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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by snoman on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @05:39PM (#16110839)
I'm just guessing that it's because it's not a stock or a bond. I don't ever hear what the market cap is for the yen, or any other currency.
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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by ateesdalejr on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @06:54PM (#16111319)
That's because they can always print more. There's no cap.
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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by spraak on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @09:51AM (#16115259)
That's not what a market cap means. There are cryptocurrencies too that have no limit on the number of produced coins. Market cap means market capitalization.
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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by amarkov on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @06:28AM (#16114175)
"Cap" doesn't mean what you're thinking in this context :)
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