Bitcoin's BRC-20 Tokens Drive Market Cap and Network Congestion.
TL;DR
The market cap of tokens built on top of Bitcoin's blockchain has approached $1 billion as ORDI, the first such token, was listed on major exchanges. BRC-20 tokens, an experimental framework for building fungible tokens on Bitcoin using Ordinals, have surged in value and number of tokens in circulation over the last few days. Ordi, which has a market cap of around $400 million, was listed for trading on Crypto.com and Gate.io, suggesting the experimental token is gaining mainstream adoption on cryptocurrency exchanges. The popularity of BRC-20 tokens is having a noticeable impact on Bitcoin transactions, overall.
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