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Market capitalization is not the same as volume.

For example, bitstamp traded 16 million dollars in the last 24hs. The sale would mean as much as an entire daily trade! http://markets.blockchain.info/

To put it in perspective, Apple stock trades 71 million avg daily volume. At 90 dollars, its 6 billion dollars a day.

If someone were to sell 6 billion dollars of apple stock in one day, remain assured that the price would tank quickly as well, regardless of apple sales or cashflow or any of its "intrinsic" value. http://www.dailyfinance.com/quote/nasdaq/apple/aapl




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