diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e1dc39a66..b59bed5198 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- [#7545](https://github.com/blockscout/blockscout/pull/7545) - Check if cached exchange rate is empty before replacing DB value in stats API
 - [#7516](https://github.com/blockscout/blockscout/pull/7516) - Fix shrinking logo in Safari
 
 ### Chore
diff --git a/apps/block_scout_web/lib/block_scout_web/controllers/api/v2/stats_controller.ex b/apps/block_scout_web/lib/block_scout_web/controllers/api/v2/stats_controller.ex
index 20c93f33bb..5707d1b15f 100644
--- a/apps/block_scout_web/lib/block_scout_web/controllers/api/v2/stats_controller.ex
+++ b/apps/block_scout_web/lib/block_scout_web/controllers/api/v2/stats_controller.ex
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ defmodule BlockScoutWeb.API.V2.StatsController do
       recent_market_history
       |> case do
         [today | the_rest] ->
-          [%{today | closing_price: exchange_rate.usd_value} | the_rest]
+          [
+            %{
+              today
+              | closing_price: if(exchange_rate.usd_value, do: exchange_rate.usd_value, else: today.closing_price)
+            }
+            | the_rest
+          ]
 
         data ->
           data