What Opium governs
Opium is a DeFi protocol governance token, currently ranked 419th by market capitalization among the assets we track. Rather than being money itself, Opium is a claim on a financial protocol. Its worth tracks the fees, liquidity, and usage of the application beneath it far more than any monetary narrative.
Opium (OPIUM) is a cryptocurrency that serves as the native token for the Opium Finance platform, which specializes in decentralized derivatives and risk management solutions. It enables users to create, trade, and settle various derivative contracts on the blockchain.
How value is supposed to accrue
The economic question is whether Opium captures the value its protocol creates. Total value locked and fee revenue are the inputs; the token's design decides how much of that reaches holders.
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 Opium sits in the market
At $0.0143, Opium carries a market capitalization of $59.39K. Around $35.75 changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 0.06% of the float — on the quieter side, which can mean thinner liquidity for large orders.
Opium carries no fixed maximum supply; issuance follows a programmatic schedule rather than a hard cap. OPIUM remains -100% beneath its all-time high of $3.39, 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 -31.22%, 7-day -40.95%, 30-day +326.85%, 1-year +279.93%.
Volatility profile
Recent action puts Opium in the Extreme-volatility band — it is in a high-volatility regime — these are the conditions where outsized gains and losses both become more likely. Over the last 30 days the move totals +326.85%, a useful input for stop placement and position sizing.
How to evaluate a DeFi token like Opium
The honest checklist for OPIUM is short:
- Protocol revenue — fees the application actually earns, and whether any of it reaches OPIUM holders.
- Total value locked — how much capital trusts the protocol — and how sticky it is versus mercenary yield.
- Token utility — whether OPIUM is load-bearing (governance over real value, fee rights) or decorative.
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.