With the current market situation, there had been a lot of questions about what’s happening with the market. There’s been a lot of panics not knowing what’s the relationship between BTC and BTC.D. Here’s a quick guide on how to understand BTC Dominance.

What is BTC dominance?

Bitcoin Dominance is a measure of how much of the total market cap of crypto is comprised of Bitcoin. … When BTC Dominance increases, alts, on the whole, lose value against BTC. When BTC Dominance decreases, alts on the whole, gain value against BTC.

In simple terms, when BTC Dominance is going down, we can assume that investors are converting their bitcoins for altcoins. When BTC.D is going up, investors are converting their altcoins for bitcoin.