{"id":476166,"date":"2021-11-11T19:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=476166"},"modified":"2021-11-11T19:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T19:00:32","slug":"terra-begins-luna-burning-why-it-could-target-140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/terra-begins-luna-burning-why-it-could-target-140\/","title":{"rendered":"Terra Begins LUNA Burning, Why It Could Target $140"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terra (LUNA) has surged during the past week after a period of consolidation as the network has begun burning the supply of its native token. As of press time, LUNA trades at $51,16 with a 5% loss in the daily chart.<\/p>\n

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LUNA with signs of recovery in the 4-hour chart. Source: LUNAUSDT Tradingview<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Related Reading | Why The Terra Ecosystem Delayed A Major Mainnet Upgrade For Late September<\/a>
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Yesterday, before Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies dropped from new-all times highs, LUNA started a breakout to the upside and seem ready to breakthrough the resistance at $54.<\/p>\n

However, the rally was spoiled by the flash crash and LUNA was rejected near the mid area around its current levels.<\/p>\n

The rally seems drive by the implementation of 3 major upgrades on the Terra mainnet. As NewsBTC reported 3 weeks ago, the network was ready to introduce the Colombus-5 and Wormhole v2 with the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol upgrade.<\/p>\n

The first of these 3 improvements COL-5 was set to implement a deflationary mechanism for LUNA. In addition, the upgrade was designed to increase Terra\u2019s interoperable capabilities.<\/p>\n

In the past year, tokens with a burning supply system have seen great appreciation. For example, Binance Coin (BNB) rose from the low $50 and reached an all-time high above $600.<\/p>\n

Ethereum and its recently integrated EIP-1559 is another example. The network changed its fee model to burn a portion of ETH with each transaction.<\/p>\n

LUNA could follow a similar path with $80 as a potential reasonable target for LUNA in the short term but could record further gains above $100 and join Solana (SOL) as one of the top performers in 2021.<\/p>\n

Investor Daniel Cheung has been very bullish on Terra (LUNA) and its ecosystem due to its potential to disrupt the stablecoin sector. Upon launch of the burning mechanism, Cheung said:<\/p>\n

Thesis for $LUNA is playing out; $140 price target in the short term still holds. Long term, Terra is one of the few protocols with the potential to be in the trillion-dollar market cap range given TAM for stable coins is infinite.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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— Do Kwon \ud83c\udf15 (@stablekwon) November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n