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Since Alpaca now executes your crypto orders in its own exchange, the v1beta3 crypto market data endpoints no longer distribute data from other providers, but from Alpaca itself. Manage your crypto portfolio The market capitalization of a cryptocurrency is equal to the price of one coin multiplied by the number of coins in circulation. As changes in circulating supply are usually fairly gradual for most cryptocurrencies, the movement of a coin’s market cap tends to be very closely correlated with the movement of its price. The market cap is used to rank cryptocurrencies and determine their market dominance. Bitcoin is at the top of the rankings as it has the largest market cap of all cryptocurrencies and therefore the strongest market dominance.
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All data for the values is being sourced from BuyUcoin, a trusted and popular platform to trade cryptocurrency. This is because crypto prices can vary slightly across providers, so using a single source for this information is very important. Crypto Price API Overview Bitcoin block rewards decrease over time. Every 210,000 blocks, or about once every four years, the number of bitcoin received from each block reward is halved to gradually reduce the number of bitcoin entering the space over time. As of 2021, miners receive 6.25 bitcoins each time they mine a new block. The next bitcoin halving is expected to occur in 2024 and will see bitcoin block rewards drop to 3.125 bitcoins per block. As the supply of new bitcoin entering the market gets smaller, it will make buying bitcoin more competitive – assuming demand for bitcoin remains high.