Boom of MOON, the crypto from Reddit's “CryptoCurrency” community

The reason for this sudden boom is the news that Reddit recently updated its terms of service, explicitly writing that it is now allowed to trade the platform's tokenized Community Points.

Timeline of Moonswap

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Reddit's MOON, the community token for the r/cryptocurrency subreddit, rose by 62% in the last 24 hours after the social media platform changed its term of service to allow the points to be traded. According to Coingecko data, the digital asset's value jumped by nearly 200% during the past week, rising from around $0.