How big is the crypto market? About $2.7 trillion in market cap and ~$90 billion traded per day
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If you wonder whether crypto is "real money", numbers answer faster than opinions. This guide shows how large the market is today and how much changes hands in a day. Satoshi Note (a free crypto portfolio app run by TokenPost) uses the same two measures.
At a glance
- According to CoinGecko (Nov 5, 2026, 14:26 KST / 05:26 UTC), total crypto market cap is about $2.707 trillion and 24-hour trading volume is about $89.8 billion.
- Bitcoin is about 59.5% of the total market cap and Ethereum about 10.9%.
- Market cap is a valuation (price × supply), not the amount you could cash out. Trading volume is what actually changed hands in 24 hours, and it is a separate number.
Market cap: the market's "valuation"
Market cap is a coin's price times the number of coins in circulation. The total is that figure summed across all coins. On Nov 5, 2026, CoinGecko put the total at roughly $2.707 trillion.
| Item | Value (Nov 5, 2026, 05:26 UTC) |
|---|---|
| Total market cap | ~$2.707 trillion |
| 24-hour trading volume | ~$89.8 billion |
| Bitcoin share | ~59.5% |
| Ethereum share | ~10.9% |
Source: CoinGecko Global API. Because the value moves with price, today's and yesterday's numbers differ.
Trading volume: money that actually changed hands
Volume measures how much was bought and sold, not how much the coins are worth. CoinGecko's 24-hour figure is about $89.8 billion. A large market cap with thin trading shows a small volume, while volume tends to jump on days when prices swing hard.
How much is Bitcoin?
About 59.5% of the total market cap is Bitcoin and about 10.9% is Ethereum, so the two together are roughly 70%. Stablecoins and thousands of altcoins share the rest. These shares move every day.
Cautions when reading the numbers
- Market cap is not cash-out value. Selling everything at once would not hold the price.
- Trackers differ. CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap include different coins and venues, so their totals differ slightly. Every number in this post is a CoinGecko value at the time above.
- This is not a price forecast. It describes size, not what to buy or sell.
Why this is not "fake money"
You can deposit and withdraw fiat currency such as dollars or won at exchanges, and tens of billions of dollars trade in a day, as shown above. The risks are just as real. The November 2025 Upbit hack is covered in What happened in the Upbit KRW 44.5 billion hack, and how the Korean market's size has shifted is in Korea's coin trading volume vs KOSPI.
If your assets are spread over several exchanges, tracking crypto across multiple exchanges shows how to see them in one place. Satoshi Note only asks for read-only API keys with no withdrawal permission (what a read-only API key is).
FAQ
What is the difference between market cap and trading volume?
Market cap is price times supply, a valuation. Trading volume is the amount actually bought and sold in a period. A coin can have a big market cap and very little volume.
Where can I check these numbers?
Market data sites such as CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap show total market cap and 24-hour volume. This post used the CoinGecko Global API on Nov 5, 2026 at 14:26 KST.
Do these numbers change every day?
Yes. They move with prices throughout the day, so the values here are as of the time stated.
Satoshi Note is free and only takes read-only API keys. Visit satoshinote.io.