(LUNC/USD) – Back from the dead? Terra Classic (LUNC) Rallies 460% in…

(LUNC/USD) – Back from the dead? Terra Classic (LUNC) Rallies 460% in…

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Terra classic LUNC/USDthe blockchain’s native token, which crashed and burned earlier this year, has been buzzing for the past few weeks.

What happened: LUNC is up 460% from $0.000091 on Aug. 8 to $0.000548 on Sept. 8, according to data from Gasoline Pro. The token is up 14% over the past 24 hours and has gained 13% Bitcoin BTC/USD and 15% above ether ETH/USD.

LUNC also had a massive daily trading volume of $3.8 billion, surpassed only by the market leaders BTC and ETH.

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The coin’s price action has been largely attributed to a new one community proposal introduce a burn mechanism for LUNC that would take coins out of circulation. The recently approved proposal would burn 1.2% of the LUNC supply and re-enable the staking mechanism.

While optimism surrounding the new proposal likely led to some positive price action, open interest data shows a number of traders are betting the massive rally will soon be over.

Funding rates for the LUNC/USDT trading pair hit -0.50 on Thursday, meaning short traders are paying long traders to keep their positions open.

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