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A series to show how large the crypto currency is, compared to other well known things in the world, to help translate and show value and perspective!
*It is a TLDR / Short Form Series, covering ONLY that topic*
It is *specifically* designed this way to keep it short and simple.
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People can then search out extra info if they wish, or share this relevant info / company names with people to help show the growth, reality and legitimacy of $BTC/$XBT and cryptocurrency!
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I've never seen a regular series or resource running on Steemit to continually address this basic need so I decided to do it.
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### Recent Market Facts/Stats:
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With BTC (Core/Legacy chain only) crossing the $200B market cap just Dec. 5th, 2017 ago for the 1st time (aprx. 1:30 pm UTC time or 8:30 am EST) and with more countries relaxing rules for its use, it is a real thing.
This is real money in Crypto. Total Crypto Market Cap Approaching $1 Trillion!
2 weeks later (Dec. 19th, 2017, 2:50 pm EST) --- we literally crossed the $335B mark ... JUST for the one Bitcoin chain -- and we just crossed the total crypto market cap of HALF A TRILLION $$ around the same day.
The market contined to moon across all coins until around Dec. 21st when things started to correct. Total Market Cap had crossed the $830B range, it was amazing!
After many days of huge corrections market wide, the numbers were UP a few days in a row here but now are still dipping again the past few days or so.
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-- Total Crypto Market Cap after another " Huge Correctionings " week.... is UP / sideways (now) to about ~ .32 TRILLION. (3/14/2018)
-- meaning ~$324B.
-- It is fun to write that out in "Trillion" form, & remind everyone crypto is serious money now.
BTC crossed the $300B market cap / 1st time on Dec. 8th, approx. 12:15 am UST/ or ~7:15 pm EST
Corrections the next while pulled that total number back below that as we know.
CMC.com charts have been down for most of the last month / many days, sorry. They have kinda sucked for awhile now!
If they are down I tend to use CoinCap.io , OnChainFX... or another.
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1 Week BTC Chart:
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### BTC began the 2017 year at about $15.5B Market Cap and we have not included the forks of BTC in these numbers either!
### BTC begins the 2018 year at $255B Market Cap.
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~1 Year Bitcoin (Core/legacy chain) Chart: (BitcoinWisdom.com/Bitstamp - USD):
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-- With the $200 billion mark now long eclipsed, (except for the Correction periods) - it's overtaken giants like Oracle ($201 billion), and major drug maker, Pfizer Inc. ($213 billion).
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~1 Month Chart for BTC - Note - many days ago, we DID cross the $300B Market Cap, and note those big corrections (red dips)
-- Market Cap / BTC today: $138,904,492,104 USD
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### Bitcoin at $139B Market Cap Today...
# Bitcoin is Bigger Than:
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#### This Week's List!
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BP Oil - BP plc / Market Cap of $ 130.011B!
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#### Previous Weeks!
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-- PepsiCo, Inc. / Market Cap of $ 155.17B !
-- NetFlix, Inc / Market Cap of $ 114.805B!
-- Altria Group, Inc / Market Cap of $134.222B!
-- NVIDIA Corporation / Market Cap of $143.24B !
-- Merck and Co. - w. Market Cap of $169.052B
-- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc -- Market Cap of $11.539B
-- Intel Corporation with a $211.817B Market Cap!!
-- VISA Inc. with a $258.39 Market Cap!
-- Bank of America with a 307.3B Market Cap! (We corrected from $335B so last week this was right LOL)
-- General Electric (Market cap: $157 billion)
-- Walt Disney (Market cap: $154 billion)
-- McDonald's (Market cap: $134 billion)
-- IBM (Market cap: $140 billion)
-- Goldman Sachs (Market cap: $95 billion)
-- Target (Market cap: $31.8 billion)
-- American Airlines (Market cap: $27.7 billion)
-- Ford Motor Company (Market cap: $43.5 billion)
-- Deutsche Bank (Market cap: $37.7 billion)
###### [Stats Source / Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/most-active/)
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## Some of the Backstory/History:
### Bitcoin Pizza Day!
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Nearly 10 years ago a Florida man paid someone in Bitcoin to deliver him two Papa John's pizzas--which may go down as the worst financial transaction of all time.
Today, a slice of Pizza will cost you still a few dollars, as opposed to the price of Bitcoin which is now touching $12,000 $USD.
Back in 2010, Florida programmer Laszlo Hanyecz talked someone into accepting the 10,000 Bitcoins he'd "mined" on his computer in exchange for two pizzas. βIt wasn't like Bitcoins had any value back then, so the idea of trading them for a pizza was incredibly cool,β Mr. Hanyecz told the New York Times recently.Dec 23, 2013
Look up Bitcoin Pizza Day: A Yearly Celebration for the $20+ Million Pizza Order)
The biggest player in the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin, set another record when its total value topped $200 billion for the first time Dec. 5th/2017 as discussed earlier.
2 weeks later (Dec. 19th, 2017, 2:50 pm EST) --- we literally crossed the $335B mark ... JUST for the one Bitcoin chain -- and we just crossed the total crypto market cap of HALF A TRILLION $$ around the same day, as mentioned earlier in this post.
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## Past Episodes (in part)
### (Newest to Oldest):
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https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@barrydutton/bitcoin-is-bigger-than-by-the-numbers-or-13-or-bitcoin-corrections-down-to-usd171b-market-cap-after-corrections-or-btc-is-bigger
https://steemit.com/money/@barrydutton/bitcoin-is-bigger-than-by-the-numbers-or-11-or-bitcoin-corrections-back-to-usd180b-market-cap-after-corrections-or-btc-is-bigger
https://steemit.com/money/@barrydutton/bitcoin-is-bigger-than-by-the-numbers-or-10-or-bitcoin-corrections-back-to-usd160b-market-cap-after-corrections-or-btc-is-bigger
https://steemit.com/money/@barrydutton/bitcoin-is-bigger-than-by-the-numbers-or-9-or-bitcoin-corrections-back-to-usd130b-market-cap-after-corrections-or-btc-is-bigger
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### Trading Candle Cheat Sheet:
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[Further Reading/Source/Resources](https://www.investopedia.com)
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### Friend of the People -- Enemy of the State.
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Thanks for reading, have a nice day.
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https://steemit.com/science/@barrydutton/the-usa-is-producing-only-2-of-it-s-needed-uranium-with-about-100-nuclear-plants-running
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