From Street Stall to Global Business: A Kenyan Girl and Her Journey with Digital Dollars
Two years ago, I met a girl named Sarah on the streets of Nairobi. She was in her early twenties and had a small stall in the market selling handmade jewelry and phone cases. The business wasn't big, earning a few hundred shillings a day, just enough to get by. But Sarah always complained about one thing: customers wanted to pay with their phones, but the local mobile wallet fees were shockingly high, and transfers were slow. Sometimes foreign tourists wanted to buy her things with credit cards or PayPal, and she had to wait several days for the money to arrive, losing a significant portion in fees. Damn credit cards and PayPal, they're also a hassle for me🥺.
The creator activity of Plasma has theoretically been 14 days by today, and rewards should be distributed today. Why haven't they been issued?
The Plasma activity started on January 16th and lasted for a total of 14 days until the 29th. The points for the 29th were updated on the 31st, so rewards should be distributed today. Why hasn't the official team released them? 🤔 Previously, it was announced that rewards would be issued every 14 days starting from DUSK.
However, given the current market situation, not issuing rewards might have its advantages, to avoid driving down the price of XPL too much. The market has dropped significantly from last night to today, and no one or coin has been spared. 😂
@Plasma is a high-performance Layer 1 public chain designed specifically for stablecoins, attracting over $7 billion in stablecoin deposits, making it the fourth largest network by USDT balance!
Its core highlights include: ✅ Near-zero fees for USDT transfers + sub-second confirmation, over 1000 TPS, competing with Visa ✅ Fully EVM compatible, making it easy to migrate Ethereum dApps ✅ Trust-minimized BTC bridge + pBTC support, connecting the Bitcoin ecosystem ✅ Over 25 stablecoins, 100+ countries/payment methods, and 100+ institutional partners
The Plasma ecosystem is accelerating, the 2026 payment revolution has just begun, let's witness it together! 🚀 #plasma $XPL
A few years ago, I had a friend named Amin who worked in Singapore and had to send money to his parents in the Philippines every month. At that time, he used traditional banks with absurdly high fees, taking several days for the money to arrive, and sometimes he got ripped off by the exchange rate.
Later, he switched to cryptocurrency, using USDT to transfer on Ethereum. He originally thought he was liberated, but during peak times, the gas fees skyrocketed to dozens of dollars, making small remittances not worth it at all. Every time Amin finished transferring money, he sighed, 'How is this blockchain even more congested than banks?' Until last year, he suddenly excitedly messaged me: 'Bro, I found the magic chain! It’s called Plasma, transferring USDT with zero fees, and it arrives in seconds!' I initially thought he was bragging, but after trying it myself, I found out that this thing is really different.
Hello everyone, today I want to have a serious discussion with you about the Layer 1 blockchain @Plasma . Its core goal is to address the two major pain points of stablecoins in actual payments: high fees and slow speeds, allowing stablecoins like USDT to truly become efficient global payment tools.
First, let's talk about the fee issue. Traditional cross-border payments (such as bank SWIFT) have high fees and slow arrival times, making small transfers often not worthwhile; even on the blockchain, Ethereum gas fees can reach several dollars during peak times, while Tron and Solana have lower fees but still incur costs, which can erode the value of small transactions. Plasma directly achieves zero fees for USDT transfers through a Paymaster mechanism subsidized by the protocol, so users and merchants do not need to pay any fees. This means that cross-border remittances, e-commerce settlements, salary disbursements, or daily small payments can be completed at zero cost, significantly lowering the threshold for the use of stablecoins in emerging markets and developing countries, shifting them from "investment assets" to "daily currency".
Secondly, there is performance. Stablecoin payments require immediacy and reliability, but many chains suffer from severe congestion under high load. Ethereum has long confirmation times, and while Solana is fast, its stability can occasionally fluctuate. Plasma utilizes an optimized PlasmaBFT consensus, achieving sub-second finality and thousands of TPS throughput, with transfers arriving almost in real-time while maintaining BFT-level security guarantees. This makes high-frequency scenarios (such as merchant collections and P2P transfers) reliable and predictable, avoiding waiting and uncertainty.
Plasma's positioning is very clear: it does not pursue universality but focuses on stablecoin payment infrastructure. Combined with EVM compatibility and the emerging ecosystem (such as Rain card, NEAR cross-chain, merchant tools), it is gradually solving the problem of stablecoins being "smooth on-chain and hard to use off-chain". In the future, with the launch of Bitcoin bridges and privacy features, use cases will become even broader.
If you are using stablecoin payments, Plasma is worth a try. What it solves is bringing us one step closer to "global instant low-cost transfers".
🧧🧧🧧 GM, everyone, have a great weekend. How was your week, did you make any money? The recent market has been so-so, I’m here to send a 🧧 to make everyone happy.
Today and tomorrow there will be double airdrops, but 3 AM is a bit ridiculous 😂
Tonight's airdrop is KIN, requiring 241 points, scheduled for 19:00, with airdrop quantity of 17,000, and a pre-market value of around 30 USDT.
There is another airdrop tomorrow morning at 3:00, requiring 240 points, with an airdrop quantity of 20,000.
The timing of the second airdrop is too absurd; is it to accommodate other regions? For the UTC+8 time zone, this timing is too strange. If it's not a big deal, I would just throw up.
Now the scores have gone up again, it seems everyone has generally returned their points.
Today, I continue to recommend brushing up on OWL, be careful not to get caught; I got caught for a few USDT yesterday 😅.
Plasma: The 'dark horse' of stablecoin payments, or the mischief-maker of traditional finance?
Imagine you want to transfer some money to a friend overseas. Traditional banks? Fill out a bunch of forms, wait three to five days, and the fees are enough for a big meal. Alipay and WeChat? Great domestically, but a mess for cross-border transactions. Credit cards? Merchant fees are painfully high, and users still have to pay the bills. In short, transferring money always feels like a struggle with your wallet. Then, by the end of 2025, a Layer 1 chain called Plasma will emerge, carrying its native token XPL, directly shouting out the slogan: Stablecoin payments, this is how it should be done! It doesn't aim for an all-purpose chain, but focuses on one thing - making USDT (and other stablecoins) transfers fast and free, while effortlessly addressing the pain points of traditional payments one by one. Today, let's talk about this 'trickster' and see if it's really valuable and if it has the true ability to disrupt our wallet life.
Bitcoin Price Volatility and Its Correlation with U.S. Stocks: Exploring the Path to an Independent Cryptocurrency Market
Since last night, the BTC price has experienced a significant decline, quickly falling from a high of 88000 to around 81000, with a daily drop of over 6 points, setting a new low in nearly two months. This volatility has not only affected Bitcoin itself, but the total market capitalization of the entire cryptocurrency market has also evaporated by hundreds of billions of dollars, leaving many investors confused.
BTC recent daily market In this article, I will analyze the main reasons for this price crash, then review the correlation between Bitcoin's performance and U.S. stocks over the past year, and finally explore how the cryptocurrency market can gradually reduce its dependence on U.S. stock fluctuations to achieve a more independent market trend, moving towards a positioning similar to safe-haven assets like gold.
Trade XAU, XAG, or TSLA to earn rewards. Everyone who hasn't traded these three contracts before can participate in the new user activity.
During the event, if you trade up to 500U, you can receive a reward. If your contract skills are great, you can also participate in the first activity, where the highest earners will receive rewards, limited to the top ten thousand earners.
As a contract novice, I'll join the second activity; I'll let you all participate in the first one 😂. Don't rush to trade when new coins or contracts are launched; who knows, there might be a trading competition.
Is the reward for the Plasma XPL creator activity still issued every 14 days? If so, starting from the 16th, the points until the 29th should count as one cycle. Therefore, the day the points are updated on the 29th should issue rewards 😂.
Currently, points are updated T+2, so the update should happen on the evening of the 31st. Thus, the rewards will likely be issued on the evening of the 31st or the morning of February 1st.
Right now, the Plasma leaderboard is dropping every day; I hope I don't drop out. I need to work hard 😀!
The creator activity this time for @Plasma is quite good, with 500 spots available, which is pretty nice. Moreover, the use cases for Plasma are more compared to others, and it can be used regularly. Many other projects I haven't even used or heard of, in contrast, Plasma has a huge advantage.
I generally use Plasma for transfers; the fees are quite low, and the speed is very fast. Plasma is very user-friendly; how can such a useful Layer 1 blockchain not be promoted more?
Furthermore, Plasma is not limited to Binance; many other platforms and exchanges are also integrating it. I believe Plasma will have more users in the future, and the prospects are bright 👍. #plasma $XPL
Why is Plasma transfer so appealing? Let's explore.
@Plasma This project has taken an unconventional path since its inception; it is not a generic chain that tries to dabble in everything, but rather focuses intensely on stablecoin payments, particularly USDT transfers. In simple terms, it is an EVM-compatible Layer 1, supported by Tether and backed by notable figures like Founders Fund. The mainnet has been live for just a few months, and the TVL has already climbed to around 5 billion dollars, primarily driven by zero-fee transfers and sub-second confirmations attracting users.$XPL is its native token, with a total supply of 1 billion, featuring a slight deflationary mechanism. It is mainly used for staking to ensure network security, earning rewards, paying transaction fees (though USDT transfers are free), and governance. The price is currently fluctuating between 0.13-0.14 dollars, with a market cap of 200-300 million, stable trading volume, following ecosystem usage without major ups and downs, but the logic is sound.
Everyone, don't forget that there is a TGE today, the project is ZAMA, requiring 220 points, and the time is 16:00.
Unfortunately, I have neither 3 BNB nor that much U. I can't play, I'm envious of everyone 😂. If only @币安广场 could send me a BNB, that would be great, haha.
Today, I recommend grinding OWL and FIGHT, everyone be careful while grinding.
@Plasma and $XPL , this combination has recently felt like a low-key tough character. It doesn’t like to shout slogans but quietly executes stablecoin payments beautifully.
It’s not like Ethereum, which tries to do everything but ends up with ridiculously high gas fees; transferring USDT during peak times can cost several dollars 😂. It’s also not like Solana, which has high speeds but can drive you crazy when the network glitches; Tron has low fees, but it’s not completely free. @Plasma directly cuts the USDT transfer threshold to zero—protocols subsidize gas fees, users can send money without any cost, and merchants have zero cost for receiving payments, making cross-border small payments exceptionally smooth. Confirmation speeds are sub-second, handling thousands of TPS effortlessly, and in high-frequency scenarios, funds are almost credited in real-time without waiting around on-chain.
It bets on this narrow path: to create the "internet layer of the dollar," focusing on using stablecoins as everyday money. EVM compatible, developers can move Ethereum assets over at zero cost; the Bitcoin bridging plan allows BTC holders to play with stablecoin DeFi without selling their coins, which attracts large funds. The ecosystem is already taking shape: Aave lending ranks high there, Rain’s stablecoin can be used globally for card payments, NEAR Intents offers near CEX prices across chains, and Confirmo merchants receive USDT with zero fees. TVL is steadily at 5-7 billion, with actual usage truly increasing, not just relying on narratives.
$XPL is the "fuel" of this system: staking ensures network security, earns rewards, and has some deflationary design, with a small circulating market cap (around 200-300 million), and the price currently fluctuates between 0.13-0.17 dollars, showing no major ups and downs but following actual usage trends with a clean logic. The stablecoin market is so large, it doesn’t aim for too much, instead focusing deeply on payments, and the opportunities to squeeze in are actually not small.
In short, the advantages of transferring with @Plasma can be summarized in three words: free, fast, stable. Other chains have their flaws, but this one specializes in "making stablecoin transfers less troublesome." If you have time, try sending some USDT over there; it will feel different 👍.
You can receive a low guarantee by trading the USD1 trading pair, just trade WLFI/USD1. If you reach a trading volume of 500, you can get the low guarantee, so secure a spot first and you can gradually increase your trading volume later.
There are still over 60,000 spots available, and the wear and tear is quite high, so pay attention.
It's really difficult to achieve a trading volume of 3 or 4 in spot trading like SENT; this kind of coin can fluctuate easily and you might get stuck if you're not careful. But to qualify for the low welfare, you have to trade. If you don't trade and only have a volume of 500, you can only get the lowest tier. You need to trade more to reach the highest tier 😂.
Today's alpha airdrop is BIRB, requiring 230 points, with airdrop quantity of 30,000, pre-market value of 35U, at 19:00.
The project is related to NFTs and features an owl, which is a decent concept, so it can be worth keeping an eye on or considering the bigger picture 😂. The project team is based in the United States, which is good. Looking forward to alpha's performance.
Today, I recommend brushing OWL, as there are no good opportunities left; everyone should be cautious to avoid getting stuck, and minimizing wear and tear is the biggest hope.
Plasma: The real killer feature of zero fees, sub-second confirmations, and a focus on stablecoin payments
@Plasma This project has had a clear positioning from the very beginning; it is not a generic chain that wants to do everything, but rather focuses on stablecoin payments, especially USDT transfers. In simple terms, it is an EVM-compatible Layer 1, backed by Tether's official support and large institutions like Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. Not long after the mainnet beta launched, the TVL surged to the level of 5-7 billion dollars, primarily driven by zero-fee transfers and sub-second confirmations as its selling points.$XPL is its native token, with a total supply of 1 billion, featuring some deflationary design, mainly used for staking, rewarding validators, and governance of the network. The price is currently fluctuating around 0.13-0.17 dollars, with a market cap of 200-300 million, stable trading volume, following the mid-term logic of ecological landing.