Altcoin Market Cap Excluding Ethereum — TOTAL 3 and TOTAL3ES Charts

What is altcoin market capitalization excluding Ethereum?

Total altcoin market capitalization excluding ETH is the combined value of the alternative cryptocurrency market excluding Ethereum, expressed in US dollars. As with other total market cap charts, there is a standard TOTAL3 chart covering the 125 largest cryptocurrencies (excluding BTC and ETH), and a TOTAL3ES chart that also excludes stablecoins.

TOTAL3 total altcoin market cap chart

How is the TOTAL 3 chart calculated?

Total altcoin market capitalization excluding Ethereum (chart: TOTAL3) is calculated by adding the market capitalizations of its constituent cryptocurrencies (the 125 largest cryptocurrencies excluding Bitcoin and Ethereum).

TOTAL3ES chart (excluding stablecoins)

How is the TOTAL3ES chart calculated?

Altcoin market capitalization (chart: TOTAL3ES) is the same as TOTAL3, but excludes stablecoins.

Altcoin market cap excluding ETH by year

The TOTAL 2 chart was launched on 14 July 2017 by TradingView, an analytics platform specializing in cryptocurrency and stock market charts.

Year	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
2025	934.23 billion	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
2024	502.54 billion	933.55 billion	1.16 trillion	439, 86 billion	+85.72%
2023	291.84 billion	502.67 billion	532.45 billion	287.8 billion	+72.25%
2022	878.79 billion	291.82 billion	924.45 billion	286.91 billion	-66.60%
2021	136.64 billion	873.62 billion	1.13 trillion	122.4 billion	+541.77%
2020	41.49 billion	136.13 billion	158.13 billion	27.63 billion	+227.61%
2019	39.01 billion	41.55 billion	100.95 billion	33.45 billion	+6.39%
2018	231.01 billion	19.06 billion	358.52 billion	28.37 billion	-83.16%
2017	15.06 billion	231.87 billion	263.67 billion	10.33 billion

* The change is calculated from the difference between the opening and closing prices of the yearly candle.

Total altcoin market capitalization excluding ETH has been in a long-term upward trend throughout the chart’s history. The only exceptions are bear market periods, when altcoins underwent deep corrections.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

➤ What is altcoin market capitalization?

Total altcoin market capitalization is the combined market value of all alternative cryptocurrencies included in this chart. It is an important indicator of the altcoin market’s condition and is often used in technical analysis to identify the market cycle.

➤ What is the difference between the TOTAL 2 and TOTAL3 charts?

TOTAL 3 is the same as TOTAL 2 with one small difference: Ethereum (ETH) is excluded. The remaining coins used to construct the chart are the same.

➤ What is the difference between the TOTAL 3 and TOTAL3ES charts?

The TOTAL3 market cap chart covers altcoins excluding Ethereum among the top 125 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. TOTAL3ES has the same constituents but excludes stablecoins such as USDT and USDC.

➤ Why is the altcoin market cap chart important?

Like many other charts, TOTAL3 is often used by analysts for technical market analysis. Unlike individual coin charts, however, the altcoin market cap chart shows the overall condition of the alternative cryptocurrency market.