LUNC News: Terra Luna Classic Upgrade Goes Live, Binance Announces Support

LUNC News: Terra Luna Classic successfully completed the v3.1.5 upgrade offering improvements including a critical security fix for wasmd, improved transaction efficiency, and preparedness for Tax2Gas implementation. The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance expressed support for the Terra Luna Classic security upgrade.

LUNC News: Terra Luna Classic Completes v3.1.5 Upgrade

Terra Luna Classic developers successfully applied the wasmd security patch included in the v3.1.5 upgrade on September 18. The chain was halted at block height 19850000 for applying the terrad client release pull request. The upgrade was started at 11:26:59 UTC, with the block proposed by validator Interstellar Lounge. This was the quickest upgrade of the chain.

The Terra Classic upgrade bumps wasmd to 0.46 and wasmvm to 1.5.4. This update also includes the changes from v3.1.4. The previous version v3.1.4 containing a fix for gas estimation of taxable transactions was only released to endpoint providers as it did not contain consensus-relevant changes.

Binance announced support for the Terra Luna Classic upgrade. The exchange suspended the deposits and withdrawals of Terra Classic ecosystem tokens to support its network upgrade and ensure the best user experience. Notably, Binance burns billions of LUNC tokens monthly to support the community’s campaign to revive LUNC.

Binance, one of the best crypto exchanges, has burned 64.47 billion LUNC tokens in the last two years. This accounts for 48.5% of the total tokens burned by the community.

LUNC and USTC Prices Fell On Wider Market Sentiment

Despite the positive news, LUNC price lost most of today’s gains, with the price now down 1.74% in the last 24 hours. The 24-hour low and high are $0.00007942 and $0.00008332, respectively. The LUNC trading volume saw a 25% increase in the last 24 hours, indicating interest among traders.

Meanwhile, USTC price is trading at $0.01645, down 1% in the last 24 hours and 8% in a week. The 24-hour low and high are $0.01633 and $0.01711, respectively. The USTC futures open interests are down 3.35% in the past 24 hours and 0.84% in the past hour.