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INJ Surges After Breakout as Injective Deepens U.S. Ties

The rally is driven by on‑chain revenue that funds monthly buybacks and technical momentum that has removed significant INJ from exchanges.

Overview

  • INJ rallied roughly 25–30% in 24 hours and has gained more than 30% from its breakout, with prices trading around $9 to $9.35 on Friday as volume and derivatives open interest rose.
  • Injective has been strengthening its U.S. regulatory footing by securing SEC transfer‑agent registration and saying CEO Eric Chen held talks with White House, SEC and CFTC officials about tokenization.
  • Gulf Labs, part of Thailand’s GULF Group, has begun operating as an institutional validator on Injective to support transaction validation, network security and tokenization pilots.
  • Injective reports a leading revenue‑to‑fully‑diluted‑value ratio and routes on‑chain revenue into a monthly Community BuyBack that reduces supply, while Santiment data shows exchange‑held INJ fell to about 872,500 tokens.
  • Traders are watching technical projections that put a target near $14, the progress of multiple proposed staked‑INJ ETF filings that still require SEC approval, and whether higher trading volume holds after this initial spike.