Decentraland spikes in number of metrics. Will the price follow?

Looking at Decentraland and asking myself why is MANA trending I stumbled upon a very interesting DAA chart:

I shouted like wow! this thing is gonna blow!

Really?

Had to switch emotions off and start digging.

On June 8 Decentraland released a blog post announcing their Metaverse avatars.

Facts about it:

• Every user who creates a Decentraland Avatar will be shortlisted for access to private World Explorer Beta. It's another recently announced big feature that allows users to explore the Metaverse and view content created by fellow Decentraland inhabitants.
• The first 4,000 people who go on to claim a name will receive a limited-edition blockchain wearable from the addictive Ethereum blockchain-based battle game, MyCryptoHeroes. These can be traded in open marketplaces throughout Decentraland.
• It usually costs 100 MANA to claim a name, but for the first 1,000 people claiming a name with cryptocurrency wallet, Trust Wallet, it’s completely free. What’s more, Trust Wallet and Binance stump up the gas fee.
• 100 MANA are burned for every Avatar name claimed.

Well, yeah.

These are enough reasons to increase network usage.
And these are the obvious reasons for DAA to spike.

Would the price follow? 🤷

By the way this is Barry Silbert's new avatar:

Another observations on MANA:

That was Decentraland onchain data following avatars announcement.

Pretty impressive, right?

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