What Cartesi scales
Cartesi (CTSI) is an Ethereum Layer-2 / scaling network token, currently ranked 422nd by market capitalization among the assets we track. Cartesi exists to make Ethereum usable at scale. It processes transactions in bulk and anchors them to L1, so CTSI lives or dies on how much activity the rollup can attract away from mainnet.
Cartesi (CTSI) is a layer-2 scaling solution designed to bring Linux-based blockchain applications to decentralized networks, enabling developers to create smart contracts and DApps using mainstream software stacks. It aims to combine the scalability of off-chain computation with the security of on-chain networks.
How rollup settlement works
The security question for any L2 is how disputes are resolved — optimistic rollups assume validity and allow challenges, while zk-rollups prove it cryptographically. Either way, Ethereum is the court of final appeal.
Background & fundamentals
In sector terms it is most often filed under Ethereum (ETH) Token (ERC-20), Binance Coin (BNB) Token (BEP-20), and Polygon (MATIC) Token.
Where Cartesi sits in the market
With CTSI near $0.0230, Cartesi carries a market capitalization of $20.24M. Around $1.59M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 7.85% of the float — a healthy level of activity for an asset this size.
Almost the entire CTSI supply is already in circulation (~100.0% of the 1B cap), so future dilution is effectively off the table. CTSI remains -95% beneath its all-time high of $0.4547, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close.
What the price history shows
Across timeframes, CTSI shows 24-hour +5.45%, 7-day +0.89%. CTSI is currently trading near the bottom of its 365-day range (around the 9th percentile of recent closes).
Volatility profile
Recent action puts Cartesi in the High-volatility band — it has been actively trading, with daily moves that would be unusual in traditional equities.
How to evaluate an L2 like Cartesi
A grounded read on CTSI comes down to three questions:
- Activity captured — transactions, fees, and TVL that Cartesi has pulled from Ethereum mainnet and rival L2s.
- Decentralization roadmap — sequencer decentralization and whether the proof system is live and trust-minimized.
- Token accrual — how — or whether — CTSI actually captures the value the rollup generates.
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.
