I believe the hottest chain game in the past couple of days is the MapleStory universe created by the South Korean company Nexon!
As a 20-year-old IP, carrying the memories of 250 million players, this time leveraging the Binance Alpha platform for airdrops, the $NXPC token has become the focus of everyone's discussion, and of course, all the princes of Binance also benefited greatly from it!
1. How to play Binance Alpha? The threshold is low and you can accumulate points (although everyone is quite familiar with it, let me elaborate a bit more)
Binance Alpha has now upgraded to 2.0, directly integrated into the Binance APP, no need to switch wallets; as long as you have spot funds, you can directly trade new tokens without worrying about initial liquidity issues.
The core is simple: accumulate points + attract traffic + enjoy pig's feet rice.
Points accumulation rules: Holding BNB (points calculated based on your balance) or trading tokens on the Alpha platform (points calculated based on trading volume) can earn points, calculated every 15 days. For example, if you have $10,000 worth of BNB, you can earn 3 points daily; buying $2 worth of Alpha tokens earns 1 point, and the more you buy, the more bonus points you get. (There are many methods to accumulate points; you can find various tips online to minimize your costs.)
How to redeem airdrops: Points directly determine whether you can claim airdrops. This time, NXPC's airdrop has two conditions: either accumulate 187 points to claim directly, or have 143-186 points but your account ends with a 9 to claim, though 15 points will be deducted. In simple terms, it can filter out truly active users while preventing excessive points from devaluing (of course, whether to redeem or not depends on your own judgment of its value; I personally exchange whenever I have points and eat first before deciding).
2. NXPC Airdrop: Low threshold, real benefits, the market has reacted strongly.
The participation criteria are very simple: from May 6 to 9, as long as you subscribe to Binance's principal-protected products or stake BNB without any extra operations, you can participate in the distribution of 30 million NXPC. Binance Alpha users can also directly exchange points for 198 tokens, which is worth about $600 based on a launch price of $3, definitely a substantial benefit.
Details on Binance holder airdrop benefits can be followed here: https://binance.com/zh-CN/bnb
As soon as the market opened, it exploded: trading was opened an hour early, and the trading volume on the first day reached $133 million, increasing by more than 12 times in 24 hours, peaking at $3.85, with a market cap exceeding $400 million at one point, which should have caught the attention of everyone in the crypto circle.
3. On the day of token issuance: How effective was the chain reform?
On May 15, the day of token issuance, it marked a significant attempt in the chain game circle:
Active trading relied on two strategies: Binance used 0.437% of the tokens as a liquidity pool and opened 50x leverage contracts, attracting a bunch of high-frequency traders, making buying and selling smooth, and price fluctuations also raised market enthusiasm.
The game economic model is functioning well: NXPC has two tokens, governance token NXPC and game token NESO, which are exchanged at a fixed rate, combined with the minting and burning mechanism of NFTs, forming a 'consumption - reward' cycle. On the first day, NFT trading volume exceeded $6.85 million, indicating that players recognize that 'virtual assets can truly belong to themselves'.
How to stabilize the price in the long term?: Although the price has now dropped to $2 (a bit overheated in the short term), AI predicts it can reach $5-6 in the long term. The project team will gradually release tokens over 4 years, distributing them evenly each year to avoid concentrated sell pressure, and 80% of the tokens are used to reward players and developers, encouraging long-term participation.
4. Risks and opportunities must be clearly understood.
There are two points of risk:
The chain game industry is highly volatile; some players are already saying that the drop rate is low and it's too grindy to play; if the long-term experience doesn't keep up, people might leave;
If an established IP like (World of Warcraft) also undergoes chain reform, it might take away some users.
The opportunities are quite obvious:
The IP foundation is solid: 250 million players' nostalgia is here, and Nexon has 20 years of operational experience, so there's no need to worry about ecological stability;
Security of the currency is backed: From spot trading to leveraged contracts, from airdrop activities to traffic allocation, Binance's support has formed a virtuous cycle of 'playing games - trading - community engagement';
The technology is friendly to newcomers: Built on Avalanche, trades are settled in seconds and are compatible with BNB Chain cross-chain, so newcomers can enter without complicated operations.
To summarize, this time the MapleStory's chain reform effectively combines the old IP with the Binance ecosystem. NXPC attracts active users through its points mechanism, the airdrop activity has energized the community, and the performance on the day of the token issuance shows that the market recognizes this model. While leveraging in the short term requires caution due to volatility, in the long term, once NFT applications and the developer ecosystem are fully developed, NXPC has the opportunity to become a benchmark project in chain games.
For friends holding BNB, you can earn yields by holding coins and also participate in airdrop arbitrage; this dual benefit is worth noting.
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