Fantom To $2: Here’s What’s Driving The FTM Price Recovery

Fantom (FTM) is enjoying much bullish momentum at the moment, and the odds of the coin rising to as high as $2 has increased. The FTM price recovery is thanks to Fantom’s fundamentals, which have sparked a positive sentiment among investors. 

Fantom’s price recovery is mainly driven by its bullish fundamentals, especially the imminent launch of the Sonic network. In a recent blog post, Sonic Labs announced that Sonic’s launch is scheduled for November/December 2024. Investors consider Fantom’s transition to Sonic bullish, which explains why they are investing in the FTM ecosystem ahead of the launch. 

According to the announcement, the layer-1 network Sonic will be EVM-compatible, enabling decentralized applications (dApps) built on other EVM chains to be integrated into the network easily. The network will provide a secure gateway to Ethereum through its layer-2 network. 

The post also claimed that Sonic will provide the “fastest settlement layer for digital assets with over 10,000 TPS and one-second confirmation times for transactions ” upon launch. This feat will set a new standard in the blockchain space and put Sonic ahead of its competitors. 

Meanwhile, following Sonic’s launch, there will be an airdrop, which will cause more liquidity to flow into the Fantom ecosystem and further spark the FTM price recovery. The Sonic Foundation will airdrop 190 million S tokens out of its 500 million treasury to Fantom users. 

It is worth mentioning that FTM holders can swap their coins 1:1 for the S token, Sonic’s native token, upon the launch of the new layer-1 network. Meanwhile, the S token will not experience any inflation in the first six months, which is positive since investors can rest assured that there won’t be a supply shock following Fantom’s transition to Sonic. 

Other bullish fundamentals sparking the FTM price recovery include the fact that Andre Cronje, Sonic Labs’s co-founder, will build new decentralized finance (DeFi) primitives, with 90% of gas spent said to be going back to applications and developers. 

Crypto analyst Jagoilio recently highlighted how the charts support the FTM price recovery, with the coin likely to rise higher. He stated that Fantom has moved past its bearish trend and is now looking to break its diagonal resistance. He added that this presents the notion that the crypto is enforcing a bullish market structure and seeking a higher high.

The analyst expects Fantom to enjoy a massive price rally in the fourth quarter, especially following the Fed rate cuts and the US presidential elections. Jagoilio went as far as asserting that FTM can outperform Bitcoin and Ethereum. He also claimed that Sonic will become the supreme layer-1 solution and outperform Solana. 

According to data from CoinMarketCap, FTM is trading at around $0.57 at the time of writing, up over 9% in the last 24 hours.