{"id":42929,"date":"2025-08-19T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=42929"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:46:54","slug":"thorchain-forgoes-burning-for-marketing-will-rune-usd-break-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=42929","title":{"rendered":"THORChain Forgoes Burning for Marketing: Will RUNE USD Break $2?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THORChain is one of the largest DeFi platforms and a leader in cross-chain token swapping. Despite commanding hundreds of millions in market cap and enabling weekly trading of millions worth of assets, its native token, RUNE, has faced it tough. After a spectacular end to 2024, RUNE USD came under immense selling pressure. Prices not only reversed gains from most of Q4 2024 but also fell below 2024 lows, sinking to September 2023 levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Source: TradingView RUNEUSDT<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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RUNE Crypto Down 93% From All-Time Highs: Will Buyers Make a Comeback?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Based on Coingecko data, RUNE \u25bc-0.25%<\/span><\/span> crypto is down 93% from its all-time high of around $21. However, for early investors, the token is up an impressive 155x, rising from an all-time low of $0.008513 in late September 2019. Although prices are stable at current rates, RUNE USD remains bearish from a top-down perspective. While there was an attempt to push higher in early May 2025, the upside momentum faded.<\/span><\/p>\n

For this reason, chartists view the local resistance at around $2.5 as a critical level that buyers must break to sustain upward momentum. Conversely, local support levels are at approximately $1.3 and $0.90. <\/span><\/p>\n

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THORChain<\/div>\n
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$462.13M<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
24h<\/span>7d<\/span>30d<\/span>1y<\/span>All time<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A drop below the April 2025 low could trigger further sell-offs, possibly extending losses from Q1 2025 to below 2023 lows. Such a drop could devastate holders and spark panic, accelerating the downturn that might slow down capital inflow to some of the <\/span>best meme coin ICO<\/span><\/a>s<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THORChain Proposes a Marketing Fund, Forgoes RUNE Crypto Burning<\/span><\/h2>\n

THORChain developers are well aware of the stakes, which is why they have proposed creating a Marketing Fund via ADR021. RUNE holders will vote on the proposal, and if it passes, it will introduce key changes to aggressively market RUNE and THORChain in crypto and traditional media channels. According to the proposal, 5% of protocol revenue previously allocated to RUNE burning will be redirected to a marketing fund.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" ADR021 \u2013 MARKETING FUND ALLOCATION<\/p>\n

ADR021 has been submitted. Check it out and join the discussion in Discord to share your thoughts. \"\ud83d\udd3d\"<\/p>\n

\"\ud83d\udca1\"PROPOSAL
Allocate 5% of protocol revenue to a Marketing Fund to drive adoption and brand awareness for THORChain.<\/p>\n

\"\u2699\"FUND USE CASES\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/FRYqkMIqE4<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/raBx16RHVa<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 THORChain (@THORChain) August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n