What Civic is
Civic (CVC) is a Layer-1 smart-contract platform, currently ranked 368th by market capitalization among the assets we track. As a proof-of-stake Layer-1, Civic hosts applications, settles their transactions, and lets CVC holders earn yield by helping validate. Capital at stake — not electricity — is what keeps the chain honest.
Civic (CVC) is a blockchain-based identity verification platform that allows users to securely access and manage their identity information while enabling businesses to authenticate users efficiently. The platform aims to reduce identity theft and fraud through decentralized technology.
How consensus and the token economy connect
Validators propose and attest to blocks; honest behavior earns rewards, dishonest behavior burns the stake. That feedback loop is what lets Civic finalize transactions without miners.
CVC is not mined; it is issued as a token rather than secured by its own mining or staking layer.
Background & fundamentals
Civic first went live in 2017, giving it roughly 9 years of on-chain price history to draw on. Civic operates under a centralized structure, which concentrates protocol decisions in an identifiable issuer or foundation. A documented core team of 12 contributors is listed publicly, a depth of disclosed staffing many long-tail tokens lack.
The project publishes a whitepaper documenting its original design, which is worth reading before sizing any position in CVC. In sector terms it is most often filed under Platform, Smart Contracts, and Ethereum (ETH) Token (ERC-20).
Where Civic sits in the market
Trading around $0.0309, Civic carries a market capitalization of $30.86M. Around $4.86M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 15.75% of the float — elevated, often a sign of narrative-driven trading.
Civic carries no fixed maximum supply; issuance follows a programmatic schedule rather than a hard cap. CVC remains -98% beneath its all-time high of $1.66, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close. Measured from its all-time low of $0.0244, CVC is up +27%.
What the price history shows
Recent moves read 24-hour -1.12%, 7-day +1.40%, 30-day -5.79%, 1-year -80.34%. Across roughly the last 365 days of daily candles, CVC endured a peak-to-trough drawdown of about 79% before stabilizing.
Volatility profile
Recent action puts Civic in the Low-volatility band — it has been relatively stable, with moves typical of large-cap, mature assets. Over the last 30 days the move totals -5.79%, a useful input for stop placement and position sizing.
How to evaluate Civic
The honest checklist for CVC is short:
- Real usage — active addresses, fees paid, and total value locked — does on-chain demand justify the valuation?
- Staking economics — the share of CVC staked, the yield, and unlock/queue dynamics that govern liquid supply.
- Ecosystem depth — how many applications and how much liquidity have chosen Civic 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.
