Peercoin (PPC) Latest Crypto Analysis Report – Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 PM UTCPeercoin (PPC) surges 40.6% in 24 hours
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 PM UTCPeercoin (PPC) is +40.84% over 24 hours with a market cap of $14.29 million (rank #1024).
The Peercoin network activated in 2012 and is one of the first cryptocurrencies to ever be released. It is responsible for inventing proof-of-stake consensus, which makes it the first efficient and sustainable public blockchain technology. Peercoin was inspired by bitcoin, and it shares much of the source code and technical implementation of bitcoin. The Peercoin source code is distributed under the MIT/X11 software license. Unlike bitcoin, Namecoin, and Litecoin, Peercoin does not have a hard limit on the number of possible coins, but is designed to eventually attain an annual inflation rate of 1%. There is a deflationary aspect to Peercoin as the transaction fee of 0.01 PPC/kb paid to the network is destroyed. This feature, along with increased energy efficiency, aim to allow for greater long-term scalability. With the same cryptographic hash function as Bitcoin (SHA-256), Peercoin is 100 times more energy efficient. Transactions in the Peercoin network are faster and cheaper. If there were not fierce competition on the cryptocurrency market, Peercoin would probably have long since become one of the most important cryptocurrencies.
Project description as published by the project (via CoinGecko). Not written or verified by BuyMeWhiskey and not a prediction or recommendation.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Category | Smart Contract Platform, Polygon Ecosystem, Ethereum Ecosystem, Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Launch / genesis date | 2012-08-20 |
| Hashing algorithm | Proof of Stake |
| Block time | 10 min |
| Official website | www.peercoin.net |
| Chain | Contract |
|---|---|
| ethereum | 0x044d078f1c86508e13328842cc75ac021b272958 |
| polygon-pos | 0x91e7e32c710661c44ae44d10aa86135d91c3ed65 |
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | $0.4687 |
| 24h change | +40.84% |
| 24h high / low | $0.4682 / $0.3327 |
| 24h trading volume | $5,111.78 |
| Market cap | $14.29 million |
| Market cap rank | #1024 |
| Fully diluted valuation | $14.29 million |
| Circulating supply | 30,483,749 PPC |
| Total supply | 30,484,067 PPC |
| Max supply | No fixed cap listed |
| 7d / 30d / 1y change | +20.97% / +38.99% / +32.10% |
| All-time high | $9.45 on 2018-01-12 (-95.04% from ATH) |
| All-time low | $0.00000002813 on 2022-04-13 (+1666195283.88% from ATL) |
Daily closes, 2025-10-17 to 2026-10-16: low $0.2054, high $0.7772.
| Date (UTC) | Close | Change | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 (live) | $0.4687 | +40.64% | $5,111.78 |
| 2026-10-15 | $0.3333 | -0.56% | $3,743.64 |
| 2026-10-14 | $0.3352 | -0.22% | $5,351.67 |
| 2026-10-13 | $0.3359 | -10.87% | $5,853.12 |
| 2026-10-12 | $0.3768 | -17.62% | $4,419.29 |
| 2026-10-11 | $0.4574 | +46.50% | $5,760.69 |
| 2026-10-10 | $0.3122 | +7.38% | $3,871.53 |
| 2026-10-09 | $0.2908 | -2.50% | $1,839.21 |
| 2026-10-08 | $0.2983 | -10.79% | $1,666.32 |
| 2026-10-07 | $0.3343 | -5.75% | $1,950.33 |
| 2026-10-06 | $0.3548 | -9.69% | $3,289.79 |
| 2026-10-05 | $0.3928 | +2.27% | $2,513.69 |
| 2026-10-04 | $0.3841 | -14.50% | $3,082.06 |
| 2026-10-03 | $0.4493 | -10.29% | $4,762.26 |
| 2026-10-02 | $0.5008 | -25.57% | $4,963.65 |
| 2026-10-01 | $0.6729 | -10.85% | $5,347.31 |
| 2026-09-30 | $0.7547 | -2.89% | $6,115.20 |
| 2026-09-29 | $0.7772 | +3.07% | $7,577.65 |
| 2026-09-28 | $0.7541 | +1.00% | $5,829.05 |
| 2026-09-27 | $0.7467 | +6.39% | $9,146.34 |
| 2026-09-26 | $0.7018 | +5.17% | $4,099.42 |
| 2026-09-25 | $0.6673 | +6.84% | $14,006.94 |
| 2026-09-24 | $0.6246 | +8.56% | $9,539.31 |
| 2026-09-23 | $0.5753 | +9.15% | $10,467.40 |
| 2026-09-22 | $0.5271 | +1.04% | $5,640.02 |
| 2026-09-21 | $0.5217 | +4.94% | $5,357.08 |
| 2026-09-20 | $0.4971 | +1.15% | $10,046.12 |
| 2026-09-19 | $0.4915 | +34.94% | $9,781.27 |
| 2026-09-18 | $0.3642 | +5.10% | $6,692.38 |
| 2026-09-17 | $0.3465 | +3.14% | $3,197.67 |
A dated, factual note for every day: the move vs the prior day, vs the 7, 30 and 200-day averages, volume vs average and distance from the all-time high. Newest first.
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Peercoin is trading at $0.4687 as of Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC, +40.84% over 24 hours (CoinGecko).
$14.29 million, ranked #1024 by market cap.
$9.45, set on 2018-01-12. It is -95.04% from that level now.
30,483,749 PPC circulating; no max supply is listed.
Its genesis date is 2012-08-20.
Information only. Not financial or investment advice and not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any asset. No price predictions. Data: CoinGecko; may be delayed or inaccurate.