{"id":16833,"date":"2022-05-15T08:54:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T08:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=16833"},"modified":"2022-05-15T08:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T08:54:57","slug":"terra-luna-trading-volume-surge-200-as-market-adjusts-to-death-spiral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=16833","title":{"rendered":"Terra (LUNA) trading volume surge 200% as market adjusts to death spiral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-v-2a0745c6=\"\">\n<p>It took just seven days for the Terra (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/terra-price-index\" rel=\"noopener\">LUNA<\/a>) ecosystem to spiral down as prices came crashing from $85 on May 5 to nearly $0 on May 12. As the market slowly gained clarity on what transpired, the trading volume of LUNA saw a steep recovery of over 200% over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of UST de-pegging, which crashed the LUNA market, LUNA investors mirrored the price dip as CoinGecko <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/terra-luna\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recorded<\/a> the decline of trading volumes to $178.6 million on May 13 \u2014 a number that was last seen in February 2021.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-05\/13ff3b4f-a815-4a8a-ae2f-431e0d74d6eb.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\">Falling trading volume of LUNA. Source: CoinGecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Terraform Labs CEO and co-founder <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2022\/do-kwon\" rel=\"noopener\">Do Kwon<\/a>\u00a0sought damage control on the same day as he <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/breaking-do-kwon-purposes-terra-revival-including-token-redistribution-plan\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed a revival plan for Terra\u2019s comeback<\/a>, which involves compensating UST and LUNA holders for holding the tokens <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/terra-peg-mechanism-in-doubt-as-ust-crashes-to-67-cents\" rel=\"noopener\">during the crash<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the risks involved, Terra\u2019s \u2018insane volatility\u2019 still serves as an attractive market for many short-term investors \u2014 mainly due to the fact that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-stays-under-30k-as-luna-gains-600-during-insane-volatility\" rel=\"noopener\">LUNA momentarily gained 600% in value<\/a> on May 14.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(only need a few more 100x&#8217;s to get back to $1)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luke Martin (@VentureCoinist) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VentureCoinist\/status\/1525327331551760386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">May 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As investors try to recoup their losses while others attempt to cash in on Terra\u2019s comeback, the trading volume of LUNA surged over 200% back to $6 billion. Before the crash, the LUNA ecosystem consistently recorded over $2 billion in trading volumes on average over the past two years.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-05\/fe5334f7-c28a-4046-be64-4ac5aef7a7d2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\">LUNA trading volume comeback. Source: CoinGecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, right when LUNA prices tumbled between May 10 and May 13 morning, its trading volume surged as investors attempted to reduce their losses \u2014 ranging from $5 billion to $16 billion. At its peak, LUNA\u2019s trading volume recorded an all-time high of $16.15 billion on May 11.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-05\/4e726e1a-b092-4e1f-aa6b-893d5eca8968.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption style=\"text-align: center\">Terra&#8217;s (LUNA) all-time high trading volume. Source: CoinGecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to the various factors stated above, LUNA regained its trading volume and trades at $0.00025 at the time of writing. According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/terra-luna\/markets\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">data<\/a> from CoinMarketCap, crypto exchange Binance represents 68.26% of LUNA\u2019s trading volume, followed by KuCoin at 9.52% and FTX at 1.13%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-com-unblocks-users-reverses-glitched-luna-trades-that-made-30-40x\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Crypto.com unblocks users, reverses glitched LUNA trades that made 30-40x<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Crypto.com users raised concerns about LUNA trades being reversed on the exchange\u2019s mobile application. <\/p>\n<p>Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com, later revealed that an internal error caused the system to display incorrect prices, which led to numerous investors cashing in 30-40x profits.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There was a lot of customers who were buying at wrong prices and of course some also jumped onto the opportunity to exploit the glitch to the maximum.<\/p>\n<p>We reversed ALL trades. <\/p>\n<p>Some customers saved a ton of $ and are thanking us, some didn\u2019t abuse the glitch and are bashing us.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kris | Crypto.com (@kris) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kris\/status\/1525235547907559425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">May 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a result, Crypto.com temporarily blocked all users from trading. After a day\u2019s review of the supposed system glitch, Marszalek informed that \u201call user accounts have been re-enabled.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Cointelegraph reported, the company has offered $10 worth of its in-house token Cronos (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/cronos-cro-price-index\" rel=\"noopener\">CRO<\/a>) as a goodwill gesture for affected investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/terra-luna-trading-volume-surge-200-as-market-adjusts-to-death-spiral\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took just seven days for the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem to spiral down as prices came crashing from $85 on May 5 to nearly $0 on May 12. As the market slowly gained clarity on what transpired, the trading volume of LUNA saw a steep recovery of over 200% over the weekend. 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