Here’s why OKB price spiked 20% today

• OKB token surged more than 20% to hit highs of $61.29 on Jan. 17.
• The altcoin, native to the OKX exchange, rose as the community reacted to news around Azuki’s Animecoin (ANIME).

OKB registered a price surge 20% higher. The price surge follows OKX adopting OKB as the primary token for mining Animecoin which is their maiden project aimed at revolutionizing the Anime industry.

On Friday Jan 17, the price of OKB, the native token of the OKX ecosystem rose by 20% posting a high of $58.86. This came after the crypto platform chose it as the primary token for mining Animecoin (ANIME), the Azuki backed token.

OKX Jumpstart and ANIME tokens

The OKX Jumpstart staking program  is set to begin mining Animecoin on Jan 20. The OKB users can stake their OKB and BTC tokens to gain Anime tokens.

The program will run from Jan 20 to Jan 23.

While there is no minimum limit for staking for the holders of OKB and BTC tokens, maximum staking limit is set at 600 OKB and 0.3 BTC ($30,000). Staking and unstaking is permissible at any given time.

Anime everywhere ✨
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Introducing $ANIME @animecoin on #OKX Jumpstart!
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Stake your $OKB or $BTC and start mining $ANIME at 6:00 am on Jan 20 (UTC).
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???? 6:00 am on Jan 23 (UTC)
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More: https://t.co/H7lZ9PKMvo pic.twitter.com/NEiAqtB8Pj

— OKX (@okx) January 17, 2025

Of the 10 billion total token reserve, a share will go to the active participants in the OKX Jumpstart event. 50.5% of the total supply will be apportioned to the community. 37.5% of the token will go to the Azuki community who are the very first supporters of Animecoin while Community Cultivation which is held by future AnimeDao will get 13%. The 13% will be used as community incentives and initiatives.

Partner communities will also get 2% share.

The Anime token Listing

The Anime token is set for listing on both the Ethereum and Arbitrum platforms on Jan 23. Sources indicate that the token will stir up great following among the Anime users,its creators and revolutinize the the anime ecosystem to a great deal.