the top three of cryptocurrencies with the highest market cap. The latest increase follows after the BNB price increased due to speculation that the demand for the coin would increase as Binance created a *********** U.S. dollar fund for new DeFi (decentralized finance) applications to be built within their own blockchain - called Binance Smart Chain or BSC.

This dataset contains historical price data for the top global cryptocurrencies, sourced from Yahoo Finance. The data spans the following time frames for each cryptocurrency:

BTC-USD (Bitcoin): From 2014 to December 2024 ETH-USD (Ethereum): From 2017 to December 2024 XRP-USD (Ripple): From 2017 to December 2024 USDT-USD (Tether): From 2017 to December 2024 SOL-USD (Solana): From 2020 to December 2024 BNB-USD (Binance Coin): From 2017 to December 2024 DOGE-USD (Dogecoin): From 2017 to December 2024 USDC-USD (USD Coin): From 2018 to December 2024 ADA-USD (Cardano): From 2017 to December 2024 STETH-USD (Staked Ethereum): From 2020 to December 2024

Key Features:

Date: The date of the record. Open: The opening price of the cryptocurrency on that day. High: The highest price during the day. Low: The lowest price during the day. Close: The closing price of the cryptocurrency on that day. Adj Close: The adjusted closing price, factoring in stock splits or dividends (for stablecoins like USDT and USDC, this value should be the same as the closing price). Volume: The trading volume for that day.

Data Source:

The dataset is sourced from Yahoo Finance and spans daily data from 2014 to December 2024, offering a rich set of data points for cryptocurrency analysis.

Use Cases:

Market Analysis: Analyze price trends and historical market behavior of leading cryptocurrencies. Price Prediction: Use the data to build predictive models, such as time-series forecasting for future price movements. Backtesting: Test trading strategies and financial models on historical data. Volatility Analysis: Assess the volatility of top cryptocurrencies to gauge market risk. Overview of the Cryptocurrencies in the Dataset: Bitcoin (BTC): The pioneer cryptocurrency, often referred to as digital gold and used as a store of value. Ethereum (ETH): A decentralized platform for building smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps). Ripple (XRP): A payment protocol focused on enabling fast and low-cost international transfers. Tether (USDT): A popular stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar, providing price stability for trading and transactions. Solana (SOL): A high-speed blockchain known for low transaction fees and scalability, often seen as a competitor to Ethereum. Binance Coin (BNB): The native token of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, used for various purposes within the Binance ecosystem. Dogecoin (DOGE): Initially a meme-inspired coin, Dogecoin has gained a strong community and mainstream popularity. USD Coin (USDC): A fully-backed stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar, commonly used in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Cardano (ADA): A proof-of-stake blockchain focused on scalability, sustainability, and security. Staked Ethereum (STETH): A token representing Ethereum staked in the Ethereum 2.0 network, earning staking rewards.

This dataset provides a comprehensive overview of key cryptocurrencies that have shaped and continue to influence the digital asset market. Whether you're conducting research, building prediction models, or analyzing trends, this dataset is an essential resource for understanding the evolution of cryptocurrencies from 2014 to December 2024.

Context

Things like Block chain, Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, Ethereum, Ripple etc are constantly coming in the news articles I read. So I wanted to understand more about it and this post helped me get started. Once the basics are done, the data scientist inside me started raising questions like:

1. How many cryptocurrencies are there and what are their prices and valuations?
2. Why is there a sudden surge in the interest in recent days?

So what next? Now that we have the price data, I wanted to dig a little more about the factors affecting the price of coins. I started of with Bitcoin and there are quite a few parameters which affect the price of Bitcoin. Thanks to Blockchain Info, I was able to get quite a few parameters on once in two day basis.

This will help understand the other factors related to Bitcoin price and also help one make future predictions in a better way than just using the historical price.

Content

The dataset has one csv file for each currency. Price history is available on a daily basis from April 28, 2013. This dataset has the historical price information of some of the top crypto currencies by market capitalization.

• Date : date of observation
• Open : Opening price on the given day
• High : Highest price on the given day
• Low : Lowest price on the given day
• Close : Closing price on the given day
• Volume : Volume of transactions on the given day
• Market Cap : Market capitalization in USD

Acknowledgements

This data is taken from coinmarketcap and it is free to use the data.

Cover Image : Photo by Thomas Malama on Unsplash

Inspiration

Some of the questions which could be inferred from this dataset are:

1. How did the historical prices / market capitalizations of various currencies change over time?
2. Predicting the future price of the currencies
3. Which currencies are more volatile and which ones are more stable?
4. How does the price fluctuations of currencies correlate with each other?
5. Seasonal trend in the price fluctuations

The trading level of Binance Coin in ************* was not as high as it was in April and, especially, *************. This sudden increase in early 2021 occured as Binance's blockchain called BSC - Binance Smart Chain - was seen as a cheaper alternative in a time when the transaction fees (gas prices) of Ethereum increased. Binance Coin or BNB essentially functions as a fuel for this BSC blockchain, a place where people can create smart contracts or decentralized finance (DeFi) apps. Binance Smart Chain ranked as the second-most important blockchain for Decentralized Finance, behind Ethereum and ahead of Solana.

Cryptocurrency historical datasets from January 2012 (if available) to October 2021 were obtained and integrated from various sources and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) including Yahoo Finance, Cryptodownload, CoinMarketCap, various Kaggle datasets, and multiple APIs. While these datasets used various formats of time (e.g., minutes, hours, days), in order to integrate the datasets days format was used for in this research study. The integrated cryptocurrency historical datasets for 80 cryptocurrencies including but not limited to Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), Cardano (ADA), Tether (USDT), Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), Polkadot (DOT), USD Coin (USDC), Dogecoin (DOGE), Tron (TRX), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), EOS (EOS), Cosmos (ATOM), Stellar (XLM), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), Uniswap (UNI), Terra (LUNA), SHIBA INU (SHIB), and 60 more cryptocurrencies were uploaded in this online Mendeley data repository. Although the primary attribute of including the mentioned cryptocurrencies was the Market Capitalization, a subject matter expert i.e., a professional trader has also guided the initial selection of the cryptocurrencies by analyzing various indicators such as Relative Strength Index (RSI), Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD), MYC Signals, Bollinger Bands, Fibonacci Retracement, Stochastic Oscillator and Ichimoku Cloud. The primary features of this dataset that were used as the decision-making criteria of the CLUS-MCDA II approach are Timestamps, Open, High, Low, Closed, Volume (Currency), % Change (7 days and 24 hours), Market Cap and Weighted Price values. The available excel and CSV files in this data set are just part of the integrated data and other databases, datasets and API References that was used in this study are as follows: [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/ [2] https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/ [3] https://cryptodatadownload.com/ [4] https://kaggle.com/philmohun/cryptocurrency-financial-data [5] https://kaggle.com/deepshah16/meme-cryptocurrency-historical-data [6] https://kaggle.com/sudalairajkumar/cryptocurrencypricehistory [7] https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data/price?fsym=BTC&tsyms=USD [8] https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/ [9] https://p.nomics.com/cryptocurrency-bitcoin-api [10] https://www.coinapi.io/ [11] https://www.coingecko.com/en/api [12] https://cryptowat.ch/ [13] https://www.alphavantage.co/ This dataset is part of the CLUS-MCDA (Cluster analysis for improving Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis) and CLUS-MCDAII Project: https://aimaghsoodi.github.io/CLUSMCDA-R-Package/ https://github.com/Aimaghsoodi/CLUS-MCDA-II https://github.com/azadkavian/CLUS-MCDA

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: US Dollar data was reported at 1.720 USD/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.808 USD/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: US Dollar data is updated monthly, averaging 1.667 USD/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.324 USD/BGN in Oct 2000 and a record low of 1.237 USD/BGN in Mar 2008. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: US Dollar data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Euro data was reported at 1.956 EUR/BGN in Apr 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.956 EUR/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Euro data is updated monthly, averaging 1.956 EUR/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.956 EUR/BGN in Apr 2025 and a record low of 1.956 EUR/BGN in Apr 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Euro data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates. Ever since 1997 the BGN has been pegged to the EUR at a fixed rate of 1.95583.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Russian Rouble data was reported at 1.669 100 RUB/BGN in Mar 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.694 100 RUB/BGN for Feb 2022. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Russian Rouble data is updated monthly, averaging 4.302 100 RUB/BGN from May 2005 (Median) to Mar 2022, with 203 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.861 100 RUB/BGN in Feb 2006 and a record low of 1.669 100 RUB/BGN in Mar 2022. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Russian Rouble data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Hungarian Forint data was reported at 4.840 1000 HUF/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.861 1000 HUF/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Hungarian Forint data is updated monthly, averaging 6.644 1000 HUF/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.457 1000 HUF/BGN in Jul 2008 and a record low of 4.633 1000 HUF/BGN in Sep 2022. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Hungarian Forint data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Danish Krone data was reported at 2.620 10 DKK/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.621 10 DKK/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Danish Krone data is updated monthly, averaging 2.625 10 DKK/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.634 10 DKK/BGN in Apr 2003 and a record low of 2.617 10 DKK/BGN in Jan 2020. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Danish Krone data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Norwegian Krone data was reported at 1.656 10 NOK/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.714 10 NOK/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Norwegian Krone data is updated monthly, averaging 2.347 10 NOK/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.686 10 NOK/BGN in Nov 2002 and a record low of 1.629 10 NOK/BGN in May 2023. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Norwegian Krone data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Japanese Yen data was reported at 1.202 100 JPY/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.210 100 JPY/BGN for Mar 2025. Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Japanese Yen data is updated monthly, averaging 1.503 100 JPY/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.129 100 JPY/BGN in Oct 2000 and a record low of 1.138 100 JPY/BGN in Jun 2024. Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Japanese Yen data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Swedish Krona data was reported at 1.783 10 SEK/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.803 10 SEK/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Swedish Krona data is updated monthly, averaging 2.087 10 SEK/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.403 10 SEK/BGN in Apr 2000 and a record low of 1.651 10 SEK/BGN in Aug 2023. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Swedish Krona data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Hong Kong Dollar data was reported at 2.217 10 HKD/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.325 10 HKD/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Hong Kong Dollar data is updated monthly, averaging 2.120 10 HKD/BGN from Nov 2000 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 294 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.957 10 HKD/BGN in May 2001 and a record low of 1.589 10 HKD/BGN in Mar 2008. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Hong Kong Dollar data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Thai Baht data was reported at 5.146 100 THB/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.328 100 THB/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Thai Baht data is updated monthly, averaging 4.972 100 THB/BGN from May 2005 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 240 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.890 100 THB/BGN in Nov 2019 and a record low of 3.709 100 THB/BGN in Jun 2008. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Thai Baht data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Philippine Peso data was reported at 3.078 100 PHP/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.159 100 PHP/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Philippine Peso data is updated monthly, averaging 3.287 100 PHP/BGN from May 2005 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 240 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.070 100 PHP/BGN in Mar 2015 and a record low of 2.758 100 PHP/BGN in Nov 2009. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Philippine Peso data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Canadian Dollar data was reported at 1.244 CAD/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.259 CAD/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Canadian Dollar data is updated monthly, averaging 1.333 CAD/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.589 CAD/BGN in Jul 2012 and a record low of 1.129 CAD/BGN in Dec 2008. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Canadian Dollar data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Indonesian Rupiah data was reported at 1.035 10TH IDR/BGN in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.087 10TH IDR/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Indonesian Rupiah data is updated monthly, averaging 1.306 10TH IDR/BGN from May 2005 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 240 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.794 10TH IDR/BGN in Feb 2006 and a record low of 1.035 10TH IDR/BGN in Apr 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Indonesian Rupiah data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.

Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Swiss Franc data was reported at 2.083 CHF/BGN in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.052 CHF/BGN for Mar 2025. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Swiss Franc data is updated monthly, averaging 1.601 CHF/BGN from Jul 1999 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 310 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.103 CHF/BGN in Dec 2023 and a record low of 1.167 CHF/BGN in Oct 2007. Bulgaria Foreign Exchange Rate: BNB: Swiss Franc data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bulgarian National Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Bulgaria – Table BG.M007: Foreign Exchange Rates.