Why Ampleforth Governance Token’s (FORTH) trading volume surged 2000%?

Highlights 

• Ampleforth is a protocol on the Ethereum blockchain to create a safe and resilient financial ecosystem.
• The protocol has two tokens, AMPL and FORTH. 
• Ampleforth launched the FORTH token in April 2021.

The Ampleforth Governance Token (FORTH) rose 59.59% to US$6.82 at 7:31 am ET on Monday, with a trading volume of US$138.38 million, an increase of 2072.98% in the last 24 hours. However, the broader crypto market was down 5.31% to US$1.50 trillion in the past 24 hours.

Let’s understand what AMPL and FORTH tokens are and how they work.

What is Ampleforth?

Ampleforth is a protocol or a set of instructions on the Ethereum blockchain that help provide a safe and resilient financial ecosystem. The protocol has two tokens, AMPL and FORTH. 

Ampleforth supports the new digital economy by providing AMPL, Ampleforth’s unit of account protocol, and FORTH is its unit of DAO governance protocol.
It also plans to launch an upcoming inflation resistant stablecoin protocol called SPOT.

Ampleforth protocol targets the CPI-adjusted 2019 US Dollar and automatically increases or decreases the number of tokens in users’ wallets based on the token’s demand and price.

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AMPL is an ERC-20 token and is the primary building block of the Ampleforth Elastic Finance Ecosystem, a decentralized financial infrastructure to drive innovation in money. AMPL is used for lending and borrowing, creating derivatives, and as collateral for a decentralized stablecoin.

FORTH is Ampleforth ecosystem's governance token used by holders for voting. This ERC-20 token governs protocol parameter changes, directs liquidity emissions, and DAO's treasury assets to boost innovation in elastic finance and DeFi space. 

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What are Forth DAO and FORTH token?

Launched in April 2022, Forth DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization to govern Ampleforth protocol and boost the growth and adoption of AMPL. The DAO does so through various initiatives such as protocol owned liquidity, ecosystem development, and marketing, among many others. 

The DAO, through the FORTH token holders, governs the Ampleforth protocol. 

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According to the whitepaper, the FORTH token has protocol-enforced inflation of 2% per annum to the maximum. The DAO controls the new FORTH token emission or release. Every year, the FORTH token holders may vote to skip or mint up to the full amount. The proceeds from FORTH minting are used as the DAO decides.

Members of the DAO may vote with their FORTH tokens directly or delegate their vote to another address who may vote on their behalf. According to its website, the next minting for the FORTH token will take place after April 21, 2023. 

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Data Source: coinmarketcap.com

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FORTH token:

Ampleforth launched the FORTH token in April 2021. 

The token has a market capitalization of US$104.52 million. Its fully diluted market capitalization is US$102.49 million. It has a circulating supply of 15.3 million and a total supply of 15,297,897. 

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Bottom line:

FORTH token is available for purchase on crypto exchanges such as Binance, KuCoin, OKX, MEXC etc. 

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