Market Cap

Market cap is a token's total circulating supply × its current price. It's the usual "how big is this crypto" number, used to rank coins and judge headroom

Market cap is a token’s total circulating supply × its current price. It’s the usual “how big is this crypto” number, used to rank coins and judge headroom — a 30× on a $500M token is a different risk than a 30× on a $200B one.

Why it matters

Market cap is frequently misused as “total money invested” — it isn’t; it’s a mark-to-market snapshot of the last trade. Fully-diluted value (supply planned) matters too. It’s a useful headline, never the story by itself.

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token · exchange ·
cryptocurrency

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