Arithmetic on today's supply, not a forecast. It assumes nothing about whether Hyperliquid could attract that much money.
A coin's market capitalisation is its price multiplied by the number of coins in circulation. Hyperliquid has 253,241,007 HYPE in circulation at $78.5600 each, which is $19.89B. Holding that supply still and putting Chainlink's $8.49B in its place gives $33.5196 per HYPE.
Hyperliquid is already worth more than Chainlink. Moving to the smaller cap would take HYPE down to $33.5196, which is 0.427x 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 HYPE at that level, which is the part that actually decides a price.
$33.5196 per HYPE. That is Chainlink's current market capitalisation of $8.49B divided across the 253,241,007 HYPE in circulation.
0.427x. Hyperliquid trades at $78.5600 today and Chainlink's market cap is $8.49B against Hyperliquid's $19.89B.
No. It is one division: Chainlink's market capitalisation spread over the supply of HYPE that exists today. It assumes nothing about whether Hyperliquid 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 $8.49B of market cap spread over more coins gives a lower price per coin. This uses the 253,241,007 HYPE in circulation now.