What is Waves crypto and why is it shining?

3 min read | March 16, 2022 06:33 PM AEDT | By Jasmine Anand

Highlights

  • Waves crypto prices are currently surging, defying the market’s mood.
  • The Waves 2.0 upgrade and the announcement of US$150 million funds to boost its decentralised apps might have led to a rise in the crypto prices.
  • Also, being a Ukrainian-led crypto, Waves is benefitting from a strong pro-Ukrainian stance amid the ongoing war.

Despite the ongoing geopolitical turbulence, Waves cryptocurrency has managed to fly in the face of market mood, thereby delivering impressive returns to investors.

Currently, the crypto has zoomed 15.96% in the past 24 hours and is trading at US$30.24. Volumes of the token soared by 68.35%, as its 24-hour trading volume stands at US$1.36 billion.

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Before looking into reasons as to what has attributed to the surge in Waves crypto prices, let us know what the crypto is all about.

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About Waves

Launched in 2016, Waves is a global open-source platform supporting various use cases, including DApps and smart contracts.

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It is based on P-o-S consensus with its native token being WAVES. The crypto aims to improvise on early blockchain platforms and products and is fast, low-cost as well as eco-friendly than most of its peers.

As of now, there are nearly 108 million WAVES coins in circulation, while its maximum supply is not known.

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Few factors have contributed to its latest price surge. The first is the much-awaited Waves 2.0 upgrade, which aims to improve the crypto’s speed, accessibility as well as security by creating an improved and highly scalable version of Waves Consensus based on PPOSS, i.e., Practical Proof-of-Stake Sharding.

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The second is a funding announcement by Waves, wherein its aims to direct funds worth US$150 million to accelerate the development of decentralised application projects and protocols running on its blockchain. This might arouse interest in Waves’ network and promote the use of its in-house token.

Moreover, it must not be forgotten that Waves is a Ukrainian-led crypto, i.e., its founder is a Ukraine-born scientist and the crypto community, at present, is steered by pro-Ukraine sentiments amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

Bottom Line

Investment in cryptocurrencies is risky and is prone to extreme speculation; hence crypto investors must be cautious while dipping their feet in the vast pool of cryptos.

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