FDV vs market cap: Is a crypto token actually cheap?
The post FDV vs market cap: Is a crypto token actually cheap? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A token can look cheap by market cap and be catastrophically expensive by fully diluted valuation, and the gap between the two numbers is where most crypto losses quietly begin. This guide explains market cap and FDV, why the difference matters more than either number alone, how token unlocks turn FDV into future selling pressure, the low-float high-FDV trap that defined a market cycle, and how to read both numbers before you buy. Two traders look at the same token. The first checks its market capitalization, sees a modest number, and concludes the token is cheap with room to grow. The second checks its fully diluted valuation, sees a figure ten times larger, and concludes the token is a time bomb of future selling. They are looking at the same asset, and they are both reading real numbers. The gap between what they see is one of the most important and least understood concepts in crypto