High-performance blockchain and oracle provider Band Protocol (BAND) announced a partnership with crypto price tracker CoinMarketCap on August 12. The collaboration will result in users being rewarded for participation in an education program.

• Band Protocol becomes the first project to be chosen by CoinMarketCap’s Earn platform
• Program will last for 8 days with a total of $160,000 being distributed to all eligible users
• BAND has been in the news for a sudden price surge, rising roughly 350% in the first 10 days of August 2020
• BAND is priced at $13.89 at the time of publishing
• Chainlink (LINK), another oracle provider, has also been surging in price