Dominance

By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020

In the cryptocurrency world, dominance commonly refers to the measure of how dominant a particular cryptocurrency is relative to the others for a given parameter. One example is the Bitcoin market capitalization dominance, which measures Bitcoins market capitalization % relative to other measured cryptocurrencies. Dominance can also be applied on trading volume, or any other measurable metrics.

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