Market capitalization (market cap)
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Traditionally, it refers to the monetary market value of a company based on outstanding shares of stock. Market capitalization is used to show the size of the company. in Crypto, market cap is measured by multiplication of the circulating supply of tokens or currency and its current price.
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Token Burn
An event in which tokens are verifiably removed permanently removed from circulation.
Circulating Supply
An approximation of the number of coins or tokens that are currently not locked and available for public transactions.
Algorithmic Stablecoin
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Solo Staker
A Qtum PoS miner using their own coins for staking. Qtum blockchain launched with Solo Stakers and will continue to have this available after offline staking launches.
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