MultiversXEGLD

The staking and gas coin of MultiversX, a sharded blockchain from Romania formerly called Elrond.

Rank #263Since July 2020 (mainnet, as Elrond)

Price on 31 Oct 2026

C$4.67 +22.5% since 31 Jul 2026 · 99.3% below its all-time high

The short version

EGLD is the staking and fee coin of MultiversX, a blockchain launched as Elrond in Jul 2020 with 20 million coins, stewarded by the MultiversX Foundation (Vaduz, Liechtenstein) and built by MultiversX Labs (Romania). A new economic model on 2 Dec 2025 replaced the 31.4 million cap with tail inflation. Supernova cut block time to 600 ms on 10 Sep 2026; nine days later the network halted for five days after an exploit attempt. On 31 Oct 2026 one EGLD cost C$4.67. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed +22.5% in Canadian dollars, and it was 99.3% below its all-time high of C$694.49 set on 23 Nov 2021.^[1]

Facts checked 2 Nov 2026 · 11 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026

Price, past year

Past year: high C$14.35 (9 Nov 2025) · low C$3.55 (26 Jun 2026) · -66.1%^[1]

Month-end prices (table)

Date	C$	US$
31 Oct 2026	C$4.66	US$3.34
30 Sep 2026	C$6.42	US$4.51
31 Aug 2026	C$5.22	US$3.76
31 Jul 2026	C$3.80	US$2.71
30 Jun 2026	C$3.76	US$2.65
31 May 2026	C$4.92	US$3.57
30 Apr 2026	C$5.62	US$4.13
31 Mar 2026	C$5.16	US$3.70
28 Feb 2026	C$8.03	US$5.88
31 Jan 2026	C$8.35	US$6.16
31 Dec 2025	C$7.76	US$5.66
30 Nov 2025	C$9.97	US$7.13

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$4.67^[1]
3-month change: +22.5% in C$ (31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026)^[1]
From its high: 99.3% below its high of C$694.49 (23 Nov 2021)^[1]
Market rank: #263, market value about C$145.0M^[1]
Kind: Native coin · MultiversX (its own network)
Started: July 2020 (mainnet, as Elrond)

Checks: the same 9 questions for every coin

Facts, not a rating

Can an admin key create new coins?NoNew EGLD come from protocol inflation set by a governance vote (94.55% approval, Nov 2025)^[2]

Can anyone freeze or take coins from holders?NoNo protocol freeze or seizure of holders' EGLD found^[2]

Can the token's contract code be changed?Not applicableRuns on its own blockchain; its rules change only through network upgrades

Is the supply capped?NoTail inflation with a 2% floor since 2 Dec 2025 replaced the 31,415,926 maximum^{[2, 3]}

Any scheduled unlocks in the next 12 months?NoGenesis vesting ended Jan 2023; new EGLD is staking issuance^[4]

Does a team or foundation hold over 10% of supply?Not disclosedTeam got 19% and treasury 17% at genesis; current Foundation and team holdings are not published^{[4, 2]}

Do network fees reach coin holders?YesPriority fees go to validators and delegators; 10% of base fees burned from about Oct 2026^[2]

Main network hacked or halted in the past 2 years?YesMainnet halted 19-24 Sep 2026 after an exploit attempt caused invalid state changes^{[5, 6]}

Is a regulator or court case targeting the coin itself?NoNo regulator or court case naming EGLD or MultiversX found^[2]

Each answer is a fact with a source, not a score. What each check means.

Who controls it

Run by: MultiversX Foundation, a nonprofit in Vaduz, Liechtenstein; MultiversX Labs (Romania, for-profit) does core development^[2]
Genesis split: IEO 25%, private sale 19%, team 19%, protocol treasury 17%, grants 8.5%, rewards 7%, advisors 2.5%, community 2% (2020)^[4]
Validators: 3,227 active validators (Apr 2026); on-chain governance needs a 500 EGLD bond to propose^[2]
Treasury: Foundation assets sit in multisig wallets; EGLD holdings are not published in the Apr 2026 report^[2]

Supply

In circulation: 31.09M EGLD^[1]
Maximum supply: None set^[1]
Issuance: Tail inflation since 2 Dec 2025: 8.757% in year one, falling 0.25% a year to a 2% floor^[2]
Emission split: 50% staking rewards, 20% ecosystem growth fund, 20% growth dividend, 10% protocol sustainability; 40% of each year's emission is KPI-gated^[2]
Supply: About 31.09M EGLD; the earlier 31,415,926 maximum no longer binds under the 2025 model^{[7, 3, 2]}
Unlocks: Genesis vesting (team, private sale, treasury) completed by Jan 2023^[4]

Use and fees

Main use: Gas, staking by validators and delegators, and governance; fees offset new issuance^[3]
Who gets fees: Priority fees to validators; base fees 90% builders, 10% burned (from about Oct 2026), moving to 50/50 over eight years^[2]
Network fees: About US$43,000 in chain fees in the past year (DefiLlama)^[8]

Trading

Daily trading: About C$8.0M a day on average, 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026^[1]
Daily turnover: Typically 3.38% of its market value changes hands each day^[1]
20-week average: 1.8% below its 20-week average price^[1]
1-year change: -65.7% in C$^[1]^[9]

History

Not a forecast

Coins ranked 201-500 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 8,067 cases, 1,187 coins

33% were higher a year later^[10]

Typical result: Median -38% after a year; 33% higher after two years
Lost half or more: 44% within a year
Against Bitcoin: 11% did better than Bitcoin over the year

History, not a forecast.

Red flags and things to watch

1 red flag found

Red flag: The MultiversX mainnet stopped producing blocks from 19 to 24 Sep 2026 after an attacker tried to exploit a virtual-machine atomicity flaw and caused invalid state changes.^{[5, 6]}

The mainnet halted on 19 Sep 2026 after an attempted exploit of a virtual-machine atomicity issue caused invalid state changes; blocks resumed on 24 Sep 2026 after a recovery upgrade.^[5]
MultiversX said a full technical incident report would follow the Sep 2026 recovery; no loss amount has been confirmed.^{[5, 6]}
Supernova activated on 10 Sep 2026 (epoch 2233), cutting block time from 6 seconds to 600 ms after a planned 24-minute transaction pause.^[11]

Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.

Sources and dates

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$.