The crypto market has truly matured since its early days a decade ago, evolving from a niche community into one with increasing adoption on both Wall Street and Main Street, marked by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and even sovereign adoption.

Yet, despite this growth and sophistication, most crypto market participants across the globe continue to cling to one metric – market capitalization. It remains the primary way people assess and rank cryptocurrencies by multiplying the total supply by the current price per coin, giving a snapshot of each asset’s value in the market.

Institutions, too, did the same for years, viewing the entire crypto market primarily through a bitcoin lens. However, they have since moved to more…