Rival Cryptocurrency Ethereum Rises 12,000% And Challenges ETH Throne

Rival Ethereum (ETH) is making a big leap in the cryptocurrency market after huge profits this year. Crypto assets overcame barriers and made it to the select list of the ten largest crypto assets by market value.

Terra (LUNA), which is a smart contract network focused on stablecoins used for payments in e-commerce and decentralized financial services (DeFi), caught the spotlight last year and challenged the throne of ETH.

LUNA is gaining momentum this year. The cryptocurrency opened in 2021 at $ 0.65 and hit an all-time high of $ 78.37 on December 4. Thus, it grew by more than 11.956%.

With this indicator, Ethereum’s competitor toppled the Dogecoin (DOGE) memcoin and is now the tenth largest crypto asset. Its market value is US $ 25.70 billion.

The appreciation of the currency follows a parabolic rise in the total locked-in value (TVL).

According to DeFiLlama, TVL Terra has grown from $ 53.15 million to $ 13.32 billion. This is an impressive growth of almost 25,000% in less than 12 months.

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When it comes to TVL, Terra is the third largest blockchain. It lags behind Ethereum with $ 169.47 billion and Binance Smart Chain with $ 16.88 billion.

To explain this meteorite rise, the analyst cryptocurrencies aka Guy said the demand for stablecoins on the Earth platform is the main catalyst for the cryptocurrency boom.

“These speakers sent LUNA to the moon. And while I noticed a slight adjustment over the weekend, if LUNA grows to $ 75 over the next few days, $ 90 is coming soon, ”he said.

Finally, the analyst noted that with the growing interest in cryptoassets, the demand for stablecoins should increase. As a result, in the coming year, this may contribute to the further development of LUNA.

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