Upbit Ignites the BIO Frenzy
According to Upbit’s official announcement, BIO trading will begin at 6:00 PM KST, with three trading pairs available: BIO/KRW, BIO/BTC, and BIO/USDT.
To minimize extreme volatility, the exchange has introduced short-term trading restrictions. During the first five minutes of trading, buy orders will be disabled, and sell orders placed more than 10% below the previous day’s closing price will be blocked. For the first two hours, only limit orders will be accepted, with other order types temporarily suspended to ensure a fair and stable market debut.
Immediately after the listing announcement, BIO’s price soared from $0.086 to $0.136, marking a 58% jump before slightly retracing to $0.111 — still up more than 30% from pre-listing levels. Its daily trading volume hit $134 million, representing a 532% spike, signaling strong investor inflows after cooling off from its record-breaking rally in August.
Ripple Effect Across the DeSci Market
Remarkably, the surge wasn’t limited to BIO alone. Over the past 24 hours, the entire DeSci (Decentralized Science) sector has staged a strong rebound. According to CoinGecko, the DeSci market cap climbed to $820 million, an 11.5% increase in just one day.
Crypto analyst Simon Dedic commented:
“Everyone knows how powerful an Upbit listing can be, but have you ever seen a single project lift an entire sector? Just when people thought DeSci was dead, BIO came in and revived it single-handedly.”
While the broader crypto market is also trending upward, DeSci tokens have significantly outperformed other categories such as meme coins, privacy tokens, NFTs, and DePIN projects. Tokens like VitaDAO (VITA), Curetopia (CURES), and Pinealon (PNL) all recorded double-digit gains, highlighting a strong resurgence of the DeSci movement — where science and blockchain are once again converging to spark the next wave of innovation in the crypto world.
