🚨 Understanding Altcoin Growth and Market Cap 🚨

💡 Many believe the market needs trillions to trigger altseason, but that's not true for $SOL , $ONDO, $WIF , $MKR , or any low-cap gems. 💡

🧵 Here's the secret ⬇️

Common Misconception

- Major traders claim high market cap altcoins need massive investments to grow.

- They often say, "It takes $N billion for the price to grow N times" for assets like Solana. This is incorrect, and here’s why:

Key Concepts

- Market Cap: Total market value of a cryptocurrency (Asset's price x Supply).

- Price: Determined by demand and supply intersection.

- Liquidity: Ability to quickly exchange a cryptocurrency at its market price without significant value loss.

Example

- $STRK at $1 with a 1B Supply = $1B Market Cap.

- To double the price, you would need $1B in investments? Wrong!

- Liquidity plays a crucial role.

Liquidity Explained

- On exchanges, you can't sell more tokens than the available liquidity.

- If $STRK is listed only on @1inch with $100M liquidity in the $STRK - $USDC pool:

- Price: $1

- Market Cap: $1B

- Liquidity: $100M

Price Manipulation

- Buying $50M worth of $STRK will double the price, not $1B.

- Market cap reaches $2B with just $50M infusions.

- Big players exploit these mechanisms for manipulation.

Memecoins

- Often listed on one or two decentralized exchanges with limited liquidity pools.

- Significant price manipulation creates FOMO among investors.

Takeaway

- You don’t need multi-billion dollar investments to change market cap or increase token prices.

- Limited liquidity and high demand drive prices up. Keep this in mind during research.

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🔑 Understand these principles to navigate the market smarter. 💰💪