About Kusama
KSM is a cryptocurrency that powers Kusama, a protocol that enables cross-blockchain transfers of any type of data or asset. By uniting multiple blockchains, Kusama aims to achieve high degrees of security and scalability. KSM serves as the protocol’s governance token and can be used for staking to secure the network or to connect (“bond”) new chains. Kusama acts as a "canary" or experimental network for Polkadot (a separate protocol that shares the same codebase) in which developers can more quickly test new programs that can be deployed on both.
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Trading Insights
Buyer Ratio
Traders
74
54.17%
Buyers
48
152.63%
Sellers
27
-10%
Searched
91
Market Stats
Market Cap
£179.45M
FDV
£179.45M
Circ. Supply
17M KSM
Max Supply
Not enough data
Total Supply
17M KSM
Performance
Popularity
#182
Dominance
0.01%
Volume (24H)
£16.41M
97.11%
Volume (7D)
£114.01M
Volume (30D)
£234.52M
All time high
£462.14
Price Change (1Y)
-30.8%
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Additional details
Recent trends
The price of Kusama has increased by 0.42% in the last hour and decreased by 9.78% in the past 24 hours. Kusama’s price has also fallen by 7.55% in the past week. The current price is £10.51 per KSM with a 24-hour trading volume of £16.41M. Currently, Kusama is valued at 97.73% below its all time high of £462.14. This all-time high was the highest price paid for Kusama since its launch.
The current circulating supply of Kusama is 17,078,643.724 KSM which means that Kusama has as total market cap of £179,450,428.23.
Market details
KSM vs markets
↘ 60.96%
KSM vs BTC
↘ 61.03%
KSM vs ETH
↘ 57.31%
Tags
substrate
polkadot
made-in-america
binance-listing
Network & Addresses
Network | Address | |
|---|---|---|
Kusama | NA |
Price history
Time | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
Today | £10.51 | ↘ 9.78% |
1 Day | £11.55 | ↘ 9.78% |
1 Week | £11.27 | ↘ 7.55% |
1 Month | £10.39 | ↗ 1.94% |
1 Year | £15.42 | ↘ 30.80% |
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FAQ
Kusama, often referred to as "Polkadot's wild cousin," is an experimental blockchain platform that aims to provide a scalable and interoperable framework for developers. Built on Substrate, a blockchain building kit developed by Parity Technologies, Kusama shares a similar codebase with Polkadot, another interoperable blockchain. Kusama is designed to serve as a testbed for developers looking to innovate and deploy their own blockchain. It can also be used as a preparatory network before launching on Polkadot, although many projects choose to remain on Kusama for their final product. Kusama is designed to have a low barrier to entry for deploying parachains and is commonly used by early-stage startups and for experimentation.
Kusama operates on a multichain, heterogeneously-sharded design that uses a nominated proof-of-stake (NPoS) consensus system. This system allows it to perform rapid on-chain upgrades without a fork and support cross-chain message passing (XCMP) for communication with other parachains on the Kusama network. Kusama also features on-chain governance capabilities, which are decentralized and permission-less, allowing anyone with Kusama (KSM) tokens or parachain tokens to vote on their respective governance proposals. This on-chain governance procedure aims to facilitate a quicker pace of development for projects built on Kusama.
Kusama is primarily built for developers who aim to launch ambitious projects with a fast-evolving pace of development. It provides a platform for developers to test and deploy their own blockchain, making it a potential choice for projects that aim to start quickly. Kusama's interoperable and scalable nature aims to accommodate a wide range of use cases, including gaming and eSports, DAOs, marketplaces, oracles, music, and social networking. Developers can build their own app-specific blockchain and connect it to Kusama, breaking down the silos created by legacy blockchain networks.
Kusama was founded in 2019 by Dr. Gavin Wood, a world-renowned computer scientist and programmer who also co-founded Ethereum. The platform was built by the same team that created Polkadot, a company known as Parity Technologies. Parity Technologies has a team of experienced blockchain engineers and has over 100 employees spread throughout the world. Kusama is funded by grants from the Web3 Foundation, which was launched to help nurture and steward technologies and applications in the fields of decentralized web software protocols. The Web3 Foundation also supports Kusama with research and community development.
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The current market cap of Kusama is £179.45M. A high market cap implies that the asset is highly valued by the market.
The all-time high of Kusama is £462.14. This all-time high is highest price paid for Kusama since it was launched.
Over the last 24 hours, the trading volume of Kusama is £16.41M.
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The current circulating supply of Kusama is 17 million.
Kusama ranks 226 among tradable assets on Coinbase. Popularity is currently based on relative market cap.
Currently, 93% of Coinbase users are buying Kusama. In other words, 93% of Coinbase customers have increased their net position in Kusama over the past 24 hours through trading.
Yes, Kusama is currently available on Coinbase’s centralized exchange. For more detailed instructions, check out our helpful how to buy Kusama guide.
Kusama news
Trending articles
Social stats
Popularity in posts
#1237
Contributors
400
Posts
717
% About Kusama
0.021%
Articles
8
Hold times
0 days
X (Twitter)
75.37% bullish
Sentiment
3.3 ★
Highlights
400 unique individuals are talking about Kusama and it is ranked #1,237 in most mentions and activity from collected posts. In the last 24 hours, across all social media platforms, Kusama has an average sentiment score of 65 out of 5. Finally, Kusama is becoming less newsworthy, with 8 news articles published about Kusama.
On Twitter, people are mostly bullish about Kusama. There were 77.07% of tweets with bullish sentiment compared to 2.26% of tweets with a bearish sentiment about Kusama. 22.93% of tweets were neutral about Kusama. These sentiments are based on 393 tweets.
On Reddit, Kusama was mentioned in 24 Reddit posts and there were 17 comments about Kusama. On average, there were less upvotes compared to downvotes on Reddit posts and more upvotes compared to downvotes on Reddit comments.
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