This Blockchain Just Dropped $6B in Stablecoins-And Things Got Weird 🤯

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Picture this: Plasma, not the kind you get from your doctor but a shiny new high-performance Layer-1 blockchain, designed with the singular obsession of stablecoins. It’s like the sort of place where stablecoins come for therapy and a strong cup of tea. Now, this techno-wizardry has decided to cozy up with Chainlink’s Scale program. Why? Because every stablecoin needs a reliable oracle, and apparently, gossip from the blockchain grapevine isn’t quite cutting it. With Chainlink’s crystal ball-oracles, if you will-Plasma devs get to build DeFi apps that are as trustworthy as Granny Weatherwax’s advice.

This alliance aims to supercharge Plasma’s ecosystem-an ecosystem growing faster than Nanny Ogg’s rhubarb wine stash after a village party. Just last week, the project announced a glamorous partnership with Aave, key launch partner and proud stablecoin aficionado. And what does the magic numbers say from the mystical on-chain realm of plasmascan.to? A whopping $6.5 billion in stablecoin and stablecoin-ish assets, practically fresh out of the launch oven.

Plasma (@plasma), the Layer-1 maestro for stablecoins, boasting over $5.5B in stablecoin supply just a week post-launch, is now waltzing with Chainlink Scale, giving their devs the superpowers to build next-gen stablecoin wonders.

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$74M Splashdown Met with Cheers and Some Booing

Plasma didn’t just stroll onto the scene-it smashed through the gates holding a staggering $74 million, all documented in the MiCA whitepaper. They raked in $24 million backstage from Bitfinex and Framework Ventures, then strutted onto center stage with another $50 million from a public sale. This war chest was spent on the kind of engineering that would make even the Unseen University’s tech wizards nod approvingly, and to keep the ecosystem humming like a particularly well-oiled automaton.

Then there’s the plasma token-no invisible cloak, just pure crypto swagger. Launched on September 25, it quickly swaggered to a market cap north of $2.5 billion. Cue dramatic music: it promptly took a nosedive, dropping close to 50% in value faster than a wizard miscasting a spell. 😬

This rollercoaster ride has the crypto town square buzzing with divided opinions. The token’s fans wax poetic about its tech chops and on-chain growth, while skeptics are already sharpening their pitchforks, mumbling curses like “scam” and “pump and dump.” The large slice of tokens handed out to ecosystem bigwigs and strategic pals hasn’t helped the gossip either.

Regardless of the drama, the Plasma gang hasn’t hit the snooze button. On September 22, they unveiled Plasma One-a flashy new stablecoin-centric neobank and card system, nestled right on their network like a particularly shrewd dwarf at a gem auction. Rumor has it they’ll be rolling out “Zero Fee USDT Transfers,” generously underwritten by the Plasma Foundation, which is about as appealing as free ale at the Mended Drum.

Pooling Chainlink’s reliable off-chain data into the mix gives Plasma a sturdy tech backbone. But now comes the real challenge: transforming their heavily bankrolled debut into a stable, trusted financial ecosystem while tiptoeing through a minefield of mixed market feelings, heated Twitter threads, and the usual brand of blockchain shenanigans.

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2025-10-03 21:59