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Ethereum Classic (ETC) price

#66 in the top 100Layer 1

$6.68−1.85%

Data as of November 11, 2026, 02:11 UTC+3, the price refreshes on the page

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is the original Ethereum chain that kept proof-of-work mining after the 2016 split.

Market cap: $1.06B
24h volume: $24.8M
Volume / market cap: 2.33%
Fully diluted value: $1.06B
Circulating supply: 159.0 M ETC
Total supply: 159.0 M ETC
Max supply: 210.7 M ETC
24h range: $6.64 … $6.90
All-time high: $167.09May 6, 2021

Ethereum Classic chart

1 hour−0.21%

24 hours−1.85%

7 days−5.15%

30 days−20.64%

1 year−58.85%

Price in US dollars, data from CoinGecko

Analytics

What the numbers say about how the coin behaves. Based on hourly prices over 7 days and data as of November 11, 2026, 02:11 UTC+3.

Volatility

68%moderate

1.5× higher than Bitcoin over the same week.

Link to Bitcoin

0.84strong

Moves almost in step with Bitcoin. When Bitcoin moves 1%, ETC moves 1.3% on average.

From the all-time high

−96.00%far below

The high of $167.09 was set on May 6, 2021.

Liquidity

2.3%normal

A day’s trading equals 2.3% of market cap. Trades steadily, no frenzy.

Supply issued

75%most

75.5% of the max supply is out.

Place in the week’s range

15%near the bottom

The week ranged from $6.54 to $7.48, with a max drawdown of −12.51%.

Market share

0.04%small

Share of the top-100 market cap.

What is Ethereum Classic

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is the continuation of the original Ethereum blockchain, which went live on July 30, 2015. In June 2016 an attacker drained funds from The DAO, an investment smart contract, and on July 20, 2016, at block 1,920,000, Ethereum’s developers carried out a hard fork that returned the money to investors. Part of the community refused to rewrite the chain’s history and kept the original chain running as Ethereum Classic. The network has no formal foundation or central governing body; changes are proposed through the open ECIP process.

ETC still runs on proof of work. Since November 2020 it has been mined with ETChash, a modified version of Ethash in which the mining dataset (the DAG) grows more slowly. Since December 2017 the 5M20 rule has cut the block reward by a fifth every 5 million blocks, which caps total supply at about 210.7 million ETC. The “difficulty bomb” that pushed Ethereum toward proof of stake was defused on ETC in 2018. The network is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), and the Magneto, Mystique and Spiral upgrades brought over changes from Ethereum.

ETC pays for transactions and smart contracts, moves between wallets and exchanges, and rewards miners. After Ethereum switched to proof of stake in September 2022, Ethereum Classic remained one of the few major smart contract networks secured by proof of work, and some Ethereum miners moved over. The core difference from Ethereum is the principle of “code is law”: ETC supporters hold that a blockchain’s history should never be rewritten, even to undo the damage of a hack.

What it’s used for

paying fees for transactions and smart contracts
transfers between wallets and exchanges
mining with the ETChash algorithm
running EVM-compatible applications

Risks

51% attacks: in January 2019 and several times in August 2020 attackers rewrote part of the chain and double-spent coins, so exchanges may require many confirmations before crediting ETC
security depends on mining profitability: if mining stops paying, hash power leaves the network and attacking it gets cheaper
ETC and ETH addresses look identical (the 0x format), so coins are easy to send to the wrong network, and only whoever controls the receiving address’s keys can return them

Questions

How much is Ethereum Classic worth today?

As of November 11, 2026, Ethereum Classic trades at $6.68. Over 24 hours the price moved −1.85%, over 7 days −5.15%. The price on this page refreshes automatically.

How many ETC are in circulation?

159.0 M ETC are in circulation. Max supply is 210.7 M ETC, so 75.5% has been issued. The fully diluted value of all coins is $1.06B.

What is the Ethereum Classic all-time high?

The all-time high of $167.09 was set on May 6, 2021. The price is now 96.00% below it. The all-time low was $0.6150 (July 24, 2016).

How is Ethereum Classic different from Ethereum?

Until July 2016 they were one network. After The DAO hack, Ethereum hard-forked to return the funds, while Ethereum Classic kept the original history. Today ETC runs on mining (proof of work), and Ethereum has used staking (proof of stake) since September 2022.

Can you mine Ethereum Classic?

Yes. ETC is mined with the ETChash algorithm on GPUs and dedicated ASIC machines, usually through mining pools. The block reward drops by a fifth every 5 million blocks.

Prices and analytics are for information only and are not investment advice. Market data source: CoinGecko.