{"id":60676,"date":"2026-10-23T23:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T23:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/?p=60676"},"modified":"2026-10-23T23:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T23:23:13","slug":"bankless-founder-notes-rise-of-two-bitcoin-clone-altcoins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/bankless-founder-notes-rise-of-two-bitcoin-clone-altcoins\/","title":{"rendered":"Bankless Founder Notes Rise of Two Bitcoin Clone Altcoins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<p>David Hoffman, co-founder of Bankless, has pointed out the significant rise in the altcoins <strong>PRL<\/strong> and <strong>QTC<\/strong>, describing them as reminiscent of the &#8220;Bitcoin clones&#8221; that surfaced during the crypto boom of 2017. In a recent post, he revealed that PRL has experienced a remarkable surge, climbing by 30% over the past week, which has led its fully diluted valuation to reach $4.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, QTC has shown even more dramatic growth, reporting a monthly increase of 300% and achieving a valuation of around $1.8 billion with a total supply of 21 million coins. Hoffman emphasized the narrative associated with these tokens, highlighting the appeal of a limited supply and how it can lead to substantial market valuations reminiscent of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is crucial to note that Hoffman did not provide a technical comparison to Bitcoin regarding security or use cases for these projects. He focused on the valuation aspect without diving deeper into the underlying technology.<\/p>\n<p>The differences in valuation measurements are noteworthy as well. Fully diluted valuation represents the total supply&#8217;s potential value if all coins were circulating at current prices, which may not align with their actual market value. Hoffman&#8217;s analysis utilized weekly data for PRL&#8217;s performance and monthly data for QTC, meaning that not all reported gains reflect immediate market movements.<\/p>\n<p>Investors and enthusiasts are reminded that this commentary does not constitute investment advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Hoffman, co-founder of Bankless, has pointed out the significant rise in the altcoins PRL and QTC, describing them as reminiscent of the &#8220;Bitcoin clones&#8221; that surfaced during the crypto boom of 2017. In a recent post, he revealed that PRL has experienced a remarkable surge, climbing by 30% over the past week, which has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Bankless Founder Notes Rise of Two Bitcoin Clone Altcoins - Bitrabo","description":"David Hoffman, co-founder of Bankless, has pointed out the significant rise in the altcoins PRL and QTC , describing them as reminiscent of the \"Bitcoin clones\""},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[508,19901,448,19912,1387,1535,1152],"class_list":["post-60676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","tag-altcoins","tag-bankless","tag-bitcoin","tag-clones","tag-founder","tag-highlights","tag-rise"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60678,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60676\/revisions\/60678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}