vs Yesterday
−0.2 pts
Light alt-rotation continuing.
BTC's Share of Total Crypto Market Cap
Bitcoin Dominance
56.5
%
-0.2 pts
vs. yesterday
Past 12 months52.5 – 58.4
vs Last Year+2.8 pts
5-Yr Avg48.2%
2017 Peak96.0%
BTC.D at 56.5% — drifting lower as ETH and other alts gain on Bitcoin. Up +2.8 pts YoY but down from the 64.2% peak in April 2025. Still firmly in "majority-BTC" territory.
Historical trend
Daily BTC.D percentage.
Source: CoinGecko
The long view: since 2013
From 95% (BTC alone) to 35% (alt-season peak) and back.
ATH 96.0% · Jan 2017
Alt-season low 35.7% · Jan 2018
Today 56.5%
How today stacks up
vs Last Year
+2.8 pts
Dominance higher YoY despite recent softening.
5-Year Average
48.2%
Today is +8.3 pts above the 5-yr mean.
Alt-season trigger
< 50%
Watch for sustained breaks below 50%.
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About Bitcoin Dominance
Bitcoin Dominance (BTC.D) is the percentage of the total crypto market capitalization held by Bitcoin. Today's 56.5% means Bitcoin's market cap accounts for 56.5¢ of every dollar in crypto. It's calculated as BTC market cap ÷ total crypto market cap (excluding stablecoins, by most data providers) × 100.
Why dominance matters
BTC.D is the crypto market's risk-on/risk-off gauge. When investors rotate out of altcoins back into Bitcoin (the "safest" crypto asset), dominance rises. When risk appetite returns and capital flows into smaller altcoins, dominance falls. The metric also reflects long-term shifts: in 2013 BTC was 95% of the market because few alternatives existed. As Ethereum, Solana, and thousands of other tokens launched, dominance structurally trended downward.
Reading today's level
Dominance peaked at the all-time high of 96% in January 2017 (before ICO mania) and bottomed at 35.7% in January 2018 (peak ICO bubble). Today's 56.5% represents a long-term equilibrium — the market is mature enough that capital cycles between BTC and alts, but Bitcoin retains majority share. A rising trend through 60%+ suggests alt-season is fading; falling through 50% suggests a new alt-season is beginning.
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Frequently asked
What this number means, and what it doesn't.
Bitcoin's market cap is growing faster than the rest of crypto. Two scenarios drive this: (1) BTC is rallying while alts are flat or down, or (2) BTC is falling but alts are falling harder. Either way, it signals capital flowing INTO Bitcoin or OUT of altcoins.
A period when altcoins (everything other than Bitcoin) outperform Bitcoin meaningfully — usually with BTC.D falling from 55%+ toward 40-45%. Alt-seasons typically last weeks to months and have happened in 2017, 2021, and briefly in 2024.
CoinGecko's standard BTC.D calculation excludes stablecoins from the denominator (because they're not speculative crypto). TradingView's "BTC.D" symbol also excludes stablecoins. If you include them, the numbers look slightly different but the trend is the same.
It's neither — it just describes capital rotation. Bull markets typically start with BTC dominance climbing (Bitcoin leads), then rotation into alts as dominance falls. Bear markets often see dominance climb again as alts crash harder than BTC. Use dominance for context, not as a directional buy/sell signal.
Methodology
Source
Pulled from CoinGecko and cached on the EvvyTools server.
Update schedule
Refreshed automatically by our cron whenever the upstream source publishes a new value. Historical values are not revised after publication.
How we compute
Display value is the raw published number, unrounded. Comparison stats use the closest available reference date. We never edit the underlying data.