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About Filecoin
Filecoin (FIL) is a cryptocurrency that powers the Filecoin network, a decentralized peer-to-peer file storage network that aims to let anyone store, retrieve, and host digital information. FIL tokens are used as payment for these services and as an economic incentive to ensure files are stored reliably over time.
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FIL price dropped roughly 7% this morning, erasing recent gains despite leading Layer 1 daily gains.
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Trading Insights
Buyer Ratio
64%0%
Traders
624
86.83%
Buyers
401
116.76%
Sellers
279
78.85%
Searched
628
Market Stats
Market Cap
$1.59B
FDV
$4.54B
Circ. Supply
685M FIL
Max Supply
Not enough data
Total Supply
2B FIL
Performance
Popularity
#58
Dominance
0.04%
Volume (24H)
$525.71M
376.86%
Volume (7D)
$1.05B
Volume (30D)
$16.43B
All time high
$237.73
Price Change (1Y)
-33.53%
Additional details
Market details
FIL vs markets
↘ 63.83%
FIL vs BTC
↘ 63.98%
FIL vs ETH
↘ 61.16%
Tags
mineable
ai-big-data
distributed-computing
filesharing
+8
Network & Addresses
Network | Address | |
|---|---|---|
Filecoin | NA |
Price history
Time | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
Today | $2.31 | ↗ 0.52% |
1 Day | $2.31 | ↗ 0.52% |
1 Week | $2.27 | ↗ 2.32% |
1 Month | $2.34 | ↘ 0.83% |
1 Year | $3.49 | ↘ 33.53% |
Coinbase insights
Happening now
AI generated 3h ago
FIL price dropped roughly 7% this morning, erasing recent gains despite leading Layer 1 daily gains.
Market Position
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Ranks among top three Layer 1 assets with about 2% weekly price growth
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Trading volume surged ↗356% since yesterday, outpacing market average ↗42% increase
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Remains about 99% below all-time high, underperforming Layer 1 category average
Past Stories
Recent trends
The latest FIL price is $2.31. Compared to Filecoin's value of $2.31 from 24 hours ago, there's been a 1% increase, while the current price is 2% up from $2.27 which was recorded one week ago. Filecoin's all time high is $237.73, which was reached on April 1, 2021. This is a -99% change from its price today.
The market cap is currently $1.59B, which is a result of multiplying the current price of Filecoin($2.31) by the total supply(1,959,110,385 FIL). The fully diluted valuation of Filecoin is $4.54B. The diluted valuation of Filecoin is $4.54B.
Filecoin had 401 buyers, 279 sellers and total 624 trades in the last 24h. Filecoin was searched 628 times in the last 24h.
FAQ
Filecoin (FIL) is a decentralized storage system that aims to store a variety of information. It is an open protocol supported by a blockchain that records commitments made by the network's participants, with transactions made using FIL, the blockchain's native currency. Filecoin is open-source and aims to be decentralized, with governance in the hands of the community. The platform provides an opportunity for developers to create cloud file storage services. FIL, Filecoin's native currency, powers the entire network and all processes. Clients exchange transactions in FIL tokens, and miners place FIL as collateral, guaranteeing their services. Filecoin seeks to address the challenge of inefficient file storage and retrieval by providing an efficient set of tools and its core development, IPFS.
Filecoin operates through a system involving three parties: clients, storage miners, and retrieval miners. Clients exchange for storing or retrieving data, placing an order on the online storage market where a deal is concluded with storage miners. Storage miners store the client’s data and are compensated. They place files in free sectors of a hard drive, all actions are recorded in the blockchain, and clients receive private keys. Retrieval miners extract data at a client's request. Clients place a trade on the off-chain Retrieval Market. Filecoin is based on IPFS where all data is stored on a peer-to-peer blockchain. Users choose miners to store personal data and exchange for placement in FIL tokens. Miners execute trades, receive participation fees and FIL compensation. The more storage miners offer, the higher the chances of getting compensated.
Filecoin can be used in a variety of ways. It can serve as a decentralized storage network for personal files, app data, company files, public datasets, private data, websites, videos, and dapp websites. It can also be used for data exchange, allowing users to sell data on the network, facilitating data exchanges and markets. Filecoin can also be used for storing data for distributed ledgers and applications, supply chains, and more. It can also serve as a system where Filecoin tokens can be exchanged for goods and services and transferred between users. Furthermore, it can be used for time-stamping, providing a service for storing large amounts of data for long periods of time.
Filecoin was founded by Juan Benet, who also created the Interplanetary File System. Benet is an American computer scientist who studied at Stanford University. After founding Protocol Labs in May 2014, he attended Y Combinator in the summer of 2014 with the intention of supporting both IPFS and Filecoin, as well as other projects. The project accumulated $205 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) in 2017. The project was first described back in 2014 as an incentive layer for the Interplanetary File System (IPFS), a peer-to-peer storage network.
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The current market cap of Filecoin is $1.59B. A high market cap implies that the asset is highly valued by the market.
The all-time high of Filecoin is $237.73. This all-time high is highest price paid for Filecoin since it was launched.
Over the last 24 hours, the trading volume of Filecoin is $525.71M.
Assets that have a similar market cap to Filecoin include Bonk, Sky, Sei, and many others. To see a full list, see our comparable market cap assets.
The current circulating supply of Filecoin is 685 million.
Filecoin ranks 58 among tradable assets on Coinbase. Popularity is currently based on relative market cap.
Currently, 96% of Coinbase users are buying Filecoin. In other words, 96% of Coinbase customers have increased their net position in Filecoin over the past 24 hours through trading.
Yes, Filecoin is currently available on Coinbase’s centralized exchange. For more detailed instructions, check out our helpful how to buy Filecoin guide.
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Filecoin news
Trending articles
Social stats
Popularity in posts
#261
Contributors
614
Posts
978
% About Filecoin
0.121%
Articles
8
Hold times
0 days
X (Twitter)
38.88% bullish
Sentiment
4.6 ★
Highlights
614 unique individuals are talking about Filecoin and it is ranked #261 in most mentions and activity from collected posts. In the last 24 hours, across all social media platforms, Filecoin has an average sentiment score of 91 out of 5. Finally, Filecoin is becoming less newsworthy, with 8 news articles published about Filecoin.
On Twitter, people are mostly neutral about Filecoin. There were 45% of tweets with bullish sentiment compared to 15.74% of tweets with a bearish sentiment about Filecoin. 55% of tweets were neutral about Filecoin. These sentiments are based on 727 tweets.
On Reddit, Filecoin was mentioned in 76 Reddit posts and there were 101 comments about Filecoin. On average, there were less upvotes compared to downvotes on Reddit posts and more upvotes compared to downvotes on Reddit comments.
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