Total LUNC Burned Crosses 24 Billion, But Is It Enough?
October 25 2022 - 01:00PM
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LUNA Classic (LUNC) is still receiving a lot of support from
investors and firms in the space despite having lost a significant
portion of its value after the Terra network crash. LUNC’s supply
ballooned during this time, reaching trillions of tokens in
circulation. This increased supply continues to hinder the increase
in price for the digital asset, prompting various burn initiatives
to help reduce its supply. More Than 24 Billion LUNC Burned Since
the LUNC burn was implemented a couple of months ago, it has ramped
up to include burns from Binance, the largest crypto exchange in
the world. The 1.2% burn tax on all LUNC transactions has also
helped the burned figure, making it one of the most reliable
avenues for burning LUNC. Related Reading: $185 Million Worth Of
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Binance’s burn is now about one month in the making and the
exchange has already burned billions of LUNC. The latest Binance
burn saw 1.3 billion tokens being taken out of circulation.
However, one thing was apparent and that is the fact that the
amount of LUNC being burned by the exchange has consistently
declined over the last 4 weeks. This is understandable given
that the burned tokens are those realized from trading fees and
LUNC trading volume has been on the decline. Nevertheless, there is
already more than 24 billion LUNC burned so far. This translates to
over $5.5 million worth of tokens burned at today’s price.
LUNC price at $0.00023 | Source: LUNCUSD on TradingView.com Burn
Rate Too Slow Even though there have been millions of dollars worth
of tokens burned, it is still so insignificant compared to the
supply of the digital asset. The Binance burns were expected to
bring about large burns but Monday’s burn saw only about $300,000
worth of tokens burned. There is also the fact that the burn tax
for LUNC on-chain transactions is being reduced from 1.2% to 0.2%
and exchanges such as Binance have already begun to implement this
burn. However, off-chain transactions are still subject to the burn
tax. What this means is that there is going to be an even lower
burn rate going forward given the lower burn tax. It impacts the
digital asset’s price because there are not enough tokens being
taken out of circulation. Related Reading: ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood
Puts Bitcoin At $1 Million In 8 Years, Here’s Why Additionally, the
daily volume across exchanges is on the decline. Data from
Coinmarketcap shows it is down almost 50% in the last 24 hours. If
the trading volume is low, then there are lower trading fees to be
burned, coming full circle of the burn rate being too slow. LUNC is
currently trading at $0.00023 at the time of this writing. It is
the 35th largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $1.5 billion.
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