Capitalization

This endpoint returns metrics related to market capitalization. First, we provide market_cap, which is total market capitalization of BTC, calculated by multiplying the total supply with its USD price. Moreover, we provide several adjusted capitalization metrics which are used for further fundamental analysis. realized_cap is the sum of each UTXO * last movement price. Since cryptocurrencies can be lost, unclaimed, or unreachable through various bugs, realized_cap is introduced to discount those coins which have remained unmoved for a long period. It is one way to attempt to measure the value of Bitcoin. This can be described as an on-chain version of volume weighted average price(VWAP). average_cap is forever moving average, calculated by dividing the cumulated sum of daily market cap with the age of market. Instead of using fixed time for calculating the moving average (e.g. 50 days, 100days ...), this serves as the true mean. Both realized_cap and average_cap are used to calculate delta_cap (realized_cap-average_cap). delta_cap is often used to spot market bottoms. Moreover, by analyzing the movement of delta_cap which oscillates between realized_cap and average_cap, we could notice that market tops are reached when delta_cap is near realized_cap(in a log scaled chart). Another metric that can be used to spot market bottoms is thermo_cap which is the weighted cumulative sum of the mined cryptocurrency price. This metric provides the total amount of funds in the blockchain network and also helps to evaluate whether market_cap is overvalued or not.
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