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What is Bitcoin dominance?

Bitcoin's market capitalisation as a share of the total reported crypto market capitalisation.

The numerator is relatively solid. The denominator sums thousands of assets at last traded price times a reported supply, including many that are thinly traded and largely promoter-controlled.

Rising dominance is often read as a rotation into Bitcoin, but it also rises simply when speculative assets deflate. Read it as a rough mood gauge, not a measurement.

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This definition is part of the Bitcoin Logical glossary. For the fuller explanation, start with Learn, or see the live numbers on The Bitcoin Signal.