Liquidity vs Market Capitalization

Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.

Liquidity
beginner
fundamentals

The ease with which an asset can be bought or sold at its quoted price without significantly moving that price; Bitcoin and Ethereum have very high liquidity, while smaller altcoins can move significantly on modest trade sizes.

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Market Capitalization
beginner
market_structure

Market capitalization is the total value of a cryptocurrency calculated by multiplying its current price by the total number of coins currently in circulation.

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