$BTC A cryptocurrency pair is essentially a comparison of the prices of two crypto tokens. The most popular cryptocurrency pair is ETH/BTC. In this cryptocurrency trading pair, you can find how much one Ethereum token is worth in Bitcoin. In other words, trading pairs represent how much of one token you can purchase with a given amount of a different token.

Much like traditional currency trading, cryptocurrency exchanges rely on crypto trading pairs to illustrate each token’s value. When cryptocurrencies were first introduced as a financial alternative, there weren’t many trading pairs available. Most of the trades were tied to Bitcoin, as this is the major cryptocurrency token. Today, with the abundance of altcoins on the market, new trading pairs emerge by the hour.