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Altcoin

Any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin. Includes Ethereum, Solana and thousands of smaller tokens.

Category: Basics

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A decentralized digital asset with a hard supply cap of 21 million, often called digital gold.

Bitcoin's share of the total crypto market cap. Falling dominance often signals capital rotating into altcoins.

A token born from an internet joke or community (DOGE, PEPE). Its value is driven mainly by hype and speculation, not technology.