Terra (LUNA) price rallies 162% while Bitcoin and altcoin prices drop
Steady fundamentals and rising demand for UST and LUNA are just a few of the reasons why the altcoin has gained 162% in the past two weeks. Bitcoin (BTC) price appears to have faked out investors with its move to $42,000 last week and while the digital asset struggles to hold above $38,000, altcoins with strong fundamentals and real-world applications are gaining momentum. Terra (LUNA), a blockchain protocol that backs the fiat-pegged TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin, is one such project that has managed to buck Bitcoin’s downtrend and climb higher since the start of AugustLUNA/USDT 1-day chart.....
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Before the crash in the crypto market, Terra (LUNA) saw one of the strongest rallies of 2021. This platform’s native token traded under $1 early in the year and reached an all-time high of $22 before dropping to its current price at $5,88. The rally translates into a 2,691% profit in one year. Its ecosystem […]
Terra (LUNA) has secured an all-time high at $109 amidst its newest developments. Market sentiments also continue to remain positive in the past 24 hours, with Bitcoin trading close to $48k. LUNA happens to be one of Terra’s native tokens, Terra network helps create customised blockchains and decentralised applications on its network. Recently, Luna Foundation Group (LFG), a Singapore based non-profit organisation has purchased $3 Billion worth of Bitcoin which would act as an additional layer of security to Terra’s decentralised stablecoin, UST. Over the past week itself,....
The new Terra token dropped by over 70% within hours of hitting $30 after its release on Saturday, May 28, triggering yet another round of criticism from the crypto community. The old LUNA has been renamed Terra Classic (LUNC) on CoinMarketCap, and a new listing for the new Terra (LUNA) has been added. As part […]
Terra USD (UST) and its backing coin LUNA have been in a veritable nosedive in price and market cap since major sell-offs began in the ecosystem. The third-largest stablecoin by market cap Terra USD (UST) appears to be in a catastrophic tailspin which has seen it de-peg from the dollar and drop to as low as $0.67 on May 10.As its price has fallen, so has its market capitalization along with that of Terra (LUNA) which backs the majority of the value of UST. Adding further insult to injury, the market cap of UST has vastly surpassed that of LUNA, drawing extreme scrutiny from the crypto....
The new Terra blockchain Phoenix-1 has been operating since Saturday morning May 28, 2022, and on that day, millions of new LUNA tokens were dispersed to luna classic (LUNC) and terrausd classic (USTC) holders. However, on Tuesday the Terra development team revealed that some Terra token owners “received less LUNA from the airdrop than expected,” and developers are “actively working on a solution.”
Terra LUNA Airdrop Suffers From Miscalculation Error — Devs Plan to Offer a Solution
On Monday, May 30, 2022, Bitcoin.com News reported on the new....