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CRYPTO GLOSSARY

Market cap

Also called: market capitalisation

The price of one coin multiplied by the number of coins in circulation.

Market cap in more detail

Three numbers appear beside every coin on a price site: market cap, volume and price change. Each one is useful and each can mislead.

Market capitalisation is the price of one coin multiplied by the number of coins in circulation.

Coin A is not cheap and Coin B is not expensive. They are the same size. For Coin A to reach $1, its market cap would have to reach $100 billion.

FROM LESSON 17 · 4 MIN READMarket cap, volume, and volatilityThree numbers appear next to every coin: market cap, volume and price change. Learn what each one measures and how each can mislead.Read the lesson

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