Algorand, the blockchain protocol, has released an attention-grabbing ad campaign aimed directly at Ethereum and Solana, two considerable rivals in the crypto world. In the context of the ad, customers are trying to pay with different cryptocurrencies in a supermarket environment.
Bitcoin was said to be slow, with one of the customers being told that it may take up to 27 minutes for the funds to go through. When trying to settle Ethereum payments, users were stunned by the outrageously high fees that they had to pay; at the same time, attempts at Solana payments were simply refused time and again.
On the other hand, Algorand’s own token, known as ALGO, was processed quickly and without any hitches witnessed earlier in the exercise, thereby underscoring Algorand’s claimed value propositions of superior efficiency and speed for real-world use cases.
The campaign was launched at a time when Algorand is seeking to strengthen its ground and take users from other blockchains. According to data from DeFiLlama, Algorand currently has a Total Value Locked (TVL) of $92.6 million, which is actually lower than Ethereum and Solana.
Algorand’s native token ALGO has experienced a 2.54% price decline. As of now, the token is trading at $0.1804 following Coinmarketcap stats. This price change shows that there is uncertainty in the effect of this advertising campaign on the Algorand market volatility.