{"id":2004,"date":"2022-03-11T07:24:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T07:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2022-03-11T07:24:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T07:24:33","slug":"waves-waves-heads-for-30-on-defi-value-locked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/waves-waves-heads-for-30-on-defi-value-locked\/","title":{"rendered":"Waves (WAVES) Heads for $30 on DeFi Value Locked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/what-brought-waves-above-20\/\">Waves (WAVES) is on a breakout<\/a>, getting closer to $30 and becoming a top chain in terms of total value locked. The WAVES asset extended its gains late on Thursday, rising above $30 at one point. Later, WAVES retreated toward $26, raising questions if the asset had enough momentum to reach new highs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WAVES saw significant growth of its TVL in the past month, most of which is due to the rise in the native asset. WAVES was locked for staking or liquidity, and the price trend lifted the fortunes of its <a href=\"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/school\/decentralisation\/\">DeFi and DEX ecosystem<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Top Blockchain TVL Performance Last 1 Month<br><br>\ud83e\udd47 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24WAVES&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$WAVES<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wavesprotocol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wavesprotocol<\/a><br>\ud83e\udd48 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LUNA&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$LUNA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terra_money?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@terra_money<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BNB&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BNB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24AVAX&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$AVAX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24FTM&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$FTM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24TRX&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$TRX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24CRO&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$CRO<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TERRA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TERRA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUNATICS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LUNATICS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUNA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LUNA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DEFI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DEFI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cryptocurrecy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cryptocurrecy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RGdKmnqz58\">pic.twitter.com\/RGdKmnqz58<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Terra Daily \ud83c\udf16 (@TerraLUNADaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerraLUNADaily\/status\/1501425603307790339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the latest move, WAVES followed the trajectory of Terra (LUNA), where newer altcoins and ecosystems manage to displace even Binance\u2019s TVL.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WAVES Survived Bitcoin (BTC) Drop<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The WAVES market price continued to its current peak, despite the crash of BTC prices. <a href=\"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/what-brought-bitcoin-btc-above-42000\/\">BTC erased value again<\/a>b, sinking closer to $39,000 and dragging down most other assets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WAVES once again became an anomaly, going against the trend, as it compensated for previous sluggish price action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How High Can WAVES Go<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WAVES has ranked near the top in terms of gains and exposure since the beginning of March. But the asset can see significant slippage on its <a href=\"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/exchanges\/binance\/\">Binance trading pairs<\/a>, thus cutting its rally short.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WAVES has yet to repeat its all-time high above $40, and is seen as having a chance at prices close to the range of LUNA. WAVES has waited for a long time to go to triple-digit prices, but has remained a second-tier network.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, with WAVES 2.0 ready to launch and connectivity to other networks, the influence of the asset may grow in the longer term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24WAVES&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$WAVES<\/a> Because the recent announcement that the protocol will migrate to Waves 2.0, a partnership with Allbridge that will connect Waves with other popular blockchain networks and the upcoming launch of a $150 million fund aimed at fostering Waves&#39; growth in the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mxLgR6QS4J\">pic.twitter.com\/mxLgR6QS4J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Crypto Line \ud83d\udcc8 (@CryptoLinns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CryptoLinns\/status\/1501262616748040192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WAVES will try to position itself as DeFi 2.0, where the protocol has a more significant hold of its liquidity, with no incentive to move funds out. WAVES is also gaining a key usage as collateral in the Neutrino protocol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neutrino issues an algorithmic stablecoin, USDN, and has been filling up its WAVES reserves in the past few weeks. Being used as support for USDN turns WAVES into a similar case of LUNA. The scarcity of both LUNA and WAVES will be driven by demand for their algorithmic stablecoins. This will prevent the assets from being sold, as there will be expectations of growth within the new DeFi ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can WAVES Retreat<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WAVES has been rallying for weeks, and has touched peaks close to $30 in the past days. After the big rally, it is possible WAVES retreats to its previous range, with predictions of going under $15.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the big supports of WAVES is the usage of USDN, as Neutrino protocol has added more than 5M WAVES to its reserves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WAVES may thus move less on technical logic, and more on its relation to the Neutrino protocol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The price of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24waves&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$waves<\/a> is heavily dependent on the amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24usdn&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$usdn<\/a> minted.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24usdn&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$usdn<\/a> minted is dependent on overall demand for stablecoins in crypto market. <br><br>Many competitors&#8230;few with history &amp; mechanics of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24usdn&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$usdn<\/a> <br><br>It&#39;s really a fundamental play that&#39;ll seem obvious n hindsight<\/p>&mdash; algotrader (@mncube) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mncube\/status\/1501598796702269442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For some, the success of WAVES measures demand for USDN and the success against other stablecoins. USDN is also a source of passive income when staked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Neutrino Protocol<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Neutrino Protocol turned out to be one of the biggest WAVES buyers in the past few weeks. The protocol holds more than $1.4B in total notional value, spread across ETH, WAVES and other stablecoins and tokens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSBT is the native token of Neutrino protocol, which can be staked for passive rewards, expected to grow as the protocol grows its activity. NSBT can also be staked and locked as gNSBT, a governance token.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neutrino Protocol also plans an update to swap WAVES and USDN in one-block transactions, increasing DeFi speed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neutrino USD has a supply above $586M equivalent, and carries just 0.2% of the market cap of all stablecoins. This stablecoin is catching up, however, and is already more influential than Gemini USD (GUSD). With the growth of Neutrino Protocol, USDN may take over a bigger market share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSBT is also on an expansion track, trading at $30.24 after a rally in the past few weeks. The asset has peaked at around $48, but expects a strong year in 2022, with multiple updates and more value locked. NSBT also followed the trend of WAVES and became one of the expanding tokens in the past day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Top 5 Biggest Gain in Value in the last 24 hours<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ICX&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ICX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ALPINE&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ALPINE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24WAVES&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$WAVES<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24JASMY&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$JASMY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24NSBT&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$NSBT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FWnVUAPSQB\">pic.twitter.com\/FWnVUAPSQB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CoinTrendz.com (@CoinTrendz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoinTrendz\/status\/1501830229987368964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming months, NSBT staking will shift to a new smart contract, and WAVES buying may continue to produce more USDN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drive for new DeFi hubs of value is happening as the TVL of Ethereum (ETH) diminished. Since the start of the year, DeFi on Ethereum is down more than 25%, from a peak above $100B down to around $74B with a falling trend. Value is shifting to Terra, Solana (SOL) and Avalanche (AVAX), along with new up-and-coming protocols like WAVES.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waves (WAVES) extended its rally above $30 and kept locking value in Neutrino Protocol, but raised questions of an eventual retrace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,481,479],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-defi","tag-neutrino","tag-waves","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}