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USD Price

How Alcor prices tokens in USD

Alcor prices tokens on each network from its own pools and order books. A token gets a USD price when it has a pool on Alcor Swap against the network's system token or one of its stablecoins:

NetworkSystem tokenStablecoins (priced at $1)
WAXWAX@eosio.tokenUSDT@wrap.alcor, USDC@wrap.alcor, USDT@usdt.alcor
XPR NetworkXPR@eosio.tokenUSDT@wrap.alcor, USDC@wrap.alcor, XUSDT@xtokens, XUSDC@xtokens
Vaulta (EOS)EOS@eosio.tokenUSDT@tethertether
TelosTLOS@eosio.tokenUSDT@wrap.alcor, USDC@wrap.alcor

How the price is calculated

  • When a token has several such pools, its price is the median of their prices, weighted by the liquidity on the system-token or stablecoin side.
  • A token that has no pool at all takes its price from the last trade in its order book market against the system token, if that trade is at most 7 days old and worth at least $10.

Price used for values

The price used to value balances, positions and pools is stricter:

  • only pools whose system-token or stablecoin side holds at least $150 count;
  • the token must be trusted — the system token, a stablecoin, a token on Alcor's trusted list, or one with a high enough Alcor token score;
  • tokens marked as scam are always priced at $0.

So the most reliable way to get a USD price shown for your token is a pool against the system token or a stablecoin with real liquidity on the paired side.

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