Arithmetic on today's supply, not a forecast. It assumes nothing about whether Aave could attract that much money.
A coin's market capitalisation is its price multiplied by the number of coins in circulation. Aave has 15,417,448 AAVE in circulation at $127.3000 each, which is $1.96B. Holding that supply still and putting Aster's $1.88B in its place gives $121.8230 per AAVE.
Aave is already worth more than Aster. Moving to the smaller cap would take AAVE down to $121.8230, which is 0.957x of what it trades at now.
Supply is held still, and in practice it moves: coins are minted, burned and unlocked, and every one of those changes the price a given market capitalisation implies. The figure also says nothing about whether the money exists to buy AAVE at that level, which is the part that actually decides a price.
$121.8230 per AAVE. That is Aster's current market capitalisation of $1.88B divided across the 15,417,448 AAVE in circulation.
0.957x. Aave trades at $127.3000 today and Aster's market cap is $1.88B against Aave's $1.96B.
No. It is one division: Aster's market capitalisation spread over the supply of AAVE that exists today. It assumes nothing about whether Aave could attract that much money, and it holds the supply still when in practice supply changes.
It sets it. Market cap is price times circulating supply, so the same $1.88B of market cap spread over more coins gives a lower price per coin. This uses the 15,417,448 AAVE in circulation now.