$66,755.00
0.58%$3,256.37
2.50%$7.43
0.37%$608.22
1.13%$158.20
2.28%$1.00
0.12%$3,255.81
2.57%$0.547962
-0.35%$0.161747
2.32%$5.91
6.66%$0.507562
-0.67%$0.00002717
1.59%$39.27
1.90%$66,842.00
0.68%$508.18
-0.71%$0.113603
1.19%$15.44
0.21%$6.85
-1.07%$0.75203
3.12%$14.83
-0.21%$86.60
2.33%$8.13
-0.14%$5.74
-0.48%$0.141655
59.81%$9.91
0.15%$2.89
-6.57%$1.002
0.37%$28.09
0.49%$1.15
-3.97%$0.13313
1.97%$6.45
-0.81%$2.40
-0.05%$9.07
-1.03%$0.120123
2.97%$8.85
0.14%$3.36
20.84%$0.00000795
17.17%$55.84
1.81%$495.95
-3.07%$3,191.97
-0.46%$1.20
0.70%$0.04272997
2.03%$3.06
0.93%$0.128481
0.66%$0.293216
-1.55%$2,968.20
4.55%$2.57
2.38%$2.49
2.30%$3,374.22
2.51%$28.74
2.35%$2.49
4.85%$0.998728
0.01%$2.53
-2.10%$121.80
-0.14%$33.50
-3.38%$11.84
7.10%$0.754727
1.63%$5.84
4.49%$0.238641
23.93%$0.00019872
15.50%$2.15
0.72%$3,598.40
2.57%$0.639565
-3.46%$0.050943
4.58%$0.00002642
29.93%$1.23
-2.95%$1.32
-3.15%$114.44
7.13%$3,335.63
2.64%$1.19
2.50%$0.02992353
-2.46%$1.007
6.56%$0.02900718
-18.17%$96.77
1.67%$9.94
-0.25%$72.08
0.44%$0.957297
-2.96%$1.023
3.22%$18.56
-4.96%$0.00000133
0.18%$0.883178
14.34%$3,255.33
2.49%$0.03245269
0.74%$2.42
2.23%$45.12
1.21%$5.04
-17.07%$7.98
-0.87%$1.18
-2.58%$8.02
4.54%$0.502892
4.01%$0.126192
9.07%$0.00005506
0.21%$13.49
2.31%$3.42
1.49%$0.59653
-2.06%$1.09
3.72%$5.49
-4.77%$0.949532
8.53%$0.262684
5.36%$7.73
4.49%$3.10
0.71%$48.24
0.74%$0.674754
-0.09%$0.02050153
0.94%$0.862121
2.00%$1.35
2.72%$10.15
5.48%$16.89
1.24%$187.14
1.93%$367.58
-6.27%$0.49651
3.91%$2.01
-38.41%$0.264153
9.95%$1.35
1.39%$0.01886292
-4.41%$0.768809
4.90%$1.28
2.19%$3,260.44
1.85%$0.750835
3.86%$14.08
4.58%$0.116558
3.69%$0.21305
1.91%$3.03
1.51%$2.43
2.53%$19.53
6.17%$185.87
2.17%$0.00000034
0.69%$0.106416
3.60%$0.985734
-0.14%$1.27
1.01%$3,247.21
2.27%$3,431.89
2.65%$0.437507
2.26%$0.119432
5.75%$0.409085
-0.60%$104.15
0.17%$1.008
-0.40%$0.000112
-1.44%$1.83
-2.28%$0.01179973
15.13%$0.998623
-0.07%$3.92
-1.94%$3.93
-1.17%$36.76
-1.13%$0.340377
5.79%$1.039
2.81%$1.52
-8.18%$0.065507
6.02%$0.00178702
-0.27%$6.24
-3.41%$3,472.30
2.60%$1.88
0.58%$0.00652212
29.39%$2,327.19
1.02%$0.054492
0.41%$0.688635
-1.00%$0.470861
2.02%$0.03981916
2.63%$0.053907
-0.30%$0.423046
0.41%$3,522.48
2.53%$0.102071
2.38%$0.06178
-4.04%$0.03149196
7.40%$0.449336
3.70%$0.267306
4.96%$0.355092
2.44%$1.003
0.29%$0.02784255
5.35%$0.724682
18.47%$0.00279208
6.40%$0.920673
6.15%$5.02
4.59%$24.23
2.96%$1.97
-0.45%$15.77
-0.76%$15.34
-0.34%$1.15
-3.50%$1.059
0.15%$0.00000048
1.99%$0.561961
0.57%$0.450162
-3.75%$0.03418842
2.34%$4.47
-0.90%$0.67743
1.66%$2.19
-3.36%$1.75
-1.17%$0.00791795
0.95%$3.89
-1.20%$0.00793316
0.30%$4.23
-0.30%$0.605635
3.77%$4.02
1.11%$2,310.40
0.06%$0.562581
2.64%$0.281611
5.73%$0.41647
-0.57%$60.52
1.98%$3.34
-3.49%$0.410814
4.22%$3,339.45
2.71%$0.986418
1.90%$1,340.45
0.56%$70.00
4.34%$0.844667
5.25%$65.46
2.59%$0.50208
4.31%$0.03244682
-0.09%$0.04302387
7.38%$4.90
-1.94%$23.86
4.62%$0.423664
-11.72%$31.78
1.08%$0.755586
1.03%$0.02957673
3.04%$0.03801667
0.62%$5.63
-0.53%$4.01
-3.17%$0.00717896
10.16%$24.22
1.74%$3.72
4.36%$0.280363
2.58%$0.809649
-2.64%$0.124806
-0.64%$0.991155
-0.37%$4.01
-6.88%$8.27
0.77%$41.62
10.93%$45.07
3.59%$1.34
3.41%$30.85
-0.85%$1.004
7.88%$29.19
5.00%$0.03425765
0.53%$0.00000076
25.42%$0.351573
3.67%$2.61
2.55%$0.00397265
5.46%$44.64
1.84%$0.291346
3.68%$31.40
-4.57%$0.022768
3.08%$0.409777
2.48%$28.98
-1.64%$5.99
19.44%$0.337824
3.42%$0.761511
0.65%$1.095
0.90%
Filecoin, the decentralized filing sharing protocol, kicked into action today when the blockchain’s miners finished chipping away at block 148,888. It raised $200 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) three years ago.
Now, the FIL token has gone live and its early investors get to find out if it was all worth it.
So, how’s it going so far?
At the moment, the coin’s price is highly volatile. The price of a single Filecoin is $68, per metrics site CoinMarketCap. But CoinGecko, another metrics site, pegs its price at $29. Uniswap puts it at $25.56 and Gemini pegs it at $29.
Futures contracts yesterday predicted the price of Filecoin would be around $32.
At this rate, it’s far too early to tell where Filecoin prices will land—most exchanges are still opening up trading for the coin. It costs $70 to place a trade for Filecoin on decentralized exchange Uniswap.
When Huobi, one of the major exchanges, opened trading for Filecoin, it priced the coin at $50—traders then launched into action and it slipped a little to $46 a few minutes later. Then people really started trading it and the price spiked to $200, then $205… then back to $180? Now $220!
Those ICO investors would have made a fortune… had it lasted. Now, the price of a Filecoin is back to down $130.
Whoo boy.
The promise of Filecoin, aside from speculation, is a decentralized file sharing service. Think Dropbox but instead of renting out space in a data center, you’re encrypting your file and hosting tiny pieces of it on computers all over the world—kind of like a reverse BitTorrent.
Although the coin only launched about an hour ago, investors are watching with excitement lodged in their throats while terror seeps down into their abdomens.
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