LATOKEN

Halal Rating :
Comfortable
Last Price $0.02 Last updated:
Rank 1244
1D Change -16.57 %
Market Cap $8.51m
Circulating supply 380,105,462
Maximum supply 1,000,000,000

Crypto Overview

Categories
  • Marketplace
  • Centralized Exchange (CEX) Token
  • Payments

Understanding LATOKEN

LATOKEN is a cryptocurrency exchange platform and blockchain protocol launched in 2017. The LA token serves as the native utility token of the LATOKEN ecosystem, primarily used for trading fee discounts, participation in token sales, and platform governance.

Intended vs Actual Utility

The intended utility of LA tokens includes: reduced trading fees on the LATOKEN exchange, participation rights in new token listings, and governance voting. However, current on-chain data and market activity suggests the token is primarily used for speculative trading rather than its intended utility functions.

Platform Analysis

The LATOKEN exchange reports significant trading volume, but multiple independent analyses have flagged concerns about wash trading and artificial volume inflation. Development activity on the platform appears minimal based on public GitHub repositories, with limited recent technical updates.

Token Distribution and Founder Assessment

Token distribution shows a significant concentration among early investors and team members. While there were initial lock-up periods, these have mostly expired. Marketing efforts appear to substantially outweigh actual platform development, with aggressive promotion of token listings and trading volumes.

Revenue Model Assessment

The primary revenue model relies on trading fees and token listing fees. While trading fee structures themselves do not violate Islamic principles, concerns exist about the legitimacy of reported trading volumes and the due diligence process for listed tokens.

Crypto Impact

To assign a comfort level investing in LATOKEN from a halal perspective we need to determine whether it has a net positive or negative impact.

Towards this end, the table below is used to tally all the positive and negative considerations our members can think of related to LATOKEN.

If you don’t see something that should be listed, positive or negative, feel free to submit your own contribution using the button “Contribute”.

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Justification for our Halal Rating