Bitcoin vs Other Assets

This tool compares market cap, which is price multiplied by the supply of an asset. Bitcoin has a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins, so a bigger market cap can only come from a higher price per coin. Dividing a target market cap by the Bitcoin supply in circulation gives the implied price.

Bitcoin and Ethereum values update live from CoinGecko. Stock and metal prices refresh about every minute, and company and metal market caps use approximate share and ounce counts. Use the results to understand scale, then explore a specific coin with the coin price target calculator or compare two coins with the crypto market comparison tool.

A price on its own says very little about how big an asset is. One Bitcoin costs far more than one share of most companies, but that does not make Bitcoin larger. Market cap fixes this by multiplying the price by the total supply, which puts coins, shares and metals on the same scale.

This tool takes the live market cap of any asset in the list and divides it by the number of Bitcoin in circulation. The answer is the Bitcoin price that would be needed for Bitcoin to be the same size. The multiple shows how many times today's Bitcoin market cap that is.

Gold is the largest store of value people compare Bitcoin with. Both are scarce, both are held outside the banking system by some investors, and Bitcoin is often called digital gold because its supply is capped at 21 million coins. The comparison above shows how large gold is in dollar terms and what Bitcoin would be worth per coin at that size.

Silver is the next step down. It is a smaller market than gold, so it makes a useful middle point between Bitcoin and the largest precious metal. You can compare it with the crypto market comparison tool if you want to see the same idea between two coins.

The biggest listed companies, such as Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon, are valued in the trillions of dollars. Putting Bitcoin next to them shows how a decentralised network ranks against companies that employ hundreds of thousands of people.

Company market caps move with the stock market, which is only open on weekdays, while Bitcoin trades all day every day. Bitcoin and Ethereum update live here, and stock prices refresh about every minute when markets are open.

• Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft are the usual benchmarks for the largest companies.
• Tesla and Meta show how Bitcoin compares with large but smaller listed companies.
• Berkshire Hathaway and Walmart are useful mid-sized reference points.
• Ethereum is included so you can see Bitcoin next to the second largest crypto asset.

Bitcoin and Ethereum use the circulating supply reported by CoinGecko multiplied by the live price. Companies use the approximate number of shares outstanding multiplied by the latest share price. Gold and silver use the approximate amount mined above ground multiplied by the live metal price.

Share counts and ounce estimates change slowly, so they are stored as fixed estimates while the prices update live. That keeps the ranking accurate for scale comparisons, but it will not match a financial data terminal to the last decimal.

The result tells you the maths of a scenario, not the likelihood of it. Reaching the size of gold or a major company would require a very large amount of new money to flow into Bitcoin, and no calculator can say whether or when that happens.

Treat the numbers as a way to understand scale and compare narratives. This page is for education only and is not financial advice. Do your own research before making any investment decision.

Use the coin price target calculator to see the market cap a single coin would need to reach a price of your choice. The crypto market cap calculator turns a price into a market cap, and the Bitcoin DCA calculator shows what regular buying would have produced over time.