The digital currency YFI has become the largest cryptocurrency in the crypto market and snatched the niche of Bitcoin.

The YFI cryptocurrency is one of the most successful protocols in the field of DeFi in terms of exponential growth over the past few months.

The protocol has received nearly $1 billion in total closed-end value, making it the fourth largest decentralized finance protocol, after Curve Finance, Maker and Aave.

The increased use of the protocol was reflected in the price of the cryptocurrency YFI, which reached an all-time high shortly before this article was published at $22,000.

This is a massive rise from the weekly lows of $12,000 set just a few days ago.

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The reason for the rise of the digital currency YFI to new levels:

As it is known, the total number of YFI coins is limited to only 30 thousand units, which means that the supply is scarce and few, and as soon as more demand appears, the coin jumps higher.

The recent rise in the price of YFI appears to be driven by the news, as the rapid rise came immediately after the announcement of the addition of YFI to the Aave protocol.

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– Aave (AaveAave) August 28, 2020

The Yearn.finance project is experiencing massive growth and is approaching the market value of the Maker project:

The Yearn.finance project has seen massive growth in recent weeks, with YFI tokens soaring to an all-time high as more investors pour their money into the project.

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According to data from Defipulse.com, Yearn.finance currently has a total locked TVL value of $877.7 million, making it the fourth largest in the rapidly growing decentralized finance system.

Yearn.finance will need to receive approximately $150 million in additional TVL to become third in the decentralized finance project ranking.

After touching the $20,000 level, the YFI coin fell to the $19,700 level, and then the coin rose again to reach $22,000, and it seems to be continuing to climb at the time of publishing this article.

After this price hike, YFI’s market cap is now only $1.8 million less than Maker, which is one of the dinosaurs within the decentralized finance space.

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And YFI’s market capitalization is only $66.7 million behind the Compound project, which for a time was the largest protocol by closed value.

YFI Coin is backed by a strong community:

The growth of the Yearn.finance project coin in recent weeks has undoubtedly been fueled by the increased use of the protocol and the strong community that has wrapped around the project has contributed significantly to the growth of the project.

As for whether or not YFI is able to maintain its upward momentum, that will depend on how quickly the closed value of the project grows in the short term.

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