Maker
MKR Rank #33Live price · multi-source dashboard · Updated 46 minutes ago
Maker — key facts
- Price
- $1,813.70
- 24h change
- +0.25%
- Market cap
- $1.62B
- Market rank
- #33
- 24h volume
- $9.27M
- Circ. supply
- 892,234 MKR
- From all-time high
- -71.2%
- Last updated
Market pulse
Live editorial snapshot — numbers update on every refresh
Today's state: Maker is trading at $1,813.70 with a $1.6 billion market capitalization (rank #210). The price moved +0.25% over the past 24 hours and is +5.40% over 7 days; the 30-day move stands at -8.60% and the 90-day at -10.35%.
Position vs cycle: A drawdown of more than 70% from the last cycle high puts the asset firmly in deep-bear territory, where recoveries have historically required a fresh demand catalyst rather than mere mean-reversion.
Volatility and structure: 30-day realized volatility of 198.7% annualized is extreme for an asset this size. Our composite multi-horizon Price Strength reads Bullish (62/100), on a constructive footing, with the 24-hour and 7-day prints both positive.
Composite scorecards
Derived metrics composed from multi-horizon data
Composite of 24h/7d/30d/90d/1y returns weighted toward longer horizons.
24h volume / market cap = 0.572%.
Annualized std-dev of daily log returns.
% of all-time high currently held.
Multiple over 52-week low. Log scale.
Maker's performance grid shows the asset gained 0.25% over the last 24 hours, with the 7-day picture 5.40% higher and the 30-day frame 8.60% lower. Over the trailing 365 days, the asset has delivered gains of 0.00%, with a constructive multi-horizon profile.
The asset currently trades 71.2% below its all-time high, far enough below the peak that the path back has tended to hinge on renewed narrative demand rather than mechanical mean-reversion. 30-day realized volatility sits at 207% annualized — extreme territory for a crypto asset of this size.
Right now Maker is exhibiting healthy turnover and adequate exchange coverage. 24-hour trading volume represents 0.572% of market capitalization — our liquidity-health composite scores this as Healthy (60/100). This is on the lighter end of the top-100 range; large orders should be sliced into the market rather than executed at once.
The 90-day Pearson correlation of MKR's daily returns versus Bitcoin's is -0.05 — a minimal negative relationship. Maker has shown an inverse relationship with Bitcoin over the trailing window, which is rare and worth investigating before sizing.
Performance grid
% return across 9 horizons — heatmap by magnitude
Data refreshed 46 minutes ago · auto-updates daily
Price history table
Last 30 trading days · daily OHLC
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | $1,241.41 | $1,292.42 | $1,235.38 | $1,286.11 | +3.60% |
| 2026-08-18 | $1,225.59 | $1,246.48 | $1,225.21 | $1,246.48 | +1.70% |
| 2026-08-17 | $1,643.95 | $1,812.23 | $1,218.76 | $1,230.51 | -25.15% |
| 2026-08-16 | $1,219.41 | $1,652.98 | $1,217.88 | $1,652.98 | +35.56% |
| 2026-08-15 | $1,277.69 | $1,308.01 | $1,212.83 | $1,235.47 | -3.30% |
| 2026-08-14 | $1,220.65 | $1,230.87 | $1,215.50 | $1,228.90 | +0.68% |
| 2026-08-13 | $1,228.36 | $1,246.28 | $1,219.55 | $1,221.11 | -0.59% |
| 2026-08-12 | $1,223.87 | $1,230.72 | $1,214.15 | $1,222.94 | -0.08% |
| 2026-08-11 | $1,240.04 | $1,240.04 | $1,213.61 | $1,221.69 | -1.48% |
| 2026-08-10 | $1,239.46 | $1,241.96 | $1,213.61 | $1,213.96 | -2.06% |
| 2026-08-09 | $1,257.44 | $1,259.71 | $1,252.02 | $1,257.53 | +0.01% |
| 2026-08-08 | $1,263.80 | $1,268.61 | $1,252.02 | $1,258.16 | -0.45% |
| 2026-08-07 | $1,296.63 | $1,306.03 | $1,258.31 | $1,267.00 | -2.29% |
| 2026-08-06 | $1,303.26 | $1,363.60 | $1,298.18 | $1,306.79 | +0.27% |
| 2026-08-05 | $1,293.85 | $1,363.60 | $1,287.53 | $1,308.62 | +1.14% |
| 2026-08-04 | $1,283.52 | $1,697.39 | $1,277.86 | $1,697.39 | +32.25% |
| 2026-08-03 | $1,310.41 | $1,310.41 | $1,277.86 | $1,300.59 | -0.75% |
| 2026-08-02 | $1,290.07 | $1,314.41 | $1,289.24 | $1,310.41 | +1.58% |
| 2026-08-01 | $1,308.69 | $1,319.21 | $1,280.79 | $1,287.06 | -1.65% |
| 2026-07-31 | $1,330.58 | $1,345.02 | $1,305.74 | $1,310.95 | -1.48% |
| 2026-07-30 | $1,326.37 | $1,338.98 | $1,309.57 | $1,325.54 | -0.06% |
| 2026-07-29 | $1,309.20 | $1,346.52 | $1,307.78 | $1,320.48 | +0.86% |
| 2026-07-28 | $1,322.54 | $1,326.56 | $1,273.01 | $1,273.01 | -3.75% |
| 2026-07-27 | $1,348.69 | $1,367.17 | $1,306.11 | $1,325.28 | -1.74% |
| 2026-07-25 | $1,323.26 | $1,363.45 | $1,321.27 | $1,351.52 | +2.14% |
| 2026-07-24 | $1,411.37 | $1,414.43 | $1,310.17 | $1,323.79 | -6.21% |
| 2026-07-23 | $1,461.82 | $1,478.76 | $1,406.60 | $1,414.12 | -3.26% |
| 2026-07-22 | $1,459.55 | $1,478.50 | $1,451.32 | $1,470.27 | +0.73% |
| 2026-07-21 | $1,438.42 | $1,479.70 | $1,427.90 | $1,458.54 | +1.40% |
| 2026-07-20 | $1,420.18 | $1,436.29 | $1,399.77 | $1,436.29 | +1.13% |
Technical analysis
RSI · MACD · moving averages · Bollinger
- R$1,333.00
- R$1,360.00
- R$1,373.10
- R$1,379.40
- S$1,221.72
- S$1,260.30
- S$1,273.01
- S$1,275.00
Derivatives & leverage
Perpetual-futures positioning from Hyperliquid · MKR-PERP
Funding is near neutral (+0.0%/yr), so leverage is roughly balanced between longs and shorts — no crowded directional bet right now.
Perpetual-futures data from Hyperliquid, the leading on-chain perp DEX. Funding is paid hourly; a positive rate means long holders pay shorts. Derivatives positioning is informational, not a trade signal.
Multi-model price forecast
3-model ensemble · TA + statistical + peer-relative
Per-model breakdown +
| Model | Horizon | Low | Mid | High | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical | Short | $1,652.30 | $1,845.98 | $2,039.66 | TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope) |
| Technical | Mid | $1,497.60 | $1,886.71 | $1,888.73 | TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope) |
| Technical | Long | $830.90 | $1,187.00 | $1,543.11 | TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope) |
| Monte Carlo | Short | $1,507.31 | $1,798.36 | $2,145.61 | Monte Carlo on 90d log returns |
| Monte Carlo | Mid | $1,213.46 | $1,748.86 | $2,520.49 | Monte Carlo on 90d log returns |
| Monte Carlo | Long | $595.52 | $1,457.82 | $3,568.71 | Monte Carlo on 90d log returns |
| Peer comparison | Short | $1,726.99 | $1,837.32 | $1,878.48 | Peer comparison · 4 peers in same category |
| Peer comparison | Mid | $1,557.45 | $1,694.61 | $1,811.47 | Peer comparison · 4 peers in same category |
| Peer comparison | Long | $1,709.29 | $1,758.07 | $2,012.15 | Peer comparison · 4 peers in same category |
Three independent models feed the forecast above, following the STNews methodology:
- Technical model projects ranges from moving-average, ATR, Bollinger band and trend-slope inputs — useful when the asset is in a clean trending or ranging regime.
- Statistical (Monte Carlo) model uses the 90-day distribution of daily log returns to project the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile prices at each horizon — useful as an unbiased baseline that does not assume any trend continuation.
- Peer-relative model benchmarks the asset against similarly-sized coins in its category, asking where it would sit if it tracked the median, lower-quartile and upper-quartile peer returns — a sector-anchored sanity check.
The headline ensemble forecast weights the three models 40/30/30 (statistical/technical/peer-relative). Its confidence badge measures how closely they concur — close agreement reads as higher confidence, while divergence reads lower and signals an unreliable, hard-to-model regime.
Top Maker holders
Top 10 wallets hold 50.3% of supply · Ethereum · on-chain via Etherscan
| # | Holder | % Supply | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maker DAO: Redeemer | 10.14% | $11.52M |
| 2 | 0x4a18…70CE | 7.71% | $8.76M |
| 3 | 0xb377…8523 | 6.54% | $7.43M |
| 4 | 0x5de4…1FA8 | 5.74% | $6.52M |
| 5 | 0x00f9…3aaE | 5.69% | $6.46M |
| 6 | 0x46B4…2c9e | 3.99% | $4.54M |
| 7 | 0x24FA…a808 | 2.72% | $3.09M |
| 8 | 0x0C06…7161 | 2.67% | $3.04M |
| 9 | 0x346F…5BFC | 2.62% | $2.97M |
| 10 | 0x85Cc…aAa2 | 2.50% | $2.84M |
Quantity is exact on-chain; value is estimated from each wallet's share of supply (FDV). Labelled wallets are known exchanges, contracts or burn addresses; high concentration in a few wallets can mean elevated risk. View full holder list on Etherscan →
Cross-asset correlations (90d)
Pearson correlation of daily log returns vs top L1 references
Beyond Bitcoin, MKR's 90-day return correlations to the other two largest layer-1 references help characterize whether the asset moves as part of a crypto-market beta complex or as something more idiosyncratic. The Pearson correlations across daily log returns:
- Bitcoin reference: +0.04 — a minimal positive relationship.
- Ethereum reference: +0.00 — a minimal positive relationship.
- Solana reference: +0.01 — a minimal positive relationship.
High correlation across several references usually means the asset is mostly crypto-market beta: when BTC, ETH and SOL move, it moves too, and independent alpha is hard to find. Low or negative readings point to its own drivers — project-specific news, intra-crypto sector rotation or narrative shifts — that can decouple it from the broad market.
About Maker
Maker (MKR) is a decentralised-finance token, governing or fee-collecting on a DeFi protocol. It trades at $1,813.70 as of the latest update, with a 24-hour move up 0.25%, placing it at rank #33 by market capitalisation among all listed digital assets. Maker's current market cap stands at $1.62B, a figure used by traders, analysts and institutional desks to gauge relative liquidity and risk exposure across the crypto market.
On this page you'll find a live, daily-refreshed dashboard tracking Maker across multiple data sources — price history going back several years, on-chain activity where available, fundamentals like circulating supply and dilution, top exchanges by volume, technical analysis using moving averages and RSI, and an algorithmic short, mid and long-term forecast. All figures are pulled from public APIs and cached locally; nothing here is investment advice.
Maker gives holders governance over one of the established DeFi protocols. Token value depends on protocol revenue, TVL, user growth, and the credibility of the governance process. Treat the token as equity in the protocol.
Maker (MKR) is a mid-cap asset in the broad top 250, ranked #210 among all tracked tokens by capitalisation. About 89% of the maximum MKR supply is in circulation today (892.2K of 1.00M), leaving a moderate emission stream still to come. It currently trades about 71% below its all-time high of $6,292.31 set in May 2021, while sitting roughly 10.8× above its record low.
By market value Maker (MKR) ranks in the broad top 250, trading at $1,813.70 as of the latest snapshot. MKR is +0.25% over 24 hours, +5.40% over the past week, -8.60% over 30 days, putting it in the upper half of weekly performers across the top 250 by market capitalisation. Maker remains roughly 71% beneath its all-time high of $6,292.31, a level first printed in May 2021. Roughly 89% of MKR's total supply is liquid today (892.2K of 1.00M), with the balance scheduled for gradual release over time.
Trading volume is light versus market value — only about 0.6% of capitalisation changes hands daily — so larger orders can move price more than they would for higher-liquidity peers.
How it works — Maker
Maker is a DeFi governance token: ownership of the token confers voting rights over the underlying protocol's parameters (fees, listed assets, treasury allocation) and, in some cases, a share of protocol revenue. The value of the token tracks the protocol's utility and revenue — not the price of any underlying asset.
Maker (MKR) is a mid-cap asset in the broad top 250, ranked #210 among all tracked tokens by capitalisation. About 89% of the maximum MKR supply is in circulation today (892.2K of 1.00M), leaving a moderate emission stream still to come. It currently trades about 71% below its all-time high of $6,292.31 set in May 2021, while sitting roughly 10.8× above its record low.
Use cases — Maker
The token is mainly used to vote on protocol decisions, to earn fee-shares or rebates where revenue is distributed to stakers, as collateral on lending venues (for the larger names), and simply as a way to hold exposure to the protocol's growth.
Daily turnover is light — roughly 0.57% of market cap ($9.27M over 24 hours) — so larger orders are best worked into the market gradually to limit slippage.
Tokenomics
Supply schedule & distribution
- Circulating supply: 892.23K MKR — tokens actively trading and held by the public
- Total supply: 87.88K MKR — all tokens minted to date (including those locked or held by the issuer)
- Max supply: 1.00M MKR — the protocol-defined upper limit (if any) on lifetime issuance
- Issued to date: 89.2% of max supply
Maker's supply schedule directly affects its long-term inflation rate and, by extension, how dilutive future issuance will be to existing holders. A coin near full dilution behaves very differently from one that still has 60% of its supply waiting to be unlocked.
Supply economics
Issuance pressure, dilution, and structural value accrual
The supply story for Maker comes down to three things: how tokens are issued over time, how many are circulating now, and how far the fully-diluted valuation sits above the circulating market cap. At 89.2% of maximum supply already issued, the remaining issuance is a relatively small fraction of total potential supply. Sell pressure from future issuance is therefore limited.
The question that matters for a longer-term view is simple: does value accrual (burns, staking-yield reinvestment, deflationary mechanics, growing ecosystem TVL) run ahead of new issuance, or behind it? Ahead, and price can compound quietly; behind, and it leans on continuous fresh demand to soak up the supply.
Trader's note
Coin-type-aware tactical interpretation
For Maker as a DeFi governance token, treat the position as equity exposure to the underlying protocol. The relevant metrics: protocol TVL growth, fee-revenue trajectory, governance-vote participation, and the share of revenue that flows back to token holders (via buy-backs, distributions, or fee discounts). DeFi tokens tend to re-rate sharply on regulatory news and on protocol-specific exploits — both of which can be company-specific risks rather than systematic crypto-market risk.
Price Strength at 62/100 reads bullish. In the DeFi cohort, valuation discipline (mcap/TVL, mcap/fees, mcap/revenue) generally outperforms momentum-only approaches over multi-quarter windows. The protocol's actual revenue should anchor the asset; when token price runs far ahead of revenue, mean-reversion has been historically reliable.
Developer activity
On-chain projects live or die by code shipped · via GitHub
Maker's public repository
(sky-ecosystem/dss)
shows 830 stars,
0 commits over the trailing 30 days from
0 active contributors, and the
release cadence is not tracked.
Combined into our composite Developer Activity Index, the project reads as
inactive
(10/100) — useful as a quasi-fundamental signal alongside on-chain
metrics and market pricing.
Markets & exchanges
Top trading pairs by 24h volume
| # | Exchange | Pair | Last price | 24h volume | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Binance | MKR/USDT | $1,813.70 | $9.27M | A+ |
Initial rows server-rendered from our verified pipeline (binance-v2). Data-only. STNews does not place affiliate links here. See our affiliate disclosure.
If you'd bought Maker...
ROI calculator · historical close prices
Calculated on daily close prices. Does not include trading fees, taxes, or staking yields. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Converter
Rate: 1 MKR = $1,813.70
Compared to peers
Price, market cap, volume, supply
| Coin | 7d trend | Price | Market Cap | 24h Vol | 24h % | 7d % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maker
MKR
|
$1,813.70 | $1.62B | $9.27M | +0.25% | +5.40% | |
Bitcoin
BTC
|
$64,383.57 | $1.29T | $17.22B | +0.37% | -4.60% | |
Ethereum
ETH
|
$1,909.86 | $233.72B | $5.64B | +0.69% | -5.79% | |
Uniswap
UNI
|
$3.29 | $2.07B | $91.49M | +1.67% | -12.56% | |
Jupiter
JUP
|
$0.1852 | $614.90M | $16.99M | -2.88% | -10.10% | |
Aave
AAVE
|
$87.14 | $1.34B | $167.04M | -2.20% | -1.70% | |
Lido DAO
LDO
|
$0.3036 | $253.86M | $30.05M | -0.30% | +3.20% | |
Solana
SOL
|
$76.87 | $41.75B | $1.28B | +1.98% | -13.42% | |
XRP
XRP
|
$1.00 | $59.88B | $1.12B | +0.08% | +2.56% |
Market sentiment
Crypto Fear & Greed Index · alternative.me
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index aggregates volatility, market momentum, social media activity, dominance and Google Trends data into a single 0–100 score updated daily. Today's reading is 41 — Fear.
Extreme fear (below 25) historically signals buying opportunities for contrarians, while extreme greed (above 75) often precedes corrections. The index works best as one input among many, not as a standalone trading signal.
Macro & cross-asset context
How macro liquidity and cross-asset moves frame the trade
The macro picture for digital assets turns on three levers — Federal Reserve policy, the path of dollar liquidity, and broad risk sentiment. Historically the whole asset class has tracked the global liquidity cycle closely, expanding in easing regimes and contracting when financial conditions tighten.
For cross-asset context, monitor the dollar (a headwind when it strengthens), long-term Treasury yields (the discount rate on risk), gold (a sometime companion in monetary-debasement narratives), and the S&P 500 (often correlated with crypto on liquidity-driven swings even though crypto is popularly billed as uncorrelated).
For Maker specifically, the macro variable that has empirically led price most often is global crypto-market liquidity — proxied by stablecoin total supply, futures open interest, and exchange volumes. When these expand, MKR tends to follow; when they contract, the relationship typically reverses. With a comparatively loose 90-day BTC correlation of +0.04, MKR has shown more idiosyncratic price behaviour than the average large-cap — its own catalysts can matter as much as the broad liquidity tide.
Risks
The risks are protocol-specific: a smart-contract exploit can drain the treasury and dilute holders, a governance attack can capture voting power, revenue rises and falls with the DeFi cycle, rival protocols compete for the same liquidity, and the regulatory status of governance tokens is still unsettled.
Frequently asked questions
What is Maker (MKR)? ▾
Maker is a decentralised-finance token, governing or fee-collecting on a DeFi protocol. It trades under the ticker MKR and currently has a market capitalisation of $1.62B.
What is the price of MKR today? ▾
The price of Maker today is $1,813.70, refreshed daily from public market data. Live price changes are visible at the top of this page.
What is the maximum supply of Maker? ▾
The protocol caps lifetime issuance of Maker at 1.00M MKR. This limit is enforced by the network's code and cannot be raised without coordinated upgrades.
What was Maker\'s all-time high? ▾
Maker's all-time high in USD terms is $6,292.31. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.
How can I buy Maker? ▾
Maker is available on the major centralized exchanges; the Markets table on this page ranks them by MKR/USD volume. As always, verify the venue's withdrawal fees, funding options, and licensing for your jurisdiction first.
Is Maker a good investment? ▾
This page does not offer financial advice. Cryptocurrency markets are extremely volatile. Anyone considering an allocation should review the data above, weigh their own risk tolerance, and consider speaking with a qualified financial professional in their jurisdiction.
Where does the data on this page come from? ▾
Our price, supply and volume data come from public cryptocurrency APIs (Binance, CoinGecko, CoinPaprika and similar), and the sentiment gauge is from alternative.me. Everything is stored locally and refreshed on a recurring cycle.
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