Since its popularization in 2023, the Ordinals Inscriptions and the BRC-20 token standard divided the Bitcoin (BTC) community. A growing adoption is now redefining the meaning of DeFi on Bitcoin, creating a brand new ecosystem of fungible and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to speculate on.
Notably, Ordi (ORDI) is now the first Bitcoin-based fungible token to enter the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Its rise happened in a controversial environment, with critics pointing to the lack of a real value proposition for the fully speculative digital asset.
Moreover, the increased demand for ORDI and other BRC-20 tokens was also blamed as the cause for Bitcoin fees to skyrocket in the last weeks.
ORDI market data. Source: CoinMarketCap
The leading Bitcoin-based fungible token has the same maximum supply of BTC, with the difference that it is already fully circulating. However, despite its recent success, fundamental analysts recommend caution due to the absolute speculative nature of ORDI.
In this context, ORDI has sometimes been classified as a memecoin, such as Dogecoin (DOGE) or Shiba Inu (SHIB). DOGE is a native coin of its own blockchain, such as BTC, while SHIB is an ERC-20 token running on Ethereum (ETH). Similar to Shiba Inu, ORDI runs on the Bitcoin blockchain through the ordinals inscription controversial technology.
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