Fantom Sonic: Will Ethereum integration help FTM’s price?

• Fantom disclosed that Ethereum would allow the token migration.
• Whereas FTM’s worth elevated, reaching $1 may very well be difficult within the brief time period.

Layer-1 blockchain Fantom [FTM] has disclosed a brand new set of vital particulars because it approaches the ultimate phases earlier than the Sonic improve launch.

For these unfamiliar, Sonic improve is the following iteration of Fantom that the mission claims would increase the variety of Transactions Per Second (TPS) to 2000.

Nevertheless, in addition to improved efficiency, the current improve talked about Ethereum [ETH] as a significant participant within the growth.

Ethereum to help the change

In response to the memo directed at FTM holders, the mission would launch a brand new layer-1 and layer-2 chain. For each chains, the mission mentioned that holders of the token would be capable to bridge belongings to Ethereum.

It defined,

“The Sonic chain will likely be a layer-1 platform that connects to Ethereum by way of a bespoke layer-2 bridge, permitting Sonic to faucet into huge quantities of liquidity, customers, and protocols. This enables the community to mix the low price, scalability, and pace of a layer-1 with the safety of a layer-2 bridge for entry to native ETH and different belongings on Ethereum.”

Beforehand, Fantom had talked about that it deliberate to launch a token for the launch with the ticker “S” for Sonic. As such, FTM holders can migrate their tokens to S at a 1:1 ratio utilizing Ethereum.

At press time, FTM’s worth was $0.86— A 6.22% enhance within the final 24 hours. The worth enhance may very well be linked to the rising optimism geared towards the improve and token introduction.

Moreover, AMBCrypto observed that the 24-hour lively addresses on the Fantom jumped on the seventeenth of Could. The rise implied that the speed of profitable transactions on the community jumped.

Supply: Santiment

Nevertheless, the metric, at press time, had decreased, implying that the rise lasted just for a brief interval. Likewise, on-chain information confirmed that the one-day circulation fell.

Community exercise struggles to carry up

As of this writing, FTM circulation was 2.97 million, confirming the notion that tokens engaged in transactions had diminished.

If these metrics proceed to fall, it may very well be tough for FTM’s worth to method $1.

However that doesn’t suggest that the worth wouldn’t enhance. On the identical, a big plunge may very well be off the choice. As well as, we regarded on the Complete Worth Locked (TVL).

In response to DeFiLlama, Fantom’s TVL was  $133.38 million. This was a significant increase within the final 30 days. The rise indicated an enchancment within the well being of protocols working underneath the chain.

Supply: DeFiLlama

Real looking or not, right here’s FTM’s market cap in ETH phrases

Nevertheless, this worth stays a low one in comparison with 2022 when the metric hit an unbelievable $7 billion. Because it stands, it may very well be tough for Fantom to expertise that degree of locked belongings once more.

However when it launches the Sonic improve, belief would possibly return to the chain, it might expertise a notable inflow of belongings deposited.