46 million monthly active users (MAUs). Let that sink in. NEAR Protocol, a once quiet contender in the Layer-1 wars, is now belching fireworks louder than Ethereum and Binance Chain merged. As Solana enjoys the spoils as the current king of DeFi, a perfect storm is forming. Is this just...
Alright, now let’s deal with the shark-and-the-squid-sized elephant in the room. Now everybody’s losing their minds and yelling “NEAR is a Solana killer!” 🙄 Seriously? That’s akin to arguing that pizza with pineapple on it is the real pizza killer. Controversial, maybe. But fundamentally misunderstanding the bigger picture.Competition Breeds Innovation,...
So, NEAR took an 8.6% hit, huh? So everybody’s staring at the charts, whispering about this support level and that ascending channel. Let’s be honest, forgoing engagement with community members in favor of just talking about the technicals is putting a band-aid on an open wound. The disease this time?...
46 million monthly active users. That’s the headline grabbing number making all the waves and powering the NEAR Protocol narrative at the moment. It’s more than double Ethereum, more than triple Binance Chain. Does size really matter in Web3? Are we falling for vanity metrics again? I am Thabo, and...
Solana had its moment. An onrushing tidal wave of fire, NFTs of monkeys, and claims of lightning quick payments. While Solana wrestled with outages and a reputation for catering to whales, something quieter, perhaps more profound, was brewing over at NEAR. In May 2025, NEAR spiked to 46 million monthly...
