💡 Crypto 101 – Learn These Terms Before You Invest

1. Price

👉 The current value of 1 coin/token in the market, usually shown against USDT (a stablecoin equal to $1).

2. Market Cap (Market Capitalization)

👉 The total value of a crypto project at the moment.

Formula: Price × Circulating Supply.

It tells how “big” a coin is compared to others.

3. Fully Diluted Market Cap (FDV)

👉 The total value of a project if all possible coins (max supply) were already circulating. It shows the future potential market size.

4. Volume 24h

👉 The total amount of money (in USDT or other stablecoin) traded in the last 24 hours. It shows liquidity and activity—high volume means strong demand.

5. Circulating Supply

👉 The number of coins currently available in the market for trading (not locked, reserved, or burned).

6. Total Supply

👉 The total number of coins that exist right now, whether circulating or locked.

7. Max Supply

👉 The maximum number of coins that will ever exist for a project. This cap prevents inflation.

• Example: Bitcoin max supply is 21 million coins.

8. Rank

👉 The coin’s position compared to all other cryptocurrencies by market cap size.

• #1 is Bitcoin, #2 is Ethereum, and so on.

9. All-Time High (ATH)

👉 The highest price the coin has ever reached since launch.

10. All-Time Low (ATL)

👉 The lowest price the coin has ever dropped to.

11. Market Dominance

👉 The coin’s share of the total crypto market value.

• Example: If all crypto = $1 trillion, and a coin = $XRP $ETH $SOL