Maker
Last modified on 11. October 2020
Quick Facts
In December 2017, the tracking of real-time trading data for Maker started on coinmarketcap.com.
Quarterly Averages
This section presents the quarterly averages (trimester) for trading volume, market capitalization and trading price for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Trading Volume & Market Capitalization
For example, Maker had an average trading volume of nearly US$ 2.8 m per day for the first trimester of 2019. Over the same time frame the year before, this figure came to just under US$ 933 k. The corresponding increase in trading volume equated to 200 percent.
The average market capitalization during the first trimester of 2019 was over US$ 508 m. In the same time frame of 2018, this figure came to over US$ 514 m. The corresponding drop down in market capitalization equated to 1.19 percent.
Trading Price
The average trading price in the first trimester of 2019 was nearly US$ 580. This figure came to just above US$ 1,100 during the same time frame of 2018. The price dropped accordingly by 47.6 percent.
The all-time high of Maker in 2018
The Maker currency reached a peak in January 2018 at nearly US$ 1,800. The equivalent market capitalization of the token reached over one billion US dollar. This put Maker in the ballpark of certain other digital currencies, such as Status, Steem, KuCoin Shares, BitShares and Dogecoin, among others.
Makers all-time high compared to Bitcoin and the most renowned companies worldwide
Bitcoin, by far the largest cryptocurrency at the time, had a market capitalization of US$ 193 billion on that day. Apple Inc., one of the most highly valued brands in the world, stood at US$ 912 billion. And Volkswagen AG, the world’s largest vehicle manufacturer as of 2018, at US$ 113 billion.
- Maker (MKR): 1 bn US dollars
- Bitcoin (BTC): 193 bn US dollars
- Apple (AAPL): 912 bn US dollars
- VW (VWAGY): 113 bn US dollars
- Date: 18 January 2018
March 2019: an interesting date following the big cryptocurrency crash
On 1 March 2019, the price of Maker stood at nearly US$ 690 with a market capitalization of over US$ 667 million. In comparison with the highest trading price described above, this represents a drop down to approximately 38.8 percent.
Bitcoin dropped down to approximately 19.5 and Ethereum to about 9.7 percent of their all-time-high trading prices around that time.
More Details
The Maker-Token is not a native cryptocurrency and is not generated by mining. It has no maximum number of tokens, unlike Huobi Token, for example.
Current Maker transactions can be tracked using this block explorer, which also displays block height and other real-time metrics.
To learn more about Maker, download the white paper or find more links to community forums, source code and social media channels, visit makerdao.com.
Markets
EUR
One trading platform for buying or selling Maker in EUR is Uniswap (V2).
USD
Three large markets for buying or selling Maker in USD are Coinbase Pro, Binance and Bitfinex. There are additional platforms where you can buy or sell Maker, including Bilaxy, MXC (MoCha) and OKEx, among others.
BTC
Three large markets for buying or selling Maker in BTC are Coinbase Pro, Binance and Bitfinex. Additional trading platforms for buying or selling Maker in BTC are OKEx, LATOKEN and Huobi Global, among others.
Social Links
You can get in touch with the Maker team directly by visiting the following social media channels:
1. Or 0.3919 percent, if omitting Bitcoin.