Most people don't understand what the market cap is and it leads them to underestimate future gains in Crypto.

A lot of people still think that the market cap is a reflection of the amount of money invested into Cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately that is far from the truth. The market cap only means the price multiplied the current circulating supply.

In this case, the current BTC supply is 18,930,000 BTC and by multiplying that with a future value of $100,000 you will receive a market cap of $1.893 Trillion, even if the actual amount invested is way lower. If investors are willing to pay $100,000 for a single Bitcoin, exchanges will happily ramp up their price and that will be reflected on the market cap.

On the other hand, if investors are not willing to pay $100,000 for a single Bitcoin and buying pressure becomes lower than selling pressure, exchanges will lower their prices so they can continue to sell Bitcoins and make a profit. Remember, each time someone sells, exchanges have to resell it to someone else to remain in profit. This is why hodling en masse is far more stronger than you think because it encourages exchanges to keep the price as is.

TLDR: A lot of people think that they are no longer early because they think the the $2 Trillion market cap is an actual representation of the amount of money invested. Fortunately that isn't the case and Crypto still has trillions, if not tens of trillions of gains left.

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Edit Correction: Exchanges don’t buy coins and flip them, they market match orders. Your not selling to an exchange your selling to a buyer thanks to u/BlubberWall