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Price Surge Following $2 Trillion Market Cap
A price surge is sure to follow the crypto market hitting a $2 trillion market cap. The last time the total market cap hit $2 trillion saw the price of bitcoin pass $60K. With Ethereum shooting past $4,000.Total market cap nears $2 trillion mark | Source:Market cap numbers are calculated by multiplying the current circulating supply of an asset with the current price of that asset. The total crypto market cap is then gotten by adding up all of the market caps of the active cryptocurrencies in the market. This means that the higher the price of an asset goes, the higher the market cap of that asset.
Crypto Getting More Valuable
As inflation rages through countries and wages, interest rates not going up to keep up with the inflation rate, individuals and institutions will continue to look for alternatives that will provide an adequate hedge against growing inflation. Investors have now turned their attention to crypto. Coins like bitcoin have a deflationary nature which means that they are designed to become more scarce over time. With only 21 million coins programmed to ever go into circulation, bitcoin provides the perfect hedge against inflation. This has sent investors running into the crypto market to own a piece of an asset that will appreciate at a rate faster than the inflation rate.Related Reading | Here’s What Happens To All Of The Crypto Assets The IRS Seizes
The new EIP-1559 release that sees ETH fees being burned instead of being rewarded to miners also puts Ethereum on a track to become deflationary. This has triggered renewed interest in ETH as one of the cryptocurrencies with the potential to help hedge against inflation over time. Indicators continue to show that the total market cap will continue to rally following increased interest in the market. $2 trillion continues to be the value target for the market.Featured image from CoinMarketCap, chart from TradingView.com