What COTI is
COTI is a proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchain, currently ranked 436th by market capitalization among the assets we track. COTI is a Layer-1 smart-contract platform secured by proof-of-stake: validators lock COTI as collateral, and the protocol slashes anyone who misbehaves. The token is simultaneously gas, collateral, and a claim on staking yield.
COTI is a blockchain platform designed to empower businesses and enable the creation of their own digital currencies while providing scalable and efficient payment solutions. It aims to facilitate instant payments and enhance the user experience in decentralized finance.
How consensus and the token economy connect
Staking ties the token's value to network security: more COTI bonded means a costlier attack, and stakers are paid for taking that role. Unstaking queues and slashing parameters shape how liquid that capital really is.
Background & fundamentals
The project publishes a whitepaper documenting its original design, which is worth reading before sizing any position in COTI. In sector terms it is most often filed under Cryptocurrency, Ethereum (ETH) Token (ERC-20), and Arbitrum Ecosystem.
Where COTI sits in the market
Trading around $0.00799600, COTI carries a market capitalization of $18.95M. Around $2.67M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 14.09% of the float — elevated, often a sign of narrative-driven trading.
Almost the entire COTI supply is already in circulation (~100.0% of the 2B cap), so future dilution is effectively off the table. COTI remains -99% beneath its all-time high of $0.6776, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close.
What the price history shows
The tape currently reads 24-hour -3.53%, 7-day -10.38%, 30-day -16.43%, 1-year -82.16%. Across roughly the last 365 days of daily candles, COTI endured a peak-to-trough drawdown of about 83% before stabilizing.
Volatility profile
Recent action puts COTI 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 -16.43%, a useful input for stop placement and position sizing.
How to evaluate COTI
A grounded read on COTI 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 COTI staked, the yield, and unlock/queue dynamics that govern liquid supply.
- Ecosystem depth — how many applications and how much liquidity have chosen COTI 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.
