What is Max Supply?
The short answer
The absolute maximum number of coins that will ever exist for a given cryptocurrency, if one is set.
Bitcoin has a hard max supply of 21 million. Not every cryptocurrency has one — Dogecoin, for example, has no upper limit at all.
Related terms
Full glossaryVolatility
How much and how quickly a price moves, in either direction.
Stablecoin
A crypto token designed to hold a steady value, usually pegged to a currency like the US dollar.
DEX (Decentralized Exchange)
A crypto exchange that runs on smart contracts rather than a company matching buyers and sellers.
Rug Pull
A scam where developers abandon a project and disappear with investors' funds, often suddenly.
Layer 2
A network built on top of a layer 1 blockchain to make transactions faster and cheaper.
Meme Coin
A cryptocurrency whose value is driven largely by community attention and internet culture rather than a specific technical…
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