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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by kanzure on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @01:46PM (#16108619)
Market cap isn't as interesting as people think: https://blog.sia.tech/want-to-deflate-the-token-bubble-fix-t...
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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by bitcoinusername on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:11AM (#16113272)
Yep, given that practically all altcoins are priced in bitcoin, market cap artificially rises extremely, or lowers extremely due to the inertness of the open trades.
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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by Medox on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:23AM (#16113324)
what a difference from the screenshot in the article to the current numbers...
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