Plasma (XPL)

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Is Plasma already dead? One of the most hyped launches of the year, and $XPL is down ~86% from its highs. This wasn’t macro. It wasn’t sentiment. The on-chain data shows a classic post-launch repricing. Plasma entered the market with everything you’d want on paper: A stablecoin-first L1, zero-fee USDT rails, EVM compatibility, and backing from Tether, Bitfinex, and legacy capital. The narrative implied inevitability. The flows complicate that narrative. @Plasma metrics began diverging from expectations as incentives normalized. • TVL surged rapidly post-launch • User and transaction activity showed mixed signals • Trading activity remained elevated Rather than a clean collapse, the data points to a more nuanced transition from incentive-driven flows to early-stage organic usage. The TVL headline is central to that debate. Plasma reached roughly ~$6.4B in TVL within few week and currently sits around ~$3.1B in TVL. Instead of a sharp drawdown, TVL has shown signs of modest decline, though composition remains heavily skewed toward bridged stables, particularly USDT. That composition still matters. Large stable balances can obscure how much demand is structural versus opportunistic, even when aggregate TVL holds up. $XPL price action reflects a different side of the system. The token didn’t just retrace it repriced aggressively. From an ATH of ~$1.68 to ~$0.11, supply consistently overwhelmed spot demand. Low-float, high-FDV dynamics meant early unlocks hit the market quickly, while longer-term demand mechanisms have yet to fully engage. Recent unlocks reinforced that pressure, with additional cliffs still ahead. The market remains forward-looking, and dilution risk continues to factor into price. Token flows add further context. “Ecosystem incentives” largely translated into exchange liquidity rather than long-term alignment. Many early profitable traders exited, smart money exposure thinned, and supply concentration drifted toward centralized venues. This isn’t clear accumulation. It’s redistribution. Liquidity conditions amplify sensitivity. With relatively thin on-chain depth compared to market cap, price moves remain fragile, where rallies are prone to being technical rather than conviction-driven. All of this still contrasts with the original narrative. Plasma continues to make sense ideologically as a stablecoin optimized L1. Tether integrations, zero-fee USDT transfers suggest the chain is still attracting activity. $XPL staking is live following mainnet launch in September 2025, with delegation available and rewards active, though validator participation remains relatively centralized ahead of broader decentralization planned for 2026. The token plays a role in network security, governance, and ecosystem growth. Even so, staking and current value capture mechanisms have not yet been sufficient to offset post-launch supply dynamics and speculative positioning, leaving price discovery heavily influenced by unlocks and flow-driven trading. This isn’t a failure of engineering. It’s a timing and conversion challenge: aligning infrastructure, token mechanics, and sustained demand. The real question into 2026 is whether activating staking and broader value capture can shift $XPL from a launch-era trade into a durable asset or whether the market has already priced in that uncertainty. Narratives change. Flows still matter.

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$XPL might be the first coin that goes to a negative price. I wouldn’t be suprised..

$XPL saw the highest amount of inflows in the past 24 hours, with $31.08 million. $ETH had the most outflows with $69.56 million. https://t.co/hGiv0QjVgw

Imagine if all new VC coins in billions FDV get the XPL treatment which will be considered so cheap at some point (<500m fdv?) that it starts to be reasonable again for retail to buy in

many Xpl holders are pulling the trigger