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Circulating supply and fully diluted value
Two valuations, two different questions.
Editorial illustration · not a photograph of a news eventCirculating market capitalization uses the supply considered available in circulation. Fully diluted valuation uses a wider supply assumption.
Future unlocks do not guarantee a particular price outcome. They provide context for how ownership and available supply may evolve.
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