Ronin & ZKsync: The Great Onchain Meltdown of 2025 🚨

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Onchain activity? Please. It’s a circus out here. Nansen’s data says 11 blockchains tanked in active addresses last year. Ronin fell 70%-like I fall off my couch when the remote is out of reach. Bitcoin? A modest 7.2% dip. Classic. Ethereum layer-2s? Oh, they’re all just trying to keep up with my ex’s Instagram stories. 😒

ZKsync’s transactions dropped 90%. Who needs consistency when you can have a 90% freefall? Meanwhile, Ethereum’s base layer somehow gained 25% in active addresses. Maybe it’s the only chain that doesn’t treat users like lab rats. Or maybe it’s just the only one that doesn’t rely on viral games to survive. 🤷‍♂️

Pixels, that game that moved to Ronin? Big mistake. They turned Ronin into a theme park for a few months, then everyone got bored. By 2024, 300k daily users? More like 300k people waiting for the next rug pull. Ronin’s just a rodeo now-everyone gets bucked off eventually. 🐎💨

ZKsync’s airdrop? A masterclass in “giveaway, then ghost.” 700k wallets eligible, 40% sold their tokens immediately. Who needs loyalty when you can have a flash in the pan? Scroll joined the party post-airdrop, then… crickets. Arbitrum? Down 3%, but hey, 31 million users! That’s like having a party where everyone shows up but no one talks. 🤫

Base and Optimism? The underdogs. Base has no token, no airdrop, just memecoins and AI apps. Optimism? It’s optimistic, I guess. Solana? 1 billion active addresses. BNB Chain? Up 159%! And Bitcoin? The only top-5 chain that actually declined. Who saw that coming? Not me. Not you. Definitely not the guy who bought Bitcoin at $65k. 🚀

Onchain usage vs. token prices? No correlation. Solana’s price fell despite 66% more users. BNB’s price rose with activity. Makes as much sense as me buying a lottery ticket because I like the color green. 🟩

Declines don’t mean doom. They just mean people got tired of your chain’s vibe. TON? Down 47% after Hamster Kombat’s 239 million users realized it was just a digital hamster wheel. Pavel Durov probably regrets letting that game on Telegram. 🐹

Some chains survived the hype. Solana’s daily users dipped from 9 million to 2-3 million, but hey-it’s still more than my dating profile gets likes. BNB Chain and Base? They’re the anti-Ronin. No reliance on viral games or airdrops. Just… consistency. The real MVP. 🏆

Blockchain’s just a rollercoaster. Some chains crash harder than others. But if there’s one lesson here, it’s this: Never trust a chain that needs a viral game to stay relevant. And definitely don’t trust me with your crypto. 😏

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2025-12-16 17:22