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Algorand’s Move Into DeFi Gives ALGO Price a Boost

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Aug 20, 2020 at 10:12 UTCUpdated Aug 20, 2020 at 12:14 UTC

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Algorand founder Silvio Micali image via CoinDesk archives

ALGO tokens are up as markets respond positively to Algorand’s newly-announced plan to become an alternative venue for the white-hot decentralized finance (DeFi) space.

  • CoinGecko data shows the price of ALGO tokens has increased from $0.53 to nearly $0.65 – a jump of approximately 20% in the past 24 hours.
  • That translates into an $80 million increase in ALGO’s market cap to $515 million.
  • ALGO peaked at over $0.70 last Friday – the highest it’s been in over a year. The token has a way to go before it approaches its all-time high of $3.56, reached in June 2019.

chart-3-7ALGO tokens over the past weekSource: CoinGecko

  • This comes after Algorand’s founder, Silvio Micali, unveiled a new set of smart contract capabilities that lowered transaction fees and ultimately make Algorand a faster and more efficient venue for DeFi-related activities – such as yield farming.
  • The digital asset industry has become completely enthralled by the sudden rise in the DeFi space over the past year – some projects have been able to attract hundreds of millions of dollars in investment in as little as 12 hours.
  • The total value locked in DeFi applications went past the $6 billion milestone at the week beginning, according to DeFi Pulse.

See also: Algorand and Blockstack Are Building a Multi-Chain Smart Contract Language

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