Kraken Clients Stake $725M of FLOW Tokens, Buying Into NFT Frenzy
The surge in staking activity – similar to depositing money in an interest-bearing account – reflects the broader NFT frenzy.
Mar 12, 2021 at 5:01 p.m. UTCUpdated Aug 19, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
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The surge in staking activity – similar to depositing money in an interest-bearing account – reflects the broader NFT frenzy, fueling soaring prices for other tokens such as Enjin and Rarible, which raised $1.7 million in seed funds from Coinbase Ventures in February.
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- FLOW tokens are used as a form of payment for applications built atop the Dapper Labs-backed Flow blockchain, including the NBA Top Shot digital collectibles platform.
- Month-to-month NFT sales continue to surge, with February volumes alone hitting a record of $342 million, according to Kraken's press release.
- “FLOW has become a key avenue for investors to gain exposure to the white-hot NFT space,” said Jeremy Welch, VP of Product at Kraken.
- Nearly $50 million worth of FLOW was traded on Kraken on a single day this week, according to the company’s press release.
- Prices for FLOW tokens have quadrupled this year, for a market capitalization of nearly $1 billion.
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