Arithmetic on today's supply, not a forecast. It assumes nothing about whether Solana could attract that much money.
A coin's market capitalisation is its price multiplied by the number of coins in circulation. Solana has 586,106,258 SOL in circulation at $101.8300 each, which is $59.68B. Holding that supply still and putting Chainlink's $8.6B in its place gives $14.6698 per SOL.
Solana is already worth more than Chainlink. Moving to the smaller cap would take SOL down to $14.6698, which is 0.144x 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 SOL at that level, which is the part that actually decides a price.
$14.6698 per SOL. That is Chainlink's current market capitalisation of $8.6B divided across the 586,106,258 SOL in circulation.
0.144x. Solana trades at $101.8300 today and Chainlink's market cap is $8.6B against Solana's $59.68B.
No. It is one division: Chainlink's market capitalisation spread over the supply of SOL that exists today. It assumes nothing about whether Solana 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 $8.6B of market cap spread over more coins gives a lower price per coin. This uses the 586,106,258 SOL in circulation now.