Catholic Church-Inspired Meme Coin Luce Blesses Traders With Righteous Gains

Luce (LUCE), a Solana meme coin impressed by the cartoon mascot of the upcoming Catholic Holy 12 months, jumped in worth Tuesday after a futures itemizing on main trade, Bybit. It continued a sizzling streak for the token, which was minted simply three weeks in the past.

The coin, which is up 13% over the previous 24 hours at a present worth above $0.23, is now out there to commerce with as much as 12.5x leverage in Bybit’s “Innovation Zone”—a chosen part for cash which can be inherently extra dangerous and unstable, and include greater buying and selling charges.

Luce, or “mild” in Italian, was designated because the Catholic Church’s mascot for the upcoming Jubilee, a once-in-25-year Holy 12 months celebration wherein Roman Catholics could also be granted remission of sins beneath sure circumstances. Designed to assist the Catholic Church higher resonate with a youthful viewers and unveiled at an October 28 press convention, she boasts vivid blue hair, a yellow raincoat, and an orange cross necklace.

It took solely hours after the disclosing for Luce to maneuver from the rostrum to Pump.enjoyable, the place the corresponding (and to be clear, unofficial) meme coin—LUCE—was created.

The coin nearly instantly gained traction with crypto-natives, thanks partially as a result of its resemblance to Milady Maker, a preferred NFT assortment in crypto circles that has a cult-like following.

The token wanted solely two days to run from Pump.enjoyable’s dwelling web page to a greater than $80 million market cap, offering early merchants with vital windfalls. For instance, one prime dealer that purchased greater than 24 million LUCE tokens for 15 SOL in early buying and selling has profited greater than $425,000 on the time of writing, in line with DEX Screener.

Whereas Luce’s fast rise and appreciable buying and selling volumes—greater than $100 million price within the final 24 hours—might have given rise to the Bybit perpetual contract itemizing, it may additionally earn Luce a spot itemizing on Bybit as effectively.

Shortly after the perpetual itemizing was introduced, Bybit added that Luce would moreover be entered into its ByVotes marketing campaign, an initiative that enables holders the possibility to deposit the token to vote on its potential inclusion on Bybit’s Spot Journey Zone listings.

From November 20-22, LUCE holders that deposit their tokens on Bybit shall be eligible to vote in an try to push Luce previous the itemizing threshold. If profitable, those that vote shall be eligible to separate a pool of greater than 1 million LUCE, a pot price about $250,000 at present costs.

Simply 22 days previous, Luce at the moment has the ninth-largest market cap of any Solana token ever created on Pump.enjoyable. Luce is up 47% during the last week—and 893% over 14 days.

Edited by Andrew Hayward