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bitcoin
bitcoin

$105376.947920 USD

3.29%

ethereum
ethereum

$3307.450676 USD

2.02%

xrp
xrp

$3.166034 USD

3.66%

tether
tether

$0.999996 USD

0.13%

solana
solana

$256.011142 USD

8.15%

bnb
bnb

$698.345581 USD

2.71%

dogecoin
dogecoin

$0.366785 USD

7.39%

usd-coin
usd-coin

$1.000137 USD

0.01%

cardano
cardano

$0.997491 USD

2.46%

tron
tron

$0.251575 USD

5.52%

chainlink
chainlink

$25.988166 USD

7.81%

avalanche
avalanche

$36.908167 USD

5.09%

sui
sui

$4.613995 USD

7.12%

stellar
stellar

$0.433275 USD

0.14%

toncoin
toncoin

$5.216493 USD

5.40%

Emission

What Are Emissions?

Emission refers to how quickly new cryptocurrencies are released.

As an example, let’s take a look at Bitcoin. A new block is added to its blockchain every 10 minutes. When the cryptocurrency first launched, miners were rewarded with 50 BTC for every block that was validated — meaning that the emission rate of BTC was approximately 7,200 a day.

A series of halving events have taken place over recent years, meaning that the number of new Bitcoin that’s entering the ecosystem has decreased substantially. As of May 2020, this stands at just 6.25 BTC.

Emissions aren’t guaranteed to continue forever, and in Bitcoin’s case, the last-ever BTC will be mined in 2140 because it has a maximum supply of 21 million and a set schedule for release.

Some cryptocurrencies have no set rate of emission, meaning that new units can be created on demand. A good example of this is the Tether stablecoin, which is created whenever someone places $1 in reserve.