FILDOWN, a short-selling leveraged token in Binance FIL, plummeted by 53%, with a turnover of US$3.4 billion, indicating a large number of short FIL liquidation in Binance.
Increase in institutional demand for Filecoin
Additionally, Wu recorded an increase in transactions for the FIL/USD pair on Coinbase’s Pro trading service. After FIL’s price surpassed the $180 barrier, “transactions with high credibility were recorded on Coinbase,” according to the journalist. Wu :Distributed storage has become popular. Filecoin continues to climb to 136U, HOT has risen by nearly 40% and 2500% year-to-date, its market value is close to that of HT, the token of China’s largest exchange.
FIL’s price appears to have increased following the launch of Grayscale’s Trust based on this and other cryptocurrencies to expand its product suite. In addition, the teams behind platforms Filecoin and Livepeer have announced a “co-mining” program. According to an official release:
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT: We are less than 1 month away from the Filecoin Frontier Accelerator with ! Watch 11 blockchain startups using Filecoin's storage & distribution network pitch to you at 9am (GMT+8) on April 23rd. RSVP here: — Filecoin (@Filecoin)
Trader Fiskantes believes the coin is “massively overvalued” and could see a 90% drop. This is mainly based on FIL’s increase supply that will double in the next 3.5 years. However, the high number of partnerships and interest from China could contribute to the prolongation of this token’s rally. At the time of writing, FIL is trading $190 with gains of 3.8% in the last 24 hours.