Ethereum Classic ETC
Ethereum Classic is what's left of the original Ethereum chain.
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ETC market prices
Ethereum Classic markets
Native ETC spot pairs on centralized exchanges, ranked by reported 24h USD volume. Prices can differ by spread, liquidity, fees, and region.
| Venue | Pair | Price | 24h volume | Spread | Freshness | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CoinUp.io Market data | ETC/USDT | $8.40 | $23.89M | 0.24% | 2m ago | Open market |
BitDelta Market data | ETC/USDT | $8.40 | $16.31M | 0.24% | 2m ago | Open market |
FameEX Market data | ETC/USDT | $8.41 | $11.02M | 0.01% | 2m ago | Open market |
WEEX Market data | ETC/USDT | $8.40 | $4.69M | 0.12% | 2m ago | Open market |
Binance Market data | ETC/USDT | $8.40 | $4.69M | 0.12% | 2m ago | Trade |
Market data is filtered to remove stale or anomalous pairs. Use it as a liquidity and price reference, not a guarantee of executable pricing.
Mine Ethereum Classic — Top 3 miners by profitability
Most profitable ETC miners right now, ranked by daily profit at default electricity cost.
Jasminer X44-P
- Daily profit
- $11.58
- Price
- $15.4K
- ROI
- ~1330 days
Bombax EZ100 Pro 15500MH/s - Ethereum Classic , EthereumPoW Miner
- Daily profit
- $4.28
- Price
- $14.3K
- ROI
- ~3340 days
iPollo V2 (10Gh) - Ethereum Classic, EthereumPoW Miner
- Daily profit
- $3.96
- Price
- $5.45K
- ROI
- ~1375 days
About the asset
About Ethereum Classic
Ethereum Classic is what's left of the original Ethereum chain. After a 2016 hack drained funds from a smart contract called The DAO, the Ethereum community split: most chose to fork and reverse the hack (becoming today's Ethereum), while a minority refused on principle and stayed on the original chain. That chain is Ethereum Classic, and the principle is summed up by ETC's longstanding slogan: "code is law".
ETC kept Proof of Work mining when Ethereum moved to Proof of Stake in September 2022 — and inherited a significant share of former Ethereum miners overnight. It uses Etchash, a modified version of the original Ethash, with ~13-second blocks and a fixed monetary policy that reduces emissions roughly every 5 million blocks (the so-called "fifthening" — a 20% cut, not a halving).
What drives the Ethereum Classic price
The structural forces behind ETC's price moves — without forecasting where it goes next.
PoW miner refuge
When Ethereum switched to Proof of Stake in September 2022, ETC absorbed a significant share of the former ETH GPU mining base — its hashrate roughly doubled overnight. ETC's price floor is meaningfully tied to that miner economics: if mining ETC stops being profitable, hashrate (and security) bleeds out.
Immutability narrative
ETC's entire identity rests on the principle that the chain should not be rewound — even when something painful happens. That's a real differentiator from Ethereum, but its commercial value is limited unless application developers actively choose ETC over ETH for that reason. Most don't.
The fifthening
ETC's monetary policy reduces emission by 20% every 5 million blocks (roughly every 2 years). Each "fifthening" tightens new supply, but unlike Bitcoin halvings the cuts are smaller and more frequent, so they don't compress into the same single-event narrative cycles.
Ethereum Classic milestones
- Jul 2016Ethereum Classic forms after the DAO fork rejection
- Nov 2020Thanos hard fork — Etchash replaces Ethash, allows 4GB GPUs
- Sep 2022Ethereum Merge to PoS — ETC inherits former ETH miners
- 2024Most recent emission reduction (fifthening)
This is context, not a forecast. Ethereum Classic prices can move sharply in either direction; nothing on this page is financial advice.
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