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Floki Price Surges 100% as Burn Proposal Passes
As reported last week, the burn removes 2% of the tokens from the circulating supply.
Updated Mar 8, 2024, 10:31 p.m. Published Mar 2, 2024, 1:18 p.m. 1 min read
The price of dog-themed token surged by more than 100% in the past 24 hours as a proposal to burn 2% of the token’s supply was passed by the community, proposal data shows.
Nearly 90% of votes favored the burn, with the top voter staking 117 billion tokens. The event is expected to occur after a seven-day period.
IT'S OFFICIAL: FLOKI DAO PASSES VOTE TO BURN 190,918,585,431.84 FLOKI TOKENS
— FLOKI (@RealFlokiInu) March 2, 2024
The #Floki DAO has voted in favor of burning 190,918,585,431.84 $FLOKI tokens. At the current market value, this is worth over $24 MILLION.
In line with the decision of the Floki DAO, the tokens will… pic.twitter.com/uGu0XFU5p9
Burns refers to permanently removing tokens from circulating supply by sending them to a crypto wallet that no one controls. Floki previously conducted a burn event in January 2023.
Last week, developers proposed removing 190 billion tokens, worth $11 million at the time, increasing network security and boosting bullish sentiment for the tokens. The burn plans were first reported on CoinDesk and prices have been up 140% since.
The tokens for the proposed burn will originate from the supply stored on the Multichain bridge. Multichain was a platform that let users transfer tokens between various networks – but imploded in July 2023 after an exploit saw over $130 million in funds stolen from the platform.
A euphoria around meme coin investing likely contributed to the massive FLOKI surge, with prices of prominent tokens , shiba inu (SHIB) and up more than 50% in the past week.
The meme coin category tracked on CoinGecko is up 40% in the past 24 hours, while CD20, a broad-based liquid index, is up 4%.
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