BitTorrent (BTT)BTT
The token of BitTorrent's file-sharing products and the gas coin of BitTorrent Chain, controlled by Justin Sun's Rainberry.
The short version
BTT is the token of the BitTorrent file-sharing ecosystem (BitTorrent Speed, BTFS storage) and the gas coin of BitTorrent Chain, sold in Jan 2019 by Rainberry (formerly BitTorrent Inc.), which Tron founder Justin Sun bought in 2018. The SEC's 2023 case over BTT and TRX ended with a US$10M penalty paid by Rainberry and a final judgment dated 9 Mar 2026. A quarterly buyback-and-burn began in Oct 2026. On 31 Oct 2026 one BTT cost C$0.000000494. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed +32.7% in Canadian dollars, and it was 88.5% below its all-time high of C$0.00000430 set on 20 Jan 2022.[1]
Facts checked 2 Nov 2026 · 15 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026
Price, past year
Past year: high C$0.000000685 (9 Nov 2025) · low C$0.000000355 (16 Aug 2026) · -27.0%[1]
Month-end prices (table)
| Date | C$ | US$ |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | C$0.000000493 | US$0.000000353 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | C$0.000000531 | US$0.000000373 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | C$0.000000401 | US$0.000000289 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | C$0.000000371 | US$0.000000265 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | C$0.000000373 | US$0.000000262 |
| 31 May 2026 | C$0.000000430 | US$0.000000311 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | C$0.000000438 | US$0.000000321 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | C$0.000000443 | US$0.000000317 |
| 28 Feb 2026 | C$0.000000472 | US$0.000000346 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | C$0.000000522 | US$0.000000385 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | C$0.000000542 | US$0.000000395 |
| 30 Nov 2025 | C$0.000000582 | US$0.000000416 |
Daily prices from CoinGecko; C$ converted at the Bank of Canada daily rate. The latest point is live when available. Past prices, not a forecast.
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Key facts
- Price, 31 Oct 2026
- C$0.000000494[1]
- 3-month change
- +32.7% in C$ (31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026)[1]
- From its high
- 88.5% below its high of C$0.00000430 (20 Jan 2022)[1]
- Market rank
- #121, market value about C$476.6M[1]
- Kind
- Token · Tron (TRC-20); also the gas coin of BitTorrent Chain, with bridged copies on Ethereum and BNB Chain
- Started
- January 2019
Checks: the same 9 questions for every coin
Facts, not a ratingEach answer is a fact with a source, not a score. What each check means.
Who controls it
Supply
- In circulation
- 965.42T BTT of a 990.00T maximum (97.5%)[1]
- Total
- 990 trillion BTT; ecosystem, partnership and protocol-airdrop tokens release until 2028, TRX airdrops ended in 2025[2, 5]
- Burn
- First quarterly buyback-and-burn removed 21,621,611,570,729.6 BTT (about US$7.6M, 2.2% of supply) on 16 Oct 2026[7]
- Holders
- A custodial wallet that holds coins for many users has 28%; an unlabeled wallet holds 26.5% (Tron, 1 Nov 2026)[2]
Use and fees
- Main use
- Gas on BitTorrent Chain, payment for BTFS storage and faster downloads (BitTorrent Speed) in the BitTorrent and µTorrent clients[12]
- Buybacks
- 100% of decentralized-service revenue buys and burns BTT each quarter from Q3 2026, announced 6 Jul 2026[6]
- Clients
- 587,928,383 total BitTorrent client installations reported on 20 Oct 2026[7]
Trading
History
Not a forecastCoins ranked 51-200 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 4,050 cases, 612 coins
39% were higher a year later[14]
- Typical result
- Median -25% after a year; 45% higher after two years
- Lost half or more
- 38% within a year
- Against Bitcoin
- 12% did better than Bitcoin over the year
History, not a forecast.
Red flags and things to watch
No red flags found- The SEC case filed 22 Mar 2023 ended with a final judgment dated 9 Mar 2026: Rainberry paid US$10M; claims against Sun and both foundations were dismissed with prejudice.[15, 9, 10]
- A revised white paper on 17 Oct 2026 set out BitTorrent Mainnet, BTTInferGrid (AI inference) and BTTC; the next burn is due in early 2027.[7]
- Ecosystem and partnership tokens keep unlocking until 2028 under the 2019 schedule, with the rate tapering over time.[5]
Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.
Sources and dates
- CoinGecko market data, 31 Oct 2026
- GoPlus token security (Tron BTT), 1 Nov 2026
- Blockscout (BTT Ethereum contract), 2 Nov 2026
- GoPlus token security (Ethereum), 1 Nov 2026
- Binance Research (BTT), 18 Jan 2019
- crypto.news (BTT buyback program), 6 Jul 2026
- CoinMarketCap AI updates (BTT), Nov 2026
- DefiLlama hacks list, 2 Nov 2026
- SEC litigation release 26496, 5 Mar 2026
- SEC notice of covered action (judgment of 9 Mar 2026), 30 Apr 2026
- SEC press release 2023-59, 22 Mar 2023
- CoinMarketCap, what is BTT
- Bank of Canada USD/CAD rate, 31 Oct 2025
- CoinIvy history data: CoinMarketCap weekly rankings 2013-2026, dead coins included
- The Block (SEC settlement), 5 Mar 2026
Facts as of 31 Oct 2026. Prices from CoinGecko in Canadian and US dollars; US$ figures without a C$ price are converted at 1.3976 C$ per US$.