Terra Classic (LUNC) has outperformed all top-ranking cryptocurrencies so far in September gaining nearly 100% in the past seven days alone.
Terra Classic outperforms crypto market
The token surged more than 250% month-to-date to reach $0.000594 on Sept. 8, its best level on record. Whereas Bitcoin (BTC) dropped 4% and Ether (ETH) gained only 3.5% in the same period.
The profits in the Terra Classic market appeared despite its association with the defunct Terra (LUNA) token, a $40 billion project that Mee zesummegefall. Terra Classic is a rebranded version of the same Terra project and thus has been the subject of skepticism from analysts and investors since its debut.
But, traders have ignored such warnings in recent weeks, with a flurry of fundamental catalysts influencing them to purchase LUNC.
Staking service
A new staking service went live on the Terra Classic chain on Aug. 27, serving as the first major cue behind the ongoing LUNC price rally.
Versuergung an staking vun LUNC
Fourniture
zesumme: 6,903,660,538,201GESCHAFFT
gebonnen: 533,102,702,962
unbonded: 77,003,374,763STAKING RATIO
8.837% (gebonnen: 7.722%)— LUNC Staking (@LuncStaking_Bot) September 8, 2022
Data from StakingRewards show that Bindung Terra Classic is returning users with an annualized yield of 37.8%, among the highest payout in the crypto industry.
The higher returns could have played a key role in boosting LUNC demand, prompting the token’s price to rise by more than 450% since the staking service launch, as shown in the chart below.
LUNC Token verbrennt
In addition to staking, Terra Classic developers have also introduced a token-burning mechanism to boost LUNC’s scarcity.
Terra Classic’s community member Edward Kim proposed to impose a 1.2% transaction tax on LUNC on-chain transactions at the beginning of September. The proceedings made from this tax would eventually end up in a dead address, thereby permanently removing a portion of LUNC’s supply from circulation.
Terra Luna Classic (#LUNC) Skyrocket> 37,000% zanter sengem Enn nom Terra Zesummebroch
Dëst kënnt no enger Propositioun fir eng 1.2% Tokenverbrennungssteier op all Transaktiounen ëmzesetzen, déi et erméiglecht $LUNC eng deflationary cryptocurrency ze ginn.#LUNC ✨ #HaileyLUNC ✨ $LUNC ✨ pic.twitter.com/oIxI7tqVkW
— Hailey LUNC ✳️ (@TheMoonHailey) September 7, 2022
Interestingly, there’s already a LUNC burning mechanism in place that has permanently removed over 3.6 billion tokens out of circulation, no to LUNC Burner.
Massive crash risk ahead
Nonetheless, certain technical indicators show that LUNC’s price rally is at risk of correcting in the near term. These include its daily relative strength index (RSI), which crossed 90 on Sept. 8, an extremely overbought level that’s typically followed by a price correction.
Also, the recent LUNC gains are accompanied by lower volumes, suggesting traders are unconvinced about the price rally’s longevity.
First potential sign of blow-off top on $LUNC pic.twitter.com/Fn11FHevnZ
— Livercoin (@Livercoin) September 8, 2022
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/here-s-why-terra-classic-price-has-soared-by-250-in-september