Author: Asher, Odaily Planet Daily Despite the recent market recovery, the crypto world remains shrouded in a persistent gloom since the "1011 crash." Particularly noteworthy is the apparent unanimous triggering of a series of crashes on newly listed altcoins, with various price swings: halving in a single day, drops exceeding 80%, initial surges followed by a continuous decline, and concentrated sell-offs of airdrops. It's worth noting that these anomalies are largely concentrated on new projects launched on Binance Alpha. In just a few weeks, a series of bizarre price drops have occurred. On-chain fund flows, market maker operations, and the team's responses and silences piece together fragmented truths about this turmoil. Below, Odaily Planet Daily will summarize some of the most discussed and representative cases of these "creative price drops" recently. Sahara AI: A short-term plunge of over 50% stemmed from massive liquidation of perpetual contracts + concentrated amplification of short selling. On the evening of November 29, Sahara AI's token SAHARA fell by more than 50% in a short period of time, and the price has not recovered significantly since then, currently trading at $0.03869. SAHARA K-line chart The following day, the Sahara AI team quickly released a statement in an attempt to reassure the market, with three main points: There is no team or investor selling off: everyone is still under lock-up, and there is still a full year until the first unlock (June 2026). The smart contract is fine: it has not been hacked, tampered with, or had any inexplicable token transfers. The business is undergoing adjustments but nothing has gone wrong: internally, some resource integration is being done, with a focus on accelerating growth in areas where it can grow. These all sound harmless, but the focus of the community discussion is completely elsewhere. KOL Crypto Fearless posted on the X platform that the abnormal price drop of SAHARA was caused by "a series of liquidations of a certain active market maker": a large market maker who manages multiple projects was targeted by an exchange because of a certain project, which led to all related positions being subject to risk control, and SAHARA was just one of the "collateral damage". However, Sahara AI quickly denied this claim, emphasizing that their only market makers are Amber Group and Herring Global, both of which are operating normally and have not been investigated or liquidated. The team's version is that the crash was mainly due to large-scale liquidation of perpetual contracts combined with a concentrated amplification of short selling. In other words, "It's not our problem; it's a structural stampede within the market itself." Meanwhile, the team is still in direct communication with the relevant exchanges and will further disclose more verified information once obtained. aPriori: 60% of the airdrop was snapped up; the token price has fallen by nearly 80% since its launch. aPriori is a highly funded project within the Monad ecosystem. Its token, APR, was "early" traded on the BNB Chain via TGE before the Monad mainnet launch. On October 23rd, APR was listed on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures, initially surging above $0.70, but subsequently declining to its current price of $0.13. This initial weakness had already raised concerns within the community, but the real catalyst came a few weeks later. APR K-line chart The most shocking news came on November 11: 60% of the project's airdrop was claimed by the same entity using 14,000 addresses. On-chain data disclosed by Bubblemaps on November 11 showed that 60% of the aPriori project's airdrop tokens were claimed by the same entity through 14,000 interconnected wallets. These wallets each deposited 0.001 BNB through Binance within a short period and then transferred the APR tokens to the same batch of new wallets. APR "insider trading" address bubble chart However, what angered the community even more than the data itself was the project team's complete lack of response. On November 14, Bubblemaps stated that they had already contacted the aPriori team seeking an explanation for the situation where "60% of the airdrops were claimed by the same entity through 14,000 addresses," but had yet to receive a response. In addition, blockchain detective ZachXBT also posted on the X platform that he had sent a private message to the co-founder of the aPriori project to explain the "insider trading" issue, but had not received a reply as of November 18. Meanwhile, the official X account stopped updating, Discord administrators almost disappeared, and community sentiment gradually shifted from disappointment to anger. "Has the project team already absconded?" "Has the team moved on to the next project?" "A highly funded project doing this?" On November 21, the team finally spoke out, but the content did not truly address the core questions. It only stated that "no evidence has been found that the team or foundation received the airdrop," and attempted to shift attention to the Monad mainnet airdrop, claiming that a "large amount of unlocked APR airdrop" would be given to the Monad community. This statement did not quell the doubts, but was instead interpreted by many community members as "avoiding the important issues." Worse still, on the day Monad launched its mainnet, aPriori's token airdrop went almost unnoticed, and subsequent official channels fell silent again. From a high-profile, well-funded project to a rapid loss of community trust, this process took less than a month. Irys: An entity claimed 20% of the tokens in the airdrop through a cluster of 900 wallets and has already sold $4 million worth. Irys is an L1 public chain that focuses on "data intelligence" and has raised nearly $20 million in funding. However, its airdrops and on-chain activities before the mainnet launch have raised questions in the market about "insider trading" and dumping of shares to cash out. The day before launch: 900 addresses were flooded with deposits. On November 28th, Bubblemaps, an on-chain data analytics platform, disclosed that the day before the IRYS mainnet launch, a total of 900 addresses received ETH transferred from the Bitget exchange within several time windows. These addresses shared highly consistent characteristics: No prior on-chain history (brand new wallet); The amounts of ETH received were similar; Everyone received an IRYS airdrop on the day of launch. These addresses ultimately claimed approximately 20% of the IRYS airdrop quota. Further analysis: Typical witch clusters Bubblemaps divided these 900 addresses into 20 batches of top-ups, with approximately 50 addresses in each batch. The survey showed that: Time: From November 21st to 24th, Bitget launched a total of 20 rounds of top-ups; The pattern is highly consistent: each batch of small ETH transfers follows almost identical address generation, activation, and operation paths; Characteristics: Addresses are active simultaneously within a short period of time, and their behavioral paths are similar. This behavioral pattern is consistent with typical "Sybil" characteristics, indicating that it is a planned and organized operation. Transaction path: From airdrop to exchange Further investigation of 500 addresses revealed that they followed an identical process: Claim your IRYS airdrop; Transfer all tokens to a brand new address ("address washing" step); The new address then transferred IRYS to the Bitget exchange; It is highly likely that the shares will be sold directly on the exchange. To date, approximately $4 million worth of IRYS tokens have flowed into the Bitget exchange through this route. IRYS "Fake Stock" Address Bubble Chart Irys' official response: The airdrop of the witch horde does not involve the team or investors. Regarding the recent on-chain analysis showing the IRYS Sybil airdrop cluster incident, the project team conducted an internal investigation and verified the situation with partners and exchanges through multiple channels. The official response indicates: Unrelated to the team or investors: Investigations show that the Witch Cluster wallets used to receive the airdrops are not affiliated with the team wallets, foundation wallets, or investor wallets. The IRYS tokens held by the team, foundation, and founders have not been sold and remain subject to lock-up and unlocking rules. Reflections on the airdrop design and anti-Sybil measures: The project employed various anti-Sybil mechanisms before launch, successfully filtering out some obvious arbitrage opportunities, but still failing to completely prevent Sybil clusters. The team stated that these vulnerabilities were inherent to the airdrop design itself, rather than due to errors in execution by partners, and promised future improvements. Future plans: The team will regularly update project progress, including network growth, ecosystem development, and major company news. At the product and ecosystem level, we will continue to optimize protocols, expand integration scenarios, promote data applications, and support long-term users and developers. The official statement emphasizes that this incident will not affect the operation of the IRYS mainnet, nor will it change the project's long-term development goals. The team will earn the community's trust through continuous development and transparent communication, rather than just verbal explanations. Tradoor: The top ten holding addresses account for 98% of the total supply, causing a short-term plunge of nearly 80%. On December 1, the token TRADOOR of Binance Alpha project Tradoor surged to a record high of $6.64, but then plummeted by nearly 80% in the following 24 hours, falling to $1.47; it is currently priced at $1.39. TRADOOR K-line chart On-chain data shows that Tradoor has extremely low decentralization: only 10 addresses control 98% of the total supply, with one address holding as many as 75% of the tokens. The remaining circulating supply is negligible, with the total DEX liquidity pool amounting to less than $1 million, meaning even a small large order can cause the price to crash. Furthermore, the delayed airdrop and issues with the staking mechanism exacerbated the crisis of user trust: the originally promised airdrop was delayed from "soon" to February 2026, and coupled with loopholes in the staking mechanism, retail investors had virtually nowhere to hide when the market crashed. It is worth noting that the TRADOOR crash occurred during the hours of 4 to 5 a.m. in China, when most retail investors were asleep, and by the time they woke up, their losses were already irreversible. Knowing when to stop is the key. As crypto trader Ansem previously stated in an article on the X platform, the main value accumulation phase of the crypto industry is "basically over," and the vast majority of tokens ("95% junk") will struggle to gain sustained value in the future. The real value-capturing assets in the future will be stablecoins and the blockchain infrastructure built on the proprietary chains of traditional fintech companies like Stripe, Coinbase, and Robinhood, rather than most token projects currently on the market. Therefore, even with the current significant recovery in the crypto market, highly sought-after altcoins may experience a brief rebound, potentially allowing investors to "make a quick profit." However, this does not mean complacency or blindly pursuing exorbitant profits of several times or even ten times the initial investment—altcoins experiencing dramatic price drops will continue to appear. In the current environment, "taking profits when they are available" remains the safest strategy.Author: Asher, Odaily Planet Daily Despite the recent market recovery, the crypto world remains shrouded in a persistent gloom since the "1011 crash." Particularly noteworthy is the apparent unanimous triggering of a series of crashes on newly listed altcoins, with various price swings: halving in a single day, drops exceeding 80%, initial surges followed by a continuous decline, and concentrated sell-offs of airdrops. It's worth noting that these anomalies are largely concentrated on new projects launched on Binance Alpha. In just a few weeks, a series of bizarre price drops have occurred. On-chain fund flows, market maker operations, and the team's responses and silences piece together fragmented truths about this turmoil. Below, Odaily Planet Daily will summarize some of the most discussed and representative cases of these "creative price drops" recently. Sahara AI: A short-term plunge of over 50% stemmed from massive liquidation of perpetual contracts + concentrated amplification of short selling. On the evening of November 29, Sahara AI's token SAHARA fell by more than 50% in a short period of time, and the price has not recovered significantly since then, currently trading at $0.03869. SAHARA K-line chart The following day, the Sahara AI team quickly released a statement in an attempt to reassure the market, with three main points: There is no team or investor selling off: everyone is still under lock-up, and there is still a full year until the first unlock (June 2026). The smart contract is fine: it has not been hacked, tampered with, or had any inexplicable token transfers. The business is undergoing adjustments but nothing has gone wrong: internally, some resource integration is being done, with a focus on accelerating growth in areas where it can grow. These all sound harmless, but the focus of the community discussion is completely elsewhere. KOL Crypto Fearless posted on the X platform that the abnormal price drop of SAHARA was caused by "a series of liquidations of a certain active market maker": a large market maker who manages multiple projects was targeted by an exchange because of a certain project, which led to all related positions being subject to risk control, and SAHARA was just one of the "collateral damage". However, Sahara AI quickly denied this claim, emphasizing that their only market makers are Amber Group and Herring Global, both of which are operating normally and have not been investigated or liquidated. The team's version is that the crash was mainly due to large-scale liquidation of perpetual contracts combined with a concentrated amplification of short selling. In other words, "It's not our problem; it's a structural stampede within the market itself." Meanwhile, the team is still in direct communication with the relevant exchanges and will further disclose more verified information once obtained. aPriori: 60% of the airdrop was snapped up; the token price has fallen by nearly 80% since its launch. aPriori is a highly funded project within the Monad ecosystem. Its token, APR, was "early" traded on the BNB Chain via TGE before the Monad mainnet launch. On October 23rd, APR was listed on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures, initially surging above $0.70, but subsequently declining to its current price of $0.13. This initial weakness had already raised concerns within the community, but the real catalyst came a few weeks later. APR K-line chart The most shocking news came on November 11: 60% of the project's airdrop was claimed by the same entity using 14,000 addresses. On-chain data disclosed by Bubblemaps on November 11 showed that 60% of the aPriori project's airdrop tokens were claimed by the same entity through 14,000 interconnected wallets. These wallets each deposited 0.001 BNB through Binance within a short period and then transferred the APR tokens to the same batch of new wallets. APR "insider trading" address bubble chart However, what angered the community even more than the data itself was the project team's complete lack of response. On November 14, Bubblemaps stated that they had already contacted the aPriori team seeking an explanation for the situation where "60% of the airdrops were claimed by the same entity through 14,000 addresses," but had yet to receive a response. In addition, blockchain detective ZachXBT also posted on the X platform that he had sent a private message to the co-founder of the aPriori project to explain the "insider trading" issue, but had not received a reply as of November 18. Meanwhile, the official X account stopped updating, Discord administrators almost disappeared, and community sentiment gradually shifted from disappointment to anger. "Has the project team already absconded?" "Has the team moved on to the next project?" "A highly funded project doing this?" On November 21, the team finally spoke out, but the content did not truly address the core questions. It only stated that "no evidence has been found that the team or foundation received the airdrop," and attempted to shift attention to the Monad mainnet airdrop, claiming that a "large amount of unlocked APR airdrop" would be given to the Monad community. This statement did not quell the doubts, but was instead interpreted by many community members as "avoiding the important issues." Worse still, on the day Monad launched its mainnet, aPriori's token airdrop went almost unnoticed, and subsequent official channels fell silent again. From a high-profile, well-funded project to a rapid loss of community trust, this process took less than a month. Irys: An entity claimed 20% of the tokens in the airdrop through a cluster of 900 wallets and has already sold $4 million worth. Irys is an L1 public chain that focuses on "data intelligence" and has raised nearly $20 million in funding. However, its airdrops and on-chain activities before the mainnet launch have raised questions in the market about "insider trading" and dumping of shares to cash out. The day before launch: 900 addresses were flooded with deposits. On November 28th, Bubblemaps, an on-chain data analytics platform, disclosed that the day before the IRYS mainnet launch, a total of 900 addresses received ETH transferred from the Bitget exchange within several time windows. These addresses shared highly consistent characteristics: No prior on-chain history (brand new wallet); The amounts of ETH received were similar; Everyone received an IRYS airdrop on the day of launch. These addresses ultimately claimed approximately 20% of the IRYS airdrop quota. Further analysis: Typical witch clusters Bubblemaps divided these 900 addresses into 20 batches of top-ups, with approximately 50 addresses in each batch. The survey showed that: Time: From November 21st to 24th, Bitget launched a total of 20 rounds of top-ups; The pattern is highly consistent: each batch of small ETH transfers follows almost identical address generation, activation, and operation paths; Characteristics: Addresses are active simultaneously within a short period of time, and their behavioral paths are similar. This behavioral pattern is consistent with typical "Sybil" characteristics, indicating that it is a planned and organized operation. Transaction path: From airdrop to exchange Further investigation of 500 addresses revealed that they followed an identical process: Claim your IRYS airdrop; Transfer all tokens to a brand new address ("address washing" step); The new address then transferred IRYS to the Bitget exchange; It is highly likely that the shares will be sold directly on the exchange. To date, approximately $4 million worth of IRYS tokens have flowed into the Bitget exchange through this route. IRYS "Fake Stock" Address Bubble Chart Irys' official response: The airdrop of the witch horde does not involve the team or investors. Regarding the recent on-chain analysis showing the IRYS Sybil airdrop cluster incident, the project team conducted an internal investigation and verified the situation with partners and exchanges through multiple channels. The official response indicates: Unrelated to the team or investors: Investigations show that the Witch Cluster wallets used to receive the airdrops are not affiliated with the team wallets, foundation wallets, or investor wallets. The IRYS tokens held by the team, foundation, and founders have not been sold and remain subject to lock-up and unlocking rules. Reflections on the airdrop design and anti-Sybil measures: The project employed various anti-Sybil mechanisms before launch, successfully filtering out some obvious arbitrage opportunities, but still failing to completely prevent Sybil clusters. The team stated that these vulnerabilities were inherent to the airdrop design itself, rather than due to errors in execution by partners, and promised future improvements. Future plans: The team will regularly update project progress, including network growth, ecosystem development, and major company news. At the product and ecosystem level, we will continue to optimize protocols, expand integration scenarios, promote data applications, and support long-term users and developers. The official statement emphasizes that this incident will not affect the operation of the IRYS mainnet, nor will it change the project's long-term development goals. The team will earn the community's trust through continuous development and transparent communication, rather than just verbal explanations. Tradoor: The top ten holding addresses account for 98% of the total supply, causing a short-term plunge of nearly 80%. On December 1, the token TRADOOR of Binance Alpha project Tradoor surged to a record high of $6.64, but then plummeted by nearly 80% in the following 24 hours, falling to $1.47; it is currently priced at $1.39. TRADOOR K-line chart On-chain data shows that Tradoor has extremely low decentralization: only 10 addresses control 98% of the total supply, with one address holding as many as 75% of the tokens. The remaining circulating supply is negligible, with the total DEX liquidity pool amounting to less than $1 million, meaning even a small large order can cause the price to crash. Furthermore, the delayed airdrop and issues with the staking mechanism exacerbated the crisis of user trust: the originally promised airdrop was delayed from "soon" to February 2026, and coupled with loopholes in the staking mechanism, retail investors had virtually nowhere to hide when the market crashed. It is worth noting that the TRADOOR crash occurred during the hours of 4 to 5 a.m. in China, when most retail investors were asleep, and by the time they woke up, their losses were already irreversible. Knowing when to stop is the key. As crypto trader Ansem previously stated in an article on the X platform, the main value accumulation phase of the crypto industry is "basically over," and the vast majority of tokens ("95% junk") will struggle to gain sustained value in the future. The real value-capturing assets in the future will be stablecoins and the blockchain infrastructure built on the proprietary chains of traditional fintech companies like Stripe, Coinbase, and Robinhood, rather than most token projects currently on the market. Therefore, even with the current significant recovery in the crypto market, highly sought-after altcoins may experience a brief rebound, potentially allowing investors to "make a quick profit." However, this does not mean complacency or blindly pursuing exorbitant profits of several times or even ten times the initial investment—altcoins experiencing dramatic price drops will continue to appear. In the current environment, "taking profits when they are available" remains the safest strategy.

From Sahara to Tradoor, a look back at the recent "dive" of altcoins.

2025/12/04 20:00

Author: Asher, Odaily Planet Daily

Despite the recent market recovery, the crypto world remains shrouded in a persistent gloom since the "1011 crash." Particularly noteworthy is the apparent unanimous triggering of a series of crashes on newly listed altcoins, with various price swings: halving in a single day, drops exceeding 80%, initial surges followed by a continuous decline, and concentrated sell-offs of airdrops. It's worth noting that these anomalies are largely concentrated on new projects launched on Binance Alpha.

In just a few weeks, a series of bizarre price drops have occurred. On-chain fund flows, market maker operations, and the team's responses and silences piece together fragmented truths about this turmoil. Below, Odaily Planet Daily will summarize some of the most discussed and representative cases of these "creative price drops" recently.

Sahara AI: A short-term plunge of over 50% stemmed from massive liquidation of perpetual contracts + concentrated amplification of short selling.

On the evening of November 29, Sahara AI's token SAHARA fell by more than 50% in a short period of time, and the price has not recovered significantly since then, currently trading at $0.03869.

SAHARA K-line chart

The following day, the Sahara AI team quickly released a statement in an attempt to reassure the market, with three main points:

  • There is no team or investor selling off: everyone is still under lock-up, and there is still a full year until the first unlock (June 2026).
  • The smart contract is fine: it has not been hacked, tampered with, or had any inexplicable token transfers.
  • The business is undergoing adjustments but nothing has gone wrong: internally, some resource integration is being done, with a focus on accelerating growth in areas where it can grow.

These all sound harmless, but the focus of the community discussion is completely elsewhere. KOL Crypto Fearless posted on the X platform that the abnormal price drop of SAHARA was caused by "a series of liquidations of a certain active market maker": a large market maker who manages multiple projects was targeted by an exchange because of a certain project, which led to all related positions being subject to risk control, and SAHARA was just one of the "collateral damage".

However, Sahara AI quickly denied this claim, emphasizing that their only market makers are Amber Group and Herring Global, both of which are operating normally and have not been investigated or liquidated. The team's version is that the crash was mainly due to large-scale liquidation of perpetual contracts combined with a concentrated amplification of short selling. In other words, "It's not our problem; it's a structural stampede within the market itself." Meanwhile, the team is still in direct communication with the relevant exchanges and will further disclose more verified information once obtained.

aPriori: 60% of the airdrop was snapped up; the token price has fallen by nearly 80% since its launch.

aPriori is a highly funded project within the Monad ecosystem. Its token, APR, was "early" traded on the BNB Chain via TGE before the Monad mainnet launch. On October 23rd, APR was listed on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures, initially surging above $0.70, but subsequently declining to its current price of $0.13. This initial weakness had already raised concerns within the community, but the real catalyst came a few weeks later.

APR K-line chart

The most shocking news came on November 11: 60% of the project's airdrop was claimed by the same entity using 14,000 addresses. On-chain data disclosed by Bubblemaps on November 11 showed that 60% of the aPriori project's airdrop tokens were claimed by the same entity through 14,000 interconnected wallets. These wallets each deposited 0.001 BNB through Binance within a short period and then transferred the APR tokens to the same batch of new wallets.

APR "insider trading" address bubble chart

However, what angered the community even more than the data itself was the project team's complete lack of response. On November 14, Bubblemaps stated that they had already contacted the aPriori team seeking an explanation for the situation where "60% of the airdrops were claimed by the same entity through 14,000 addresses," but had yet to receive a response.

In addition, blockchain detective ZachXBT also posted on the X platform that he had sent a private message to the co-founder of the aPriori project to explain the "insider trading" issue, but had not received a reply as of November 18.

Meanwhile, the official X account stopped updating, Discord administrators almost disappeared, and community sentiment gradually shifted from disappointment to anger.

  • "Has the project team already absconded?"
  • "Has the team moved on to the next project?"
  • "A highly funded project doing this?"

On November 21, the team finally spoke out, but the content did not truly address the core questions. It only stated that "no evidence has been found that the team or foundation received the airdrop," and attempted to shift attention to the Monad mainnet airdrop, claiming that a "large amount of unlocked APR airdrop" would be given to the Monad community. This statement did not quell the doubts, but was instead interpreted by many community members as "avoiding the important issues."

Worse still, on the day Monad launched its mainnet, aPriori's token airdrop went almost unnoticed, and subsequent official channels fell silent again. From a high-profile, well-funded project to a rapid loss of community trust, this process took less than a month.

Irys: An entity claimed 20% of the tokens in the airdrop through a cluster of 900 wallets and has already sold $4 million worth.

Irys is an L1 public chain that focuses on "data intelligence" and has raised nearly $20 million in funding. However, its airdrops and on-chain activities before the mainnet launch have raised questions in the market about "insider trading" and dumping of shares to cash out.

The day before launch: 900 addresses were flooded with deposits.

On November 28th, Bubblemaps, an on-chain data analytics platform, disclosed that the day before the IRYS mainnet launch, a total of 900 addresses received ETH transferred from the Bitget exchange within several time windows. These addresses shared highly consistent characteristics:

  • No prior on-chain history (brand new wallet);
  • The amounts of ETH received were similar;
  • Everyone received an IRYS airdrop on the day of launch.

These addresses ultimately claimed approximately 20% of the IRYS airdrop quota.

Further analysis: Typical witch clusters

Bubblemaps divided these 900 addresses into 20 batches of top-ups, with approximately 50 addresses in each batch. The survey showed that:

  • Time: From November 21st to 24th, Bitget launched a total of 20 rounds of top-ups;
  • The pattern is highly consistent: each batch of small ETH transfers follows almost identical address generation, activation, and operation paths;
  • Characteristics: Addresses are active simultaneously within a short period of time, and their behavioral paths are similar.

This behavioral pattern is consistent with typical "Sybil" characteristics, indicating that it is a planned and organized operation.

Transaction path: From airdrop to exchange

Further investigation of 500 addresses revealed that they followed an identical process:

  1. Claim your IRYS airdrop;
  2. Transfer all tokens to a brand new address ("address washing" step);
  3. The new address then transferred IRYS to the Bitget exchange;
  4. It is highly likely that the shares will be sold directly on the exchange.

To date, approximately $4 million worth of IRYS tokens have flowed into the Bitget exchange through this route.

IRYS "Fake Stock" Address Bubble Chart

Irys' official response: The airdrop of the witch horde does not involve the team or investors.

Regarding the recent on-chain analysis showing the IRYS Sybil airdrop cluster incident, the project team conducted an internal investigation and verified the situation with partners and exchanges through multiple channels. The official response indicates:

  • Unrelated to the team or investors: Investigations show that the Witch Cluster wallets used to receive the airdrops are not affiliated with the team wallets, foundation wallets, or investor wallets. The IRYS tokens held by the team, foundation, and founders have not been sold and remain subject to lock-up and unlocking rules.
  • Reflections on the airdrop design and anti-Sybil measures: The project employed various anti-Sybil mechanisms before launch, successfully filtering out some obvious arbitrage opportunities, but still failing to completely prevent Sybil clusters. The team stated that these vulnerabilities were inherent to the airdrop design itself, rather than due to errors in execution by partners, and promised future improvements.
  • Future plans: The team will regularly update project progress, including network growth, ecosystem development, and major company news. At the product and ecosystem level, we will continue to optimize protocols, expand integration scenarios, promote data applications, and support long-term users and developers.

The official statement emphasizes that this incident will not affect the operation of the IRYS mainnet, nor will it change the project's long-term development goals. The team will earn the community's trust through continuous development and transparent communication, rather than just verbal explanations.

Tradoor: The top ten holding addresses account for 98% of the total supply, causing a short-term plunge of nearly 80%.

On December 1, the token TRADOOR of Binance Alpha project Tradoor surged to a record high of $6.64, but then plummeted by nearly 80% in the following 24 hours, falling to $1.47; it is currently priced at $1.39.

TRADOOR K-line chart

On-chain data shows that Tradoor has extremely low decentralization: only 10 addresses control 98% of the total supply, with one address holding as many as 75% of the tokens. The remaining circulating supply is negligible, with the total DEX liquidity pool amounting to less than $1 million, meaning even a small large order can cause the price to crash.

Furthermore, the delayed airdrop and issues with the staking mechanism exacerbated the crisis of user trust: the originally promised airdrop was delayed from "soon" to February 2026, and coupled with loopholes in the staking mechanism, retail investors had virtually nowhere to hide when the market crashed. It is worth noting that the TRADOOR crash occurred during the hours of 4 to 5 a.m. in China, when most retail investors were asleep, and by the time they woke up, their losses were already irreversible.

Knowing when to stop is the key.

As crypto trader Ansem previously stated in an article on the X platform, the main value accumulation phase of the crypto industry is "basically over," and the vast majority of tokens ("95% junk") will struggle to gain sustained value in the future. The real value-capturing assets in the future will be stablecoins and the blockchain infrastructure built on the proprietary chains of traditional fintech companies like Stripe, Coinbase, and Robinhood, rather than most token projects currently on the market.

Therefore, even with the current significant recovery in the crypto market, highly sought-after altcoins may experience a brief rebound, potentially allowing investors to "make a quick profit." However, this does not mean complacency or blindly pursuing exorbitant profits of several times or even ten times the initial investment—altcoins experiencing dramatic price drops will continue to appear. In the current environment, "taking profits when they are available" remains the safest strategy.

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SOLANA NETWORK Withstands 6 Tbps DDoS Without Downtime

SOLANA NETWORK Withstands 6 Tbps DDoS Without Downtime

The post SOLANA NETWORK Withstands 6 Tbps DDoS Without Downtime appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In a pivotal week for crypto infrastructure, the Solana network
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Why The Green Bay Packers Must Take The Cleveland Browns Seriously — As Hard As That Might Be

Why The Green Bay Packers Must Take The Cleveland Browns Seriously — As Hard As That Might Be

The post Why The Green Bay Packers Must Take The Cleveland Browns Seriously — As Hard As That Might Be appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers are off to a 2-0 start. Getty Images The Green Bay Packers are, once again, one of the NFL’s better teams. The Cleveland Browns are, once again, one of the league’s doormats. It’s why unbeaten Green Bay (2-0) is a 8-point favorite at winless Cleveland (0-2) Sunday according to betmgm.com. The money line is also Green Bay -500. Most expect this to be a Packers’ rout, and it very well could be. But Green Bay knows taking anyone in this league for granted can prove costly. “I think if you look at their roster, the paper, who they have on that team, what they can do, they got a lot of talent and things can turn around quickly for them,” Packers safety Xavier McKinney said. “We just got to kind of keep that in mind and know we not just walking into something and they just going to lay down. That’s not what they going to do.” The Browns certainly haven’t laid down on defense. Far from. Cleveland is allowing an NFL-best 191.5 yards per game. The Browns gave up 141 yards to Cincinnati in Week 1, including just seven in the second half, but still lost, 17-16. Cleveland has given up an NFL-best 45.5 rushing yards per game and just 2.1 rushing yards per attempt. “The biggest thing is our defensive line is much, much improved over last year and I think we’ve got back to our personality,” defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said recently. “When we play our best, our D-line leads us there as our engine.” The Browns rank third in the league in passing defense, allowing just 146.0 yards per game. Cleveland has also gone 30 straight games without allowing a 300-yard passer, the longest active streak in the NFL.…
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