Algorand's Move Into DeFi Gives ALGO Price a Boost
Markets have responded well to Algorand's plans to get in on the DeFi action. The native ALGO token has experienced a jump in price.
Aug 20, 2020 at 10:12 a.m. UTCUpdated Aug 19, 2021 at 3:48 a.m. UTC
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ALGO tokens are up as markets respond positively to Algorand's newly announced plan to become an alternative venue for the white-hot decentralized finance (DeFi) space.
- CoinGecko data shows the price of ALGO tokens has increased from $0.53 to nearly $0.65, a jump of approximately 20% in the past 24 hours.
- That translates into an $80 million increase in ALGO's market cap to $515 million.
- ALGO peaked at over $0.70 last Friday, the highest it's been in over a year. The token has a way to go before it approaches its all-time high of $3.56, reached in June 2019.
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- This comes after Algorand's founder, Silvio Micali, unveiled a new set of smart contract capabilities that lowered transaction fees and ultimately make Algorand a faster and more efficient venue for DeFi-related activities – such as yield farming.
- The digital asset industry has become completely enthralled by the sudden rise in the DeFi space over the past year – some projects have been able to attract hundreds of millions of dollars in investment in as little as 12 hours.
- The total value locked in DeFi applications went past the $6 billion milestone at the week beginning, according to DeFi Pulse.
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