LUNA, the native staking token that underpins the Terra blockchain, has managed to log a new all-time high of $64.87 earlier today.
The cryptocurrency is up 14% over the past 24 hours, as per data provided by CoinMarketCap.
Because of the most recent price spike, LUNA’s market cap has topped $25 billion.
The Mike Novogratz-supported cryptocurrency is now worth more than Shiba Inu (SHIB). The two tokens are in the 12th and 13th place, respectively, on CoinMarketCap.
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The LUNA price is benefiting from the growth of the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin.
Validators stake Luna in order to be able to verify transactions. The token is also used for voting on various governance decisions.
According to data provided by DeFi Llama, Terra has a 4.69% share of the smart contract market with $12.84 billion in total value locked.
In late September, Terra rolled out its much-anticipated Columbus-5 that ensures interoperability with other blockchains.
Dan Burgin
Vladislav Sopov
U.Today Editorial Team