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Market cap
Market cap (market capitalization) is a token's current price multiplied by the number of units in circulation. It is a quick way to compare the size of coins, borrowed from stock markets, where it is the share price times the shares outstanding.
What it means for you. Market cap is a perceived value, not money anyone could take out: selling a large amount pushes the price down, so a holding usually sells for less than price times quantity. It also depends on which supply figure is counted as circulating.
Sources: FINRA: Market Cap Explained, SEC: Statement on Offerings and Registrations of Securities in the Crypto Asset Markets · checked 4 October 2026
Fully diluted valuation
Fully diluted valuation (FDV) is a token's current price multiplied by its maximum or total supply, including units that are locked or not yet created. It shows what the market cap would be if every token existed and traded at today's price.
What it means for you. A wide gap between market cap and FDV means many tokens are still to come, from unlocks or new issuance; as they arrive, each existing token is a smaller share of the whole. FDV assumes today's price holds as supply grows, which may not happen.
Sources: FINRA: Market Cap Explained, SEC: Statement on Offerings and Registrations of Securities in the Crypto Asset Markets · checked 4 October 2026