THORChain Price
Swapping bitcoin for ether normally means going through an exchange that holds both for you, or wrapping one asset into a synthetic version on the other's chain. THORChain tries a third route: let people trade native assets across different blockchains withou…
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Key market insights
A plain-language read of live indicators computed from daily closes — these describe current price behaviour, not a forecast.
Technical analysis
Moving averages, momentum and support/resistance from daily closing prices — a snapshot of current structure, not a forecast.
Historical performance
52-week high and low with trailing returns across time windows. Computed from up to 365 daily closes.
Automated observations
Generated mechanically from current market data (volatility, trend, distance from highs) — descriptive, not advice.
Strengths · tailwinds
- MACD is above its signal line — near-term momentum is upward.
Risks · headwinds
- Trading 72% below its 52-week high — well off recent peaks.
- Max drawdown of -79% over the window — has endured deep peak-to-trough losses.
Supply structure
THORChain has no fixed maximum supply. Circulating supply is a curated estimate used to derive market cap.
THORChain derivatives
Live perpetual-swap metrics. Funding is the periodic payment between longs and shorts; open interest is the total value of outstanding contracts. Informational — not a recommendation to trade leveraged products.
Source: Binance Futures · funding shown per 8h and annualised. Leveraged products carry high risk; informational only.
Convert THORChain to US Dollar
Two-way RUNE ↔ USD at the live Binance price. Type an amount in either field, or tap a preset.
About THORChain
Swapping bitcoin for ether normally means going through an exchange that holds both for you, or wrapping one asset into a synthetic version on the other's chain. THORChain tries a third route: let people trade native assets across different blockchains without anyone taking custody in between. You send real bitcoin and receive real ether, with no <a href="/glossary/bridge/">bridge</a> token or IOU sitting in the middle. RUNE is the network's own asset and the piece that makes the arrangement work.
The design is a network of <a href="/glossary/liquidity-pool/">liquidity pools</a>, but with a twist: every pool pairs an outside asset with RUNE rather than with another outside asset. A bitcoin-to-ether swap is therefore two hops, bitcoin into RUNE and RUNE into ether, executed automatically. The nodes that operate the network watch each connected chain, agree on what happened using their own consensus, and must bond a large amount of RUNE as collateral — if they steal from a pool, that bond is slashed. Liquidity providers earn a share of swap fees, and the protocol pays out emissions on top.
The practical appeal is straightforward. It lets someone move between chains without opening an account, passing identity checks or trusting a custodian, and it is one of the few venues where native bitcoin can be traded on-chain. Wallets and aggregators route swaps through it, and savings and lending style products have been built on the same pool structure.
Be plain about the risk, because it is real. Cross-chain protocols are among the most attacked systems in crypto: they hold pooled funds, they touch many chains at once, and a flaw in any one integration can be catastrophic. Protocols of this type have suffered serious exploits before. Providing liquidity also exposes you to impermanent loss, and the RUNE-in-every-pool design means the token's value and the network's security are tightly coupled — if RUNE falls hard, so does the collateral protecting deposits. Our notes on <a href="/learn/defi-basics-and-risks/">DeFi basics and risks</a> cover the ground worth reading first.
THORChain vs peers
| Coin | Price | 24h | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORChain RUNE | $0.4270 | +1.91% | $149.45M |
| Chainlink LINK | $8.38 | +0.76% | $5.37B |
| Uniswap UNI | $3.67 | -2.62% | $2.20B |
| Maker MKR | $1,813.70 | +0.76% | $1.64B |
| Aave AAVE | $91.55 | -1.53% | $1.37B |
| Injective INJ | $5.08 | -1.36% | $502.62M |
THORChain FAQ
How can I swap bitcoin without wrapping it?
The network watches the connected blockchains directly. You send native bitcoin to an address the nodes control collectively, they observe the deposit, agree it happened, and release the asset you asked for on the destination chain. You never receive a wrapped token that represents bitcoin elsewhere — the coin you send and the coin you receive are both the real thing on their own chains.
What is RUNE for?
It plays three roles at once. It is the settlement asset that sits on one side of every liquidity pool, so all swaps route through it. It is the collateral nodes must bond to take part, which is what makes stealing expensive. And it is used to pay network fees and incentivise liquidity providers. That bundling is deliberate, but it also concentrates a lot of dependency in one token.
Is providing liquidity a safe way to earn?
No form of liquidity provision is safe. You earn a share of swap fees, but you also take on impermanent loss: when the price of a pooled asset moves relative to its pair, withdrawing can leave you worse off than simply holding. On top of that sit smart contract risk and the possibility of an exploit draining pooled funds. Treat advertised yields as compensation for real risk.
Do I need an account to use it?
No. Swaps happen from your own wallet, with no sign-up, no custody and no identity checks at the protocol level. That is the appeal for many users, but it cuts both ways: there is no support desk, no reversals and no compensation scheme. A transaction sent to the wrong chain or with a malformed memo can be unrecoverable, so go slowly the first few times.
Why are cross-chain systems considered risky?
Because they concentrate value and complexity in the same place. To connect chains, a protocol must hold or control assets on several networks at once and correctly interpret events on each of them. A bug in a single integration, or a flaw in how deposits are validated, can expose everything at once. This category has produced some of the largest losses in crypto's history.
How does this compare with using a centralised exchange?
An exchange holds your funds, can require identity verification, and gives you deep liquidity, order types and a support channel — along with counterparty risk if it fails. THORChain gives you self-custody and no gatekeeping, but you accept protocol risk, price slippage on larger swaps, and the fact that mistakes are permanent. Neither is strictly better; they fail in different ways.
Last updated Jul 25, 2026