Terra's LUNA2 skyrockets 70% in nine days despite persistent sell-off risks
LUNA2 may have bottomed in June, but just who is buying this controversial token? The price of Terra (LUNA2) has recovered sharply nine days after falling to its historic lows of $1.62. On June 27, LUNA2's rate reached $2.77 per token, thus chalking up a 70% recovery when measured from the said low. Still, the token traded 77.35% lower than its record high of $12.24, set on May 30.LUNA2's recovery mirrored similar retracement moves elsewhere in the crypto industry with top crypto assets Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) rising by approximately 25% and 45% in the same period.LUNA2/USD four-hour....
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Downside pressure for Terraform Labs' LUNA2 mounts amid investigations and rumors from a "Terra insider." Terra (LUNA2) reversed a portion of the losses this June 9 as its price per token rose by as much as 67.5% on the day, catching many traders off-guard with their perpetual swap positions.LUNA2 traders are shorting itIn detail, LUNA2's price soared from $2 to as high as $3.58. The volatile intraday move coincided with the liquidation of nearly $4 million worth of LUNA2 trades on Binance and Bybit, including $2.46 million worth of short positions, data from Coinglass shows.Total LUNA2....
The company behind TerraUSD and Luna, which sparked a crypto market collapse last month, launched a new coin. However, it is now developing actively. For example, nine days after falling to an all-time low of $1.62, the price of Terra’s freshly minted new token (LUNA2) increased significantly. Regarding recovery from the previous low, LUNA2’s pricing on June 27 reached $2.77, or a 70% increase. Nevertheless, the token is trading almost 77% below its May 30 historical high of $12.24. Related Reading | Doom To Fail: Tether Shorts Pile In As Hedge Funds Seek To Profit From....
The incredible LUNA rally took place amid a flurry of positive and negative events while technicals suggest a correction is coming. Terra has become a controversial blockchain project after the collapse of its native token LUNA and stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) in May. But its recent gains are hard to ignore for cryptocurrency traders. LUNA rising from the dead?After crashing to nearly zero in May, LUNA is now trading for around $6, a whopping 17,559,000% price rally in less than four months when measured from its lowest level. Meanwhile, LUNA's performance in September is particularly....
A couple of days after its launch, the new LUNA or LUNA2 token from the Terra network continues to experience high volatility levels. The cryptocurrency was deployed as a result of the collapse of the old LUNA or LUNA Classic which lost almost 99% of its value in a little over a week. Related Reading | Ethereum’s Optimism Airdropped Governance Token, Here Is How It Went This resulted in billions of dollars in losses for retail investors as the Anchor Protocol, the platform which promised stablecoin UST stakers a 20% annual percentage return (APR), and the whole Terra ecosystem enjoyed....
Upon a persistent request from the Terra community, Kwon went against his initial plan and publicly shared a burn address for LUNA on May 21. The recent Terra revival plan announced by Do Kwon, the co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, received mixed reactions as many questioned the effectiveness of a hard fork in reviving the fallen prices of LUNA and UST tokens. Instead, the part of the community recommended burning LUNA tokens as the most plausible way to achieve a comeback.Kwon’s proposal to preserve the Terra ecosystem involves hard forking the existing Terra blockchain without the....