Filecoin Cuts IPFS Storage Cost to $4.55 Per Terabyte
Filecoin (FIL)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Coinfanatica.com reports that Filecoin has reduced its IPFS storage price to $4.55 per terabyte per month. This new rate is approximately one-third the cost of the cheapest alternatives currently available. Users can add pinned IPFS data to Filecoin Warm Storage without altering their content identifiers.
The @Filecoin handle highlighted this affordability as a way to attract more users to decentralized storage. By offering verifiable on-chain data storage at this competitive rate, Filecoin aims to capture a larger market share. The move positions the network directly against traditional storage providers.
This strategy aligns with recent trends favoring decentralized technologies. The announcement suggests a potential paradigm shift in the storage market. Traders are watching to see if this pricing drives tangible user growth. The immediate challenge remains converting this strategic pricing into actual engagement.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for FIL, measured when this story was written up on 7 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
FIL is trading at $0.8075 with a 24-hour spot volume of $9,230,014. The 24-hour buy ratio stands at 47.6%, while the 1-hour and 4-hour ratios are both lower at 45.6%. This indicates that buying pressure is fading in the short term compared to the daily average. The 24-hour volume delta is -$426,446, showing that sellers have outweighed buyers over the last day. Volume delta measures the net difference between buy and sell volume, so a negative number means more money flowed into sells. The 1-hour volume delta is -$29,602, confirming that this selling pressure is continuing in the immediate present. Net buying has only occurred for 6 of the last 24 hours, suggesting a lack of sustained bullish momentum.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.1% sits at the 54th percentile of the last 324 days, against a median of 48.9% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for FIL, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 50.5%, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than today's 24-hour reading. This makes today an unusual day for the coin, as buying interest has dropped below its weekly norm. The 24-hour volume of $9,230,014 is 0.90 times the weekly average, indicating lower than usual activity. Despite this dip, the coin saw a 22.3% price increase over the last 8 days. The 8-day volume delta totaled +$1,470,515, showing that the recent weekly trend was strongly bullish before this latest decline.