Markets / Explainer
Market cap is not the amount of money invested
Price × circulating supply: a useful measure with important limits.
Editorial illustration · not a photograph of a news eventMarket capitalization multiplies a quoted price by circulating supply. It helps compare asset size, but it does not measure cash invested or the amount that can be sold at that price.
Liquidity, trading volume and supply methodology add context. An asset with thin trading can have a large reported capitalization.
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