A league table of the *** cryptocurrencies with the highest market cap reveals how diverse each crypto is and potentially how much risk is involved when investing in one. Bitcoin (BTC), for instance, had a so-called “high cap”—a “market cap worth more than ** billion U.S. dollars—indicating this crypto project has a certain track record or, at the very least, is considered a major player in the cryptocurrency space. This is different in Decentralize Finance (DeFi), where Bitcoin is only a relatively new player. A concentrated market The number of existing cryptocurrencies is several thousands, even if most have a limited significance. Indeed, Bitcoin and Ethereum account for nearly ** percent of the entire crypto market capitalization. As crypto is relatively easy to create, the range of projects varies significantly—from improving payments to solving real-world issues, but also meme coins and more speculative investments. Crypto is not considered a payment method While often talked about as an investment vehicle, cryptocurrencies have not yet established a clear use case in day-to-day life. Central bankers found the usefulness of crypto in domestic payments or remittances to be negligible. A forecast for the world's main online payment methods took a similar stance: It predicts that cryptocurrency would only take up *** percent of total transaction value by 2027.

It is estimated that the cumulative market cap of cryptocurrencies increased in early 2023 after the downfall in November 2022 due to FTX. That value declined in the summer of 2023, however, as international uncertainty grew over a potential recession. Bitcoin's market cap comprised the majority of the overall market capitalization. What is market cap? Market capitalization is a financial measure typically used for publicly traded firms, computed by multiplying the share price by the number of outstanding shares. However, cryptocurrency analysts calculate it as the price of the virtual currencies times the number of coins in the market. This gives cryptocurrency investors an idea of the overall market size, and watching the evolution of the measure tells how much money is flowing in or out of each cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency as an investment The price of Bitcoin has been erratic, and most other cryptocurrencies follow its larger price swings. This volatility attracts investors who hope to buy when the price is low and sell at its peak, turning a profit. However, this does little for price stability. As such, few firms accept payment in cryptocurrencies. As of October 01, 2025, the cumulative market cap of cryptocurrencies reached a value of *******.

By 2025, the Bitcoin market cap had grown to over ******** billion USD as the cryptocurrency kept growing. Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the total number of Bitcoins in circulation by the Bitcoin price. The Bitcoin market capitalization increased from approximately *** billion U.S. dollars in 2013 to several times this amount since its surge in popularity. Dominance The Bitcoin market cap takes up a significant portion of the overall cryptocurrency market cap. This is referred to as "dominance". Within the crypto world, this so-called "dominance" ratio is one of the oldest and most investigated metrics available. It measures the coin's market cap relative to the overall crypto market — effectively showing how strong Bitcoin compared to all the other cryptocurrencies that are not BTC, called "altcoins". The Bitcoin dominance was above ** percent. Maximum supply and scarcity Bitcoin is unusual from other cryptocurrencies in that its maximum supply is getting closer. By 2025, well over ** million out of all 21 million possible Bitcoin had been created. Bitcoin's supply is expected to reach its maximum around the year 2140, likely making mining more energy-intensive.

View daily updates and historical trends for Bitcoin Market Cap. Source: Blockchain.com. Track economic data with YCharts analytics.

Description:

📊 Top 100 Cryptocurrencies (2020–2025) – Daily Price Dataset

Dive into a comprehensive dataset featuring daily OHLC (Open, High, Low, Close) prices for the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap over the past 5 years.

📅 Time Range: 2020 to 2025

🪙 Assets: 100 cryptocurrencies (e.g., BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT)

📈 Fields: Date, Open, High, Low, Close, Blockchain Network

🧾 Format: CSV

This dataset is designed to support various projects, including:

📉 Time series forecasting and price prediction

🧠 AI/ML-based trading strategy development

📰 News sentiment correlation and impact analysis

📊 Portfolio optimization based on historical trends

💡 Perfect for data scientists, machine learning enthusiasts, and anyone exploring crypto market behavior!

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Cryptocurrency Market Size 2025-2029

The cryptocurrency market size is valued to increase USD 39.75 billion, at a CAGR of 16.7% from 2024 to 2029. Rising investment in digital assets will drive the cryptocurrency market.

Major Market Trends & Insights

North America dominated the market and accounted for a 48% growth during the forecast period.
By Type - Bitcoin segment was valued at USD 7.57 billion in 2023
By Component - Hardware segment accounted for the largest market revenue share in 2023

Market Size & Forecast

Market Opportunities: USD 313.81 billion
Market Future Opportunities: USD 39749.40 billion
CAGR from 2024 to 2029 : 16.7%

Market Summary

The market represents a dynamic and rapidly evolving ecosystem, driven by core technologies such as blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi), which have fueled the creation and adoption of various applications and service types. Notably, digital assets have gained increasing acceptance in the retail sector, with major companies like Microsoft, Starbucks, and Tesla integrating cryptocurrencies into their payment systems. However, the market is not without challenges, including the volatility of cryptocurrency values, which can impact investor confidence and regulatory uncertainty. According to Statista, the number of cryptocurrency users worldwide is projected to reach 223 million by 2022, underscoring the growing importance of this market.
Rising investment in digital assets and the potential for new use cases continue to present significant opportunities for innovation and growth.

What will be the Size of the Cryptocurrency Market during the forecast period?

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How is the Cryptocurrency Market Segmented ?

The cryptocurrency industry research report provides comprehensive data (region-wise segment analysis), with forecasts and estimates in 'USD billion' for the period 2025-2029, as well as historical data from 2019-2023 for the following segments.

Type

  Bitcoin
  Ethereum
  Others
  Ripple
  Bitcoin Cash
  Cardano


Component

  Hardware
  Software


Process

  Mining
  Transaction
  Mining
  Transaction


End-Use

  Trading
  E-commerce and Retail
  Peer-to-Peer Payment
  Remittance


Geography

  North America

    US
    Canada


  Europe

    Germany
    Italy
    Switzerland
    The Netherlands
    UK


  APAC

    China
    Japan


  South America

    Brazil


  Rest of World (ROW)

By Type Insights

The bitcoin segment is estimated to witness significant growth during the forecast period.

Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of over USD470 billion, is a decentralized digital currency that operates on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, bypassing the need for central authorities. Bitcoin's popularity is driven by its use of blockchain technology, which ensures secure, transparent, and immutable transactions through digital signatures and cryptographic hashing. The Bitcoin network faces scalability challenges, requiring ongoing improvements to transaction throughput and mining difficulty to maintain network security. KYC procedures and AML regulations are crucial for regulatory compliance, with exchange protocols implementing strict identity verification processes. Bitcoin's value is influenced by cryptocurrency volatility, with mining pools and consensus mechanisms like Proof of Work and Proof of Stake contributing to the creation and distribution of new coins.

Wallet security is paramount, with hardware wallets and cold storage providing enhanced security compared to software wallets. Decentralized exchanges and smart contracts, enabled by the Ethereum blockchain and public key cryptography, offer privacy protocols and zero-knowledge proofs to ensure secure transactions. The market is continually evolving, with ongoing activities and patterns shaping the landscape. Approximately 8% of Americans engage in cryptocurrency trading, with stablecoins like Tether, USD Coin, Binance USD, and DAI playing a significant role in the market. Despite its volatility, Bitcoin's impact on finance and technology is undeniable.

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The Bitcoin segment was valued at USD 7.57 billion in 2019 and showed a gradual increase during the forecast period.

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Regional Analysis

North America is estimated to contribute 48% to the growth of the global market during the forecast period.Technavio's analysts have elaborately explained the regional trends and drivers that shape the market during the forecast period.

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The market in North America is experiencing significant growth, driven by the presence of numerous market participants and innovative technological advancements in the region. The burgeoning demand for digital

Decentralized finance or DeFi became less important within the overall crypto market, after its market share declined in 2022. This decline continued over the course of that year, when the DeFi TLV - total value locked, essentially the market size - decreased more and more. What exactly is DeFi, however? Whilst there is no general consensus what this market entails exactly, it generally refers to financial applications built atop Ethereum (ETH) especially. Applications can consist of decentralized exchanges or DEXs, such as Uniswap or PancakeSwap, or crypto protocols regarding lending and borrowing, such as Aave. These applications, on their turn, are powered by their own cryptocurrencies: The Uniswap DEX uses the Uniswap token (UNI) for governance. Nevertheless, the price development of ETH was heavily influenced by the growing popularity of DeFi.

Synthetic Cryptocurrency Dataset (Hourly, 2025)

This dataset provides a synthetic yet highly realistic cryptocurrency market dataset for the year 2025 with hourly granularity. It has been generated to mimic real-world crypto market behaviors while avoiding the risks of using sensitive or proprietary trading data.

📊 Dataset Features:

Time Range: 2025 (hourly frequency)

Columns:

timestamp – Date and time of each observation (UTC)

open – Opening price

high – Highest price during the hour

low – Lowest price during the hour

close – Closing price

volume – Trading volume (synthetic but scaled realistically)

market_cap – Estimated synthetic market capitalization

rsi – Relative Strength Index (technical indicator)

macd – Moving Average Convergence Divergence

bollinger_upper, bollinger_lower – Bollinger Bands

returns – Hourly log returns

🎯 Intended Use:

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Understand crypto price trends & volatility

Machine Learning: Build regression, classification, and anomaly detection models

Forecasting: Apply ARIMA, LSTM, Transformers, or other time series methods

Trading Simulations: Test strategies in a safe synthetic environment

🛠 Why Synthetic Data?

Real-world crypto data may come with licensing issues or incomplete coverage.

This dataset is synthetic but realistic, making it safe and free of privacy/legal concerns.

Perfect for students, researchers, Kaggle competitions, and financial ML projects.

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Bitcoin's role within the overall cryptocurrency market picked up in 2024, whilst Ethereum lost terrain to currencies like Solana. This according to a metric that compares a coin's market cap relative to the overall crypto market called "dominance". This ratio shows how strong, for example, Bitcoin is compared to all the other cryptocurrencies. A comparison between Bitcoin and multiple other coins reveals that the shape of the crypto market has changed dramatically over time. Bitcoin typically has a dominance of over ** percent, so the interest for analysts lies more in whether Bitcoin's market share has gone up or down when compared to altcoins.

This dataset provides daily historical data for 10 major cryptocurrencies. Each row represents a single trading day, covering the maximum range that was available at the time of extraction.

Key Features

Closing Price and Volume: For each cryptocurrency, two columns are provided:

xxx_closing_price – The daily closing price in USD

xxx_volume – The daily trading volume

Date Format: Each date is listed in “dd/mm/yy” format for easy reading.

Top 10 Cryptocurrencies: Includes well-known coins such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others with high market capitalization.

• Potential Uses

1.Exploratory data analysis or visualizations of crypto market trends

2.Time-series modeling, forecasting, or anomaly detection

3.Comparative studies between multiple cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency Historical Data - Top 250 by Market Cap

Overview

This dataset provides comprehensive historical price and volume data (OHLCV) for the top 250 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Data is sourced from yfinance and CoinGecko.

Key Features

• Top 250: Includes all major cryptocurrencies by market cap
• Complete OHLCV Data: Open, High, Low, Close, and Volume for each trading day
• History: Maximum available history for each cryptocurrency
• Sources: Data sourced from Yahoo Finance and CoinGecko APIs

Use Cases

• Financial analysis and backtesting trading strategies
• Machine learning model training for price prediction
• Market research and trend analysis
• Academic research in cryptocurrency markets
• Portfolio optimization and risk management
• Time series analysis and forecasting

Perfect for researchers, traders, data scientists, and anyone working with cryptocurrency market data.

The Cryptocurrency Market Report Segments the Industry by Transaction Purpose (Payments & Remittances, Trading and Investment Transfers, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Protocol Flows, and More), by User Type (Retail and Institutional), by Cryptocurrency (BTC, ETH, Ripple, and More), and by Geography (North America, South America, Europe, and More). The Crypto Market Forecasts are Provided in Terms of Value (USD).

The Cryptocurrency Market is estimated to be valued at USD 3.7 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 12.1 billion by 2035, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6% over the forecast period.

The share of stablecoins within the overall crypto market was below that of Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC). This would mark a significant rise of the digital asset, as earlier calculations from December 2021 indicated a stablecoin market share of ***** percent. What may play a part in these figures is that “regular” cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum saw a significant decline in price between May and June 2022, leading to their market cap declining as well. Fiat-backed stablecoins like Tether, U.S. Dollar Coin, and Binance USD, on the other hand, were not as impacted. That said, the crash of algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD and its token Terra (LUNA) led to much uncertainty on whether non-fiat-backed stablecoins could work.

Most famous crypto currencies by market cap.

"Crypto" is a shorthand term for "cryptocurrency," which is a type of digital currency that uses cryptography to secure and verify transactions and to control the creation of new units. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, meaning they are not controlled by a central authority such as a government or financial institution. Instead, they rely on a decentralized ledger called a blockchain, which is maintained by a network of users.

The most well-known cryptocurrency is Bitcoin, which was created in 2009. Since then, thousands of other cryptocurrencies have been created, each with its own unique features and use cases. Some popular cryptocurrencies include Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple.

Cryptocurrencies have become increasingly popular in recent years, as they offer several advantages over traditional currencies. For example, they allow for faster and cheaper international transactions, as well as increased privacy and security. However, they also come with their own set of risks and challenges, including volatility and regulatory uncertainty.

This dataset comprises high-resolution limit-order-book (LOB) snapshots for the two largest cryptocurrencies by market cap — Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) — throughout the year 2025.

Key features:

Deep-order-book entries (bid/ask prices and sizes) captured at regular intervals, with full time-stamps.

Two major assets: BTC & ETH, enabling cross-asset comparative analysis.

Structured for time-series modeling: each file corresponds to a period (e.g., daily or multi-day segment) and follows a consistent JSON/CSV schema.

Ideal for research in algorithmic trading, market microstructure, machine-learning forecasting (e.g., your Liquid Time-Constant Neural Networks), and benchmark studies.

Usage suggestions:

Develop predictive models for price movements, spread changes, or order-book dynamics.

Benchmark different architectures (e.g., LTC-based neural networks, LSTM, transformer variants) on real crypto LOB data.

Conduct cross-asset studies comparing liquidity and depth behaviour in BTC versus ETH.

Structure and format:

Root folder: CryptoLOB-2025/

Sub-folders by asset: BTC/, ETH/

Within each asset: files named as ASSET_YYYY-MM-DDTHH_MM_SS_to_YYYY-MM-DDTHH_MM_SS.json (or .csv) capturing snapshots over the stated interval.

Each record includes: timestamp, bid-price1, bid-size1, bid-price2, bid-size2, … ask-price1, ask-size1, ask-price2, ask-size2, … and optionally exchange identifier or symbol tag.

Limitations / Notes:

Data is sourced from [specify exchange(s), if relevant] and thus may reflect exchange-specific order-book behaviour.

Some intervals may be missing due to data-capture interruptions or server downtime.

The dataset is provided under [specify license, e.g., CC BY 4.0] — users are encouraged to cite this dataset in publications.

We hope this dataset serves as a solid foundation for reproducible, transparent research into the high-frequency dynamics of cryptocurrency markets.

Bitcoin and Ethereum together made up more than ** percent of the crypto market in November 2025, with newer coins losing out. Major altcoins had noticeably smaller individual shares. For instance, Ripple sits near **** percent, while Solana was at 2*** percent, with coins like Tron, Dogecoin, and Cardano all below *** percent each.

This dataset contains the latest market data of the top 1000 cryptocurrencies, including:

• Coin Names and Symbols
• Current Prices (USD)
• Market Capitalization
• 24-hour Price Changes (%)
• Trading Volume
• Last Updated Timestamps

Data was collected in April 2025.

The global cryptocurrency market attained a value of nearly USD 2.41 Billion in 2024. The market is further expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.10% during the forecast period of 2025-2034 to reach a value of USD 11.68 Billion by 2034.