What is Haystack (HAY)?
Haystack delivers the first mobile-native DeFi experience on the Algorand blockchain. By pairing institutional-grade infrastructure with consumer-friendly design, it removes traditional barriers to participation while preserving the core principles of security and self-custody. Powered by Deflex’s universal order router, Haystack aggregates liquidity across the Algorand ecosystem to provide best-execution trades, real-time portfolio analytics, and yield opportunities.
How does Haystack work?
The $HAY utility token aligns platform success with token holders by funding an automated buy-and-burn, unlocking fee discounts, and granting access to enhanced yield opportunities.
Where can you buy Haystack?
Haystack (HAY) is traded on a wide range of centralized and decentralized exchanges. The most liquid markets for HAY sit on tier-1 venues - the sort of exchanges where institutional desks and professional market makers rebalance continuously - which is what keeps the spread tight and the last price tied closely to fair value.
You can open the Markets section above to see the live list of exchanges quoting HAY, sorted by 24-hour volume. Each row links to the venue's trade page so you can go directly from research to execution without copying the ticker around by hand.
What is the daily trading volume of Haystack (HAY)?
The reported 24-hour trading volume of Haystack is $737.98. Volume is a live reading of how much HAY changed hands across all tracked exchanges in the past day and tends to rise during periods of price discovery and fall during consolidation.
For traders, the ratio between volume and market cap is often more informative than either number on its own: a high vol-to-mcap ratio indicates liquid, actively traded supply, while a low ratio suggests that most holders are sitting on the asset.
What is the highest and lowest price for Haystack (HAY)?
Haystack reached an all-time high of $0.0769 on November 14, 2025, and an all-time low of $0.0129 on January 31, 2026. It is currently trading -74.67% from its peak and +50.73% from its bottom.
The distance from ATH is a useful gauge of recovery potential during a bear market and of stretched positioning during a bull market. Combined with the all-time-low figure it provides a quick statistical frame for thinking about where HAY sits in its long-run price range.
What is the market cap of Haystack (HAY)?
Haystack's market capitalization is currently $533.08K, and it is ranked #3749 by market cap on Cryptopricing. Market cap is calculated as the current price multiplied by the circulating supply (27.38 million HAY are actively circulating today).
Market cap is a common but imperfect measure. It reflects the theoretical value of every circulating token at the current market price, but it doesn't capture how thin the top of the order book might be - an important caveat for tokens with low floats or illiquid cap tables.
What is the fully diluted valuation of Haystack (HAY)?
The fully diluted valuation (FDV) of Haystack is $1.95M. FDV is a projection of what the market cap would be if every token that will ever exist - including those that have not yet been unlocked, mined or issued - were in circulation at the current price.
FDV is a useful second reading alongside market cap. A large gap between mcap and FDV signals that future token emissions could dilute current holders, while a small gap indicates that supply is already mostly out.
How does the price performance of Haystack compare against its peers?
Over the past 24 hours, Haystack has moved +0.01%. Over the past seven days, the change is -1.63%. Comparing these figures to the global crypto market cap change (shown in the ticker at the top of this page) tells you whether HAY is leading, lagging or tracking the broader market.
For deeper analysis, the categories strip on the home page groups coins by theme - Layer 1, Meme, DePIN, AI, RWA and so on - and lets you compare Haystack against its closest peers. The category detail pages surface the underlying coins and their seven-day sparklines in a single view.
How to store Haystack?
Like any crypto asset, the right way to store HAY depends on how often you plan to use it. Long-term holders typically self-custody using a hardware wallet such as Ledger or Trezor, which keeps private keys offline and immune to most remote attacks.
For active traders, a reputable custodial exchange wallet can be appropriate, especially one with clear proof-of-reserves attestations. Whatever approach you choose, the most important rule is to keep your recovery phrase offline, never share it, and never enter it into a web form or attached to a DM - no legitimate support agent will ever ask for it.
