STEPN (GMT), a so-called "move-to-earn" token using the Solana (SOL) blockchain, has soared incredibly since its market debut in March.
GMT's price jumped from $0.01 on March 9 to a record high of $3.45 on April 19 — a 34,000% upside move in just 41 days (data from Binance). Its massive uptrend appeared primarily due to the hype surrounding decentralized finance (DeFi) projects that reward users in tokens for staying active.
For instance, the prices of GMT and its top rivals, including Genopets (GENE) and dotmoovs (MOOV), exploded massively on a 24-hour adjusted timeframe, data on CoinGecko shows.
Nonetheless, STEPN remained the most valuable move-to-earn (M2E) project, with its market capitalization closing in on $2 billion.
One major cue behind the GMT's price rally comes from STEPN's recent earnings report. Notably, the project made a profit of over $26.81 million from "royalty fees" and the sale of its "NFT Sneakers" in the first quarter of 2022, official data shows.
In detail, buying NFT Sneakers enables users to play STEPN, which, in turn, allows them to earn its in-game token, called the Green Satoshi Token (GST). Later, traders can exchange their GST rewards for SOL or USD Coin (USDC).
You can earn $5 for every Kilometre you run using $STEPN
— That Martini Guy ₿ (@MartiniGuyYT) April 18, 2022
I bought 20 pairs of shoes that I’m starting to rent out for free to other application users
I get 50% of the rewards from the shoes meaning passively per day i can earn $250 from 20 people running and walking 5km!
STEPN uses its profits to first buyback GMT, its governance token, from secondary markets (exchanges, over-the-counter platforms, etc.) and then burn them on-chain, effectively removing them from circulation out of the 600 million GMT in total.
The latest bout of buying in the GMT market has made the token overbought, according to its four-hour relative strength index (RSI) reading, which sits above 70 — a sell signal.
Related: Move-to-earn: An active play-to-earn offshoot
Technically, GMT/USD is now testing its previous record high of $3.14 as its interim support. A move below the level raises the pair's potential of running down towards its 50-day exponential moving average (50-day EMA; the red wave) near $2.52, about 20% below April 19's price.
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链向资讯I will not be easily affected by the temporary abnormal data of the market and become hasty, panic and sway, nor will I introduce and recommend projects with the mentality of "multilevel marketing" to consolidate the "profit" field of my early users.
FtftxThe hype surrounding the “move-to-earn” token may offset the bearish technical picture emerging from GMT.
CointelegraphGMT is thriving, but some warn that its 38,000% price increase since its inception may end up being a "total joke".
CointelegraphGMT is booming amid warnings that its 38,000% price rally since inception could end up being an “absolute joke.”
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