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Sequoia-Backed Band Protocol Token Starts Trading on Coinbase

BAND surged to 24-hour trading highs shortly after news of the listing broke.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:43 a.m. Published Aug 13, 2020, 6:37 p.m.
The Band Protocol team in 2019.
The Band Protocol team in 2019.

Band Protocol (BAND) started trading on Coinbase on Thursday less than two weeks after first appearing on the exchange's exploratory list.

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  • BAND is the native token of the Band Protocol oracle platform, a Sequoia Capital- and Binance-financed project building links between real-world data and smart contracts.
  • The token hit new 24-hour highs and was trading around $15.17 less than an hour after news of the listing broke, according to CoinGecko.
  • BAND has surged around 180% since Coinbase announced on Aug. 5 that it would list the token on Coinbase Pro.
  • Trading is available across the U.S. with the exception of New York State, according to Coinbase.

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Pudgy Penguins is building a multi-vertical consumer IP platform — combining phygital products, games, NFTs and PENGU to monetize culture at scale.

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Pudgy Penguins is emerging as one of the strongest NFT-native brands of this cycle, shifting from speculative “digital luxury goods” into a multi-vertical consumer IP platform. Its strategy is to acquire users through mainstream channels first; toys, retail partnerships and viral media, then onboard them into Web3 through games, NFTs and the PENGU token.

The ecosystem now spans phygital products (> $13M retail sales and >1M units sold), games and experiences (Pudgy Party surpassed 500k downloads in two weeks), and a widely distributed token (airdropped to 6M+ wallets). While the market is currently pricing Pudgy at a premium relative to traditional IP peers, sustained success depends on execution across retail expansion, gaming adoption and deeper token utility.

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China’s exports remain resilient under U.S. tariffs as the yuan stays tightly managed, sending ripples all the way to the crypto market.

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  • China has responded to U.S. tariffs by diversifying exports away from the United States and tightly managing the yuan, keeping its export engine resilient and its global market share rising.
  • JPMorgan says Beijing’s low-volatility FX framework prioritizes a stable, range-bound yuan to preserve competitiveness and counter deflation, while effectively tying the currency’s moves to the dollar.
  • This managed FX regime influences bitcoin indirectly through global dollar liquidity and tariff-driven macro cycles.