Virtuals Protocol's token, VIRTUAL, was recorded at $0.7143 on 8 September 2026. That was up 4.7% on the week from $0.6822 on 1 September, and up 28.1% from $0.5577 on 9 August. The gain didn't hold. VIRTUAL was at $0.6615 on 9 September, and on 25 October 2026 CoinGecko showed it at $0.6146, with a market capitalisation of about $404.7 million. All price and market-cap figures here come from one data provider, CoinGecko.
The week in numbers
These are CoinGecko's daily historical records for each date. Intraday highs and lows can be wider.
| Date (2026) | Price | Market cap | 24h volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September | $0.6822 | $458.7M | $45.4M |
| 2 September | $0.6742 | $449.1M | $61.4M |
| 3 September | $0.6975 | $443.9M | $47.4M |
| 4 September | $0.6624 | $459.2M | $55.3M |
| 5 September | $0.6879 | $436.1M | $65.3M |
| 6 September | $0.7290 | $452.9M | $53.7M |
| 7 September | $0.7328 | $480.0M | $79.9M |
| 8 September | $0.7143 | $482.5M | $86.4M |
| 9 September | $0.6615 | $470.3M | $64.7M |
What the table shows
- Weekly change: +4.7% from 1 to 8 September.
- Thirty-day change: +28.1% from 9 August ($0.5577) to 8 September. Most of that gain came in the second half of August. VIRTUAL was at $0.6432 on 20 August and $0.7928 on 24 August.
- Range of daily records: from $0.6624 on 4 September to $0.7328 on 7 September, a spread of about 10.6%.
- Volume: recorded 24-hour volume rose from $45.4M on 1 September to $86.4M on 8 September. The month's largest figure was $202.3M on 25 August.
- Distance from the peak: CoinGecko lists VIRTUAL's all-time high at $5.07. Contemporary reports dated that high to January 2025. On 8 September 2026 the token was about 86% below it. At $0.6146 on 25 October it was about 88% below.
What happened after the week
The 8 September level did not last. VIRTUAL was at $0.6615 on 9 September, a 7.4% drop in one day. By 25 October 2026 CoinGecko showed $0.6146, down 5.8% over seven days, with a market-cap rank of #119. Most of the 30-day gain recorded on 8 September had disappeared by late October.
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VIRTUAL's daily price, 1 to 9 September 2026
How did VIRTUAL's recorded daily price move through the week to 8 September, and the day after?
Data table
| Item | USD | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 September | 0.6822 | |
| 2 September | 0.6742 | |
| 3 September | 0.6975 | |
| 4 September | 0.6624 | |
| 5 September | 0.6879 | |
| 6 September | 0.729 | |
| 7 September | 0.7328 | |
| 8 September | 0.7143 | |
| 9 September | 0.6615 |
This shows one data provider's daily records only. It leaves out intraday highs and lows and any price after 9 September, and it cannot show where the price goes next.
What VIRTUAL is
Virtuals Protocol describes itself as an onchain ecosystem of autonomous AI agents. Its whitepaper names four layers:
- EconomyOS: wallets, identity and compute access for agents.
- Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP): agent-to-agent agreements and transactions, recorded onchain.
- Agent tokenisation: launching agent tokens.
- Robotics: run through Eastworlds.
How agent tokens connect to VIRTUAL
The launch mechanics explain where demand for VIRTUAL comes from. According to the whitepaper:
- An agent token starts trading on a bonding curve, which accumulates VIRTUAL liquidity as people buy and sell.
- When liquidity reaches 42,000 VIRTUAL, a liquidity pool is created automatically. It pairs the agent token with VIRTUAL on a decentralised exchange.
- The liquidity-pool tokens from graduation are staked under a ten-year lock.
- A 1% trading fee applies from launch. 70% goes to the agent's creator and 30% to the Virtuals Treasury.
- An optional anti-sniper tax starts at 99% and decays to the 1% baseline over a protection window chosen by the founder. Tax collected during that window buys back the agent token onchain.
In practice, VIRTUAL is the paired asset for agents launched through the protocol. Agent-launch activity therefore matters to the token as well as broad market moves.
Supply
The whitepaper gives these figures:
- Total supply: 1,000,000,000 VIRTUAL, "minted without future inflation".
- Allocation: 60% public circulation, 5% liquidity pool, 35% ecosystem treasury.
- Vesting: all tokens are fully unlocked and vested.
- Treasury: held in a DAO-controlled multisignature wallet. Its emissions "cannot exceed 10% annually for the next three years", and deployment needs governance approval.
CoinGecko showed about 658.4 million VIRTUAL in circulation on 25 October 2026.
Chains
The official contract-address page lists VIRTUAL on Base, Ethereum, Solana, Arc and one other chain. On Base the contract is 0x0b3e328455c4059EEb9e3f84b5543F74E24e7E1b. Check the address against that page before you interact with any token that claims to be VIRTUAL.
Limitations
The price, volume and market-cap figures come from one aggregator's daily records, so they may differ from intraday prices or other data providers.
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