Waves (WAVES) spiked more than 47% in a 24-hour period leading up to early Tuesday morning.
| Time-frame | % Change (+/-) |
|---|---|
| 24-hour | 47.2% |
| 24-hour against Bitcoin BTC/USD | 45.2% |
| 24-hour against Ethereum ETH/USD | 43.2% |
| 7-day | 42.2% |
| 30-day | 301.8% |
|
YTD performance
|
212.4% |
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Why Is It Moving? Waves moved in tandem with Bitcoin and Ethereum, both of which were in the green at press time, as the global cryptocurrency market cap rose 1.2% to $2.15 trillion at press time.
Waves touched an all-time high of $48.56 in intraday trading. It traded 2.5% lower than those levels at press time.
Waves, which is often dubbed a Russian Ethereum, attracted interest from retail traders on Stocktwits at press time. The token also trended on the price-tracking website CoinMarketCap.
On Monday, Santiment tweeted that while Bitcoin ended Monday mostly flat, WAVES “has stood tall above the top 100 pack.”
#Bitcoin may have ended Monday mostly flat, but not before its first visit above $48k caused a welcome sight of social volume returning to the #1 market cap asset in #crypto. In terms of #altcoins, $WAVES has stood tall above the top 100 pack. https://t.co/IUsJE9vrIg pic.twitter.com/0fJBsvbuN3
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) March 29, 2022
Notably, Waves was the top 24-hour gainer, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Coleman Maher, the former head of partnerships at Origin Protocol (OGN) and advisor to The Sad Times non fungible token (NFT) project said in a tweet that he had joined as the head of Ecosystem Growth at Waves Labs.
I have joined @Waves__Labs as the Head of Ecosystem Growth. @WavesProtocol has grown a lot in the last couple of years but I am excited to help the extremely talented Waves team accomplish even more. Big things are coming for $WAVES!
— Coleman Maher (1 ➝ 2) (@colemansmaher)
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