Bitcoin's current market cap is more than double of India's most valued company
Bitcoin is notching new heights every couple of days. In a week’s time, the exchange rate for the cryptocurrency has grown over 20 percent. On November 28 the value of one bitcoin was USD 9,791 and on December 3, it reached its all-time high of USD 11,828, according to Coindesk Bitcoin Price Index.
As the exchange price has surged, the valuation of all the circulating bitcoins, or as it is called, the market cap of bitcoin reached USD 198 billion (Rs 12.75 lakh crore) on December 3—highest ever.
That means the market cap of the bitcoin is more than that of any Indian company listed on any of the stock exchanges in the country. In fact, it is more than the market cap of top two companies — Reliance Industries and TCS — combined, which is, Rs 10.83 lakh crore.
The market cap of Ethereum — the second most valued cryptocurrency is smaller than just four Indian companies — Reliance Industries, TCS, HDFC Bank and ITC. On December 5, the market cap of Ether was USD 45 billion (Rs 2.89 lakh crore)
The market cap of top five Indian companies (as of December 5) is:- Reliance (Rs 5.7 lakh crore), TCS (Rs 5.06 lakh crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 4.68 lakh crore), ITC (Rs 3.09 lakh crore) and HUL (Rs 2.72 lakh crore).
Globally, the market cap of bitcoin is smaller than just 30 public companies, according to Forbes World’s Biggest Public Companies list. The companies whose valuation stands lower than bitcoin include behemoth MNCs like Coca-Cola (USD 182 billion), Walt Disney (USD 178 billion), Toyota (USD 171 billion), Intel (USD 170 billion), PepsiCo (USD 159 billion), BP (USD 114 billion), etc.If we take into account the total market cap of all the cryptocurrencies, which stands at USD 350 billion, it would be lower than just six public companies: Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and
There are only 47 countries in the world which have higher nominal GDP (Gross Domestic Product, i.e., the value of goods and services produced in a year in a territory) than the market cap of bitcoin.
Nations like Greece, New Zealand, Czech Republic and Hungary have lower GDP than bitcoin’s market cap according to World Bank’s data
bitcoin should be worth a lot more if its going to take over as a new currency it has the world backing it not just one country.