Does Cryptocurrency Currently Have Value?   Today, cryptocurrency has value, a lot of value. At the time of writing this article, the total market cap of cryptocurrency (which measures how much it would cost to buy every coin of every cryptocurrency available) is well over $400 billion. Quite simply, the answer to whether or not cryptocurrency has value in an immediate sense is an indisputable, resounding “Yes!” Why cryptocurrency has value, however, is a more difficult question to answer.