But not everybody holding bitcoin paid the current price so the money lost would be a lot less.
I am grossly oversimplifying things and ignoring increases in price.
Take the above example. The shitcoin price goes to 1 million. The market cap is now 2,000,000.
The price then drops to zero.
I'm still up 100,000, they are down 100,000.
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But not everybody holding bitcoin paid the current price so the money lost would be a lot less.