IOTA Token Price Prediction: Why Has IOTA (MIOTA) Crashed to 2020 Lows?

IOTA token price has collapsed to its lowest level since March 2020, underperforming most cryptocurrencies like Tron, Bitcoin, and Solana.

IOTA token price has crashed to its lowest level since March 2020, as it continues to underperform most cryptocurrencies. The token is trading at $0.1150, which is 95% below its all-time high and 75% lower than the year-to-date high.

Two main reasons are explaining the IOTA token crash. First, the Shimmer network, which was launched with fanfare, has failed to attract developers and traders into its ecosystem.

Data compiled by DeFi Llama shows that Shimmer has attracted only seven projects in its ecosystem and a total value locked (TVL) of just $965,000. The largest networks in the ecosystem are Magic Sea AMM, Deepr Finance, and Iotabee, which have only $681k, $291k, and $42k in assets, respectively. Also, its token, SMR, has a market cap of just $3 million.

Shimmer was launched as part of IOTA’s network to attract developers into its ecosystem. This, however, has not happened even as some newer tokens have continued to do well. For example, layer 1 and layer 2 networks like Sui and Base have continued to do well, with their total value locked being $1 billion and $2.45 billion, respectively.

Second, IOTA has slumped to 2020 lows because of a general lack of demand from investors in the spot and futures market. Data by CoinGecko shows that the average daily traded volume for IOTA is less than $20 million, which is a tiny amount for one of the oldest cryptocurrencies and whose market cap stands at $401 million.

In contrast, newly launched meme coins like Popcat, Brett, and SPX6900 are averaging substantially over $50 million in daily volume. IOTA’s futures open interest has also dropped to just $12 million, showing that demand has dropped.