Selected News
Ethereum's on-chain activity surged this week, with network fees rising by 160%
BlackRock's IBIT Bitcoin holdings reached $64.697 billion, surpassing Strategy
Binance Alpha's trading volume reached $770.4 million yesterday, setting a new historical high
Trending Topics
Source: Overheard on CT (tg: @overheardonct), Kaito
COINBASE: Coinbase has become the focus today due to a major data breach incident: overseas customer service personnel were bribed to assist hackers in stealing user data (affecting less than 1% of customers), with leaked information including names, addresses, and other sensitive content. Although the hackers demanded a ransom of $20 million, Coinbase refused to pay and instead offered a $20 million reward for the capture of the criminals. This incident has sparked widespread discussion on the effectiveness of KYC/AML policies and the security of centralized data storage.
MAPLESTORYUNIVERSE: "MapleStory Universe" has officially launched its dedicated blockchain on Avalanche, marking an important milestone for Web3 gaming. The project is directing a community airdrop of $45 million worth of NXPC tokens (current FDV is $3 billion), providing generous rewards for players. On-chain data shows that 1.7 million NFTs have been minted and 2.7 million wallets created, with the community celebrating this successful launch that may open a new era for gaming.
FTT: FTX announced that it will distribute over $5 billion to creditors through the "FTX Recovery Trust" on May 30, 2025 (second distribution plan). Twitter is buzzing about the potential impact of this fund release on the cryptocurrency market (especially Bitcoin and altcoins). Different categories of creditors must meet specific conditions to receive compensation.
AVAX: Two major events in the Avalanche ecosystem have ignited discussions today: 1) The launch of the "MapleStory Universe" chain game on the mainnet, setting records with 1.7 million NFTs minted and 2.7 million wallet registrations; 2) BlackRock's sBUIDL integrating with the Euler protocol, marking significant progress in institutional-level DeFi. Additionally, the Unity (UTY) token released by XSY and the RWA infrastructure launched by Libre have further strengthened AVAX's ecological position in gaming and DeFi.
KAITO: KAITO has received positive feedback from the community due to its interface upgrade, and its collaboration with Virtuals.io to launch the Virgen points system is reshaping the creator economy model. The platform's reform of airdrop strategies to incentivize genuine content creation has sparked heated discussions, with users believing that this "effective participation reward" mechanism could change the content production logic in the crypto community.
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The classic online game "MapleStory" chain game version MapleStory Universe has officially launched, adopting a dual-token model (NXPC+NESO) and an NFT character system. Although the launch was explosive, the current gold farming returns are too low (100,000 game coins are only worth $2.87), and the Boss battle has been changed to a server-wide lottery mechanism, which has also caused dissatisfaction among players. As a classic IP chain transformation that carries nostalgia, its economic model and gameplay still need optimization, and its future development is worth watching.
The Binance ecosystem has created a diversified profit matrix for investors. By analyzing its four core profit-generating activities, it can be found that a long-term holding strategy for BNB allows participation in Launchpool staking mining (average annualized return of 15%), HODLer airdrops (some projects have APY exceeding 300%), and Megadrop tasks, achieving "one coin for multiple benefits" compound returns; while aggressive investors can participate in early project airdrops by accumulating Alpha points (200 points threshold costs about $40), with individual project returns reaching $60-500.
On-Chain Data
On-chain capital flow situation for the week of May 16
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