Filecoin (FIL) Market Capitalization Hits $3.21 Billion

Filecoin (FIL) traded up 0.7% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 7:00 AM E.T. on January 21st. Filecoin has a market capitalization of $3.21 billion and $380.22 million worth of Filecoin was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last week, Filecoin has traded 1.1% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Filecoin coin can now be bought for approximately $5.16 or 0.00004942 BTC on exchanges.

Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:

• Aidi Finance (BSC) (AIDI) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
• Zoo Token (ZOOT) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0652 or 0.00000239 BTC.
• CareCoin (CARES) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0809 or 0.00000297 BTC.
• Hokkaidu Inu (HOKK) traded 1.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0004 or 0.00000001 BTC.
• Jeff in Space (JEFF) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.75 or 0.00010076 BTC.
• SolvBTC (SOLVBTC) traded 2.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $104,108.45 or 0.99758237 BTC.
• SolvBTC.BBN (SOLVBTC.BB) traded down 2.3% against the dollar and now trades at $103,597.37 or 0.99268508 BTC.
• Lumi Credits (LUMI) traded up 8.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0162 or 0.00000027 BTC.
• AXIA Coin (AXC) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $13.43 or 0.00048094 BTC.

Filecoin Profile

Filecoin launched on October 14th, 2020. Filecoin’s total supply is 1,959,680,162 coins and its circulating supply is 622,128,336 coins. Filecoin’s official message board is filecoin.io/blog. The official website for Filecoin is filecoin.io. Filecoin’s official Twitter account is @filecoin and its Facebook page is accessible here.

According to CryptoCompare, “FileCoin (FIL) is a decentralized storage network that allows users to store and retrieve data from storage providers around the world, incentivized by the native FIL cryptocurrency. The protocol is designed to make file storage and retrieval more secure, reliable, and cost-effective than traditional centralized storage systems, using Proof of Replication (PoRep) and Proof of Spacetime (PoSt) cryptographic proofs. Filecoin was created by Protocol Labs, founded in 2014, who are also the creators of IPFS and libp2p. Filecoin provides a secure, decentralized, and cost-effective alternative to traditional centralized storage systems.”

Buying and Selling Filecoin

It is usually not presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Filecoin directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Filecoin should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Changelly or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase Filecoin using one of the exchanges listed above.

FIL/USD price chart by TradingView