What Aleo is
Aleo is a proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchain, currently ranked 505th by market capitalization among the assets we track. Aleo is its own settlement layer. Smart contracts run on top of it, fees are paid in ALEO, and the security model rests on validators bonding the token rather than burning energy to mine it.
Aleo is a privacy-oriented smart contract platform that leverages zero-knowledge proofs to enable developers to create decentralized applications while ensuring user confidentiality. It aims to combine the benefits of public and private blockchains for enhanced scalability and privacy.
How consensus and the token economy connect
Because security is bought with bonded ALEO rather than hardware, the share of supply staked is a useful gauge of conviction — and of how much float is effectively locked.
Background & fundamentals
In sector terms it is most often filed under Cryptocurrency, Layer 1 (L1), and Made in USA.
Where Aleo sits in the market
With ALEO near $0.0292, Aleo carries a market capitalization of $15.03M. Around $1.34M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 8.94% of the float — elevated, often a sign of narrative-driven trading.
Aleo carries no fixed maximum supply; issuance follows a programmatic schedule rather than a hard cap. ALEO remains -95% beneath its all-time high of $0.5356, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close.
What the price history shows
Recent moves read 24-hour -3.89%, 7-day -9.30%, 30-day -3.36%, 1-year -78.40%. ALEO is currently trading near the bottom of its 124-day range (around the 0th percentile of recent closes).
Volatility profile
Recent action puts Aleo in the Moderate-volatility band — it shows the kind of price movement common in mid-cap crypto assets — meaningful but not unusual. Over the last 30 days the move totals -3.36%, a useful input for stop placement and position sizing.
How to evaluate Aleo
A grounded read on ALEO comes down to three questions:
- Real usage — active addresses, fees paid, and total value locked — does on-chain demand justify the valuation?
- Staking economics — the share of ALEO staked, the yield, and unlock/queue dynamics that govern liquid supply.
- Ecosystem depth — how many applications and how much liquidity have chosen Aleo over competing Layer-1s.
This page pulls live market data, on-chain stats where available, exchange-by-exchange volume, and our forecast model into one view so you can work through those questions in a single place. None of it is investment advice — it is a structured starting point for your own research.
