On CoinMarketCap, Luna is now performing at $5.96, up 206.07% as of the time of writing. Around 216.37% of its weekly upside is positive. The market capitalization of the coin exceeds $3.10 billion. The token’s day-high price for the last 24 hours was $6.91.

From its all-time low of $1.53 on August 29 of this year, Terra LUNA has increased significantly during the past 24 hours, rising by about 352% overall.

Overall, the token did much better than prominent cryptocurrency heavyweights Bitcoin and Ethereum, which have increased by over 9% and around 5%, respectively. The market worth of all cryptocurrencies has reached $1.04 trillion due to widespread buying.

The increase in Luna Classic (LUNC) is probably being fueled by a “tax burn” regime that tries to reduce the token’s excessive supply, according to Dileep Seinberg, founder and CEO of MuffinPay, a bill payment and utility cryptocurrency.

For on-chain transactions of LUNC and USTC on the Terra Classic network, Terra gained approval for a 1.2% tax burn. These ideas are being developed to alter the tax parameter from its present value of 0 to 0.012 (1.2%).

The 1.2% tax, according to Terra governance, will be applied to all of the on-chain currency denominations now in circulation, including LUNC and USTC.

After the proposal is accepted, Terra’s 1.2% tax burn goes active on September 20 at the Terra Classic block height of 9,475,200.

The Terra Classic Lunc, which yesterday ranked among the top 30 cryptocurrencies, was trading on Friday at $0.0004657, down 13.4%.

Huobi and BTCEX, two cryptocurrency exchanges, are the most recent to embrace Terra’s 1.2% tax burn plan. MEXC Global, Kucoin, and Gate.io, among other exchanges, have also declared their support. Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume, has chosen not to apply for the tax burn plan of Classic.

“Binance will examine and alter the minimum withdrawal amount, maximum withdrawal amount, and withdrawal fees for LUNC and USTC through Terra Classic network,” the cryptocurrency exchange stated in a notice on Thursday.

Binance informed users that deposits will be subject to Terra Classic network fees prior to reaching Binance. Your Binance account will get the sum following the network’s 1.2% tax reduction.

In contrast, Binance said that for withdrawals, customers will receive their money less the withdrawal fees it charges and the network’s 1.2% tax deduction.

In May of this year, Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon introduced Terra 2.0, under which the original Terra chain was renamed as Terra Classic, amid the flash crash of Terra USD and old Luna. While a brand-new chain named Luna was developed using the name Terra and made tradable.

A few months ago, the USTC and old Luna crash, which purportedly destroyed $40 billion in wealth, dominated the buzz in Terra tokens. The anxiety first surfaced in mid-May after Terra’s USD lost its $1 peg. Old Luna tokens collapsed to zero levels as a result, causing both Terra sisters to plummet precipitously. Wealth vanished for investors, exchanges, and businesses who had placed a lot of faith in Terra USD in the first few months of 2022. The sector is still struggling to survive the severe liquidity crisis caused by the effect of Terras in mid-May. The tokens have been erratic since the release of Terra 2.0, although they have gained traction recently.

It raises the question of whether the recent meteoric rise in value of Terra tokens marks the start of a potential bull run. Or could it be a covert bear run opportunity?

Terra LUNA Price Target Forecast

Vice President of WazirX Rajagopal Menon noted that Terra Luna Classic just increased from 10,000 to 12,500 points per coin. Why Terra Luna Classic was sliding, whether it would ever be re-pegged, and if it would ever be able to stabilise the UST once more were all hot topics in May. The discussion then gradually turned to whether of Terra Luna Classic and Terra Luna 2.0 would be superior.

“Let’s build up Terra Luna Classic, let’s rebuild this community, “We are the LUNAtics, We are Strong,” has always been the feeling in the community, Menon said.

VP of WazirX said, “Staking was once again made available on the Terra Luna classic blockchain as of August 26. Orion Money has already downloaded version 22 to enable staking and add the burn tax. Investors are purchasing in expectation of the price increasing from around 8,000 points per coin to approximately 10,000 points per coin, and then to 12,500 points per coin as of this writing.”

Seinberg continued, “Going forward, “Luna continues to be a risky investment at this time. The basics of the currency won’t be dramatically altered by the new burn strategy. Such trades should be avoided, and one should only engage if they have a suitable exit strategy for both upside and downside.”