Gate News message. April 8, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, DRIFT (Drift Protocol) is currently trading at $0.095. Over the past 24 hours, it is up 115.72%, with a highest of $0.167 and a lowest pullback to $0.0386. The 24-hour trading volume is $549.8k. The current market cap is approximately $58.0695 million.
Drift Protocol is a decentralized exchange, open-source, and built on the Solana blockchain. At the application layer, the Drift protocol supports low slippage, low fees, and minimizes price impact on all trades. Drift offers four main products: spot trading, perpetual trading, lending, and passive liquidity provision. Users can use any token as collateral to trade permissionlessly across 50+ markets, and leverage on some assets can be as high as 101x. At the same time, Drift also offers up to a 16% deposit yield and provides customized credit solutions for institutional-level users. The platform has been audited by security firms such as Trail of Bits, OtterSec, and Neodyme, and is equipped with a real-time risk engine and a world-class clearing engine to protect the protocol and users from the impact of market volatility.
DRIFT’s recent major news:
1️⃣ Security incident triggers market volatility
Drift Protocol recently experienced a security incident of approximately $285 million, directly impacting the token price. Although after the incident the coin price fell sharply by more than 36% at one point, it was followed by a rebound, with the 24-hour gain expanding to 115.72%. This intense volatility reflects the market digesting the protocol’s risk and expectations for subsequent potential remediation.
2️⃣ Major holder sell-off pressure eases
FTX/Alameda, as an investor, quickly sold 6.94 million DRIFT (worth about $320k) through Wintermute after the security incident. While this action released some sell-off pressure, the sell size was relatively limited. The tokens held by Alameda have been greatly reduced, from a value of $6.22 million to $380k, with the investment returns suffering serious damage.
3️⃣ Exchange warning impact and liquidity aggregation
A local South Korean exchange has designated DRIFT as a trading warning project and paused deposit and withdrawal services. Meanwhile, wallets associated with the Drift Protocol team have deposited 56.25 million DRIFT (worth about $2.44 million) into major exchanges such as Gate. Liquidity has concentrated on platforms like Gate, and the market’s trading focus has shifted toward exchanges that support this coin.
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