Floki Inu FLOKI/USD , the doge-themed meme coin, has seen its price surge by 11% in the last 24 hours, topping intra-day gains and outpacing rivals Dogecoin DOGE/USD and Shiba Inu SHIB/USD .
What Happened: FLOKI saw its value surge after being listed on OKX, showing an astonishing 30-day high of $0.00001089, as per Coingecko.
At the time of writing, FLOKI was trading at $0.00001043.
Floki is the name ofTeslaCEOElon Musk'spet Shiba Inu dog.
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OKX has recognized FLOKI as the "people's cryptocurrency". Starting Dec. 16 spot trading pairs FLOKI/USDT and FLOKI/USDC can be accessed on the exchange.
This comes on a day when the crypto market cap saw a drop of nearly 1.30% to $850 billion, but FLOKI's market cap surged, adding an impressive $18 million in the last 24 hours. With a circulating supply of 9.3 trillion FLOKI coins and a total amount of 10 trillion, the meme coin certainly stood out on Thursday evening.
Price Action: At the time of writing, DOGE was tradingdown 1.45%at $0.08641 andSHIB slipped0.72% to$0.000008979over the past 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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