2026 is truly a catastrophic start! It's like 'Ridiculous Mom opening the door to Ridiculous—ridiculous to the house.'
Early this morning, gold saw its largest drop in 40 years, Vanke lost 200 million in a single day, and even the leaders of the Indonesian exchange are leading the way in 'running away with their buckets.' Has everyone noticed? Whether it's gold and silver coins or real estate, even certain mainstream cryptocurrencies have become vulnerable in the face of heavy policy blows. Everyone is wailing: 'Where's the safe haven that was promised?'
Seeing through these farces, I instead recalled the 'joke' that was ridiculed across the internet last September.
Why do I feel that $XPL is a safe haven even more when the overall environment is chaotic?
1. It has turned itself into a 'global escape door.' The drop in gold is because it is 'immovable.' In 2026, the most valuable thing is liquidity. After deeply integrating NEAR Intents, it has essentially become the 'liquidation hub' of the entire chain. No matter how the market fluctuates, as long as you need to allocate USDT between 25 chains, you must go through Plasma's route. This 'liquidation-level infrastructure' is the only necessity in chaotic times.
2. The 'big picture' of sacrificing short-term profits. Many public chains are eager to squeeze the gas fees out of users, but Plasma operates on a 0 gas mechanism. The project team subsidizes from their own pockets, enabling users to achieve 'frictionless payments' through Paymaster. This behavior of sacrificing short-term transaction fees in exchange for a ticket to the global payment market is a hundred times better than those projects that are always calculating the little money in your pocket.
3. Q1 Staking is about to start: a glamorous transformation from 'chips' to 'rental properties'. This is what I most want to talk about: XPL's native staking is about to open. Unlike those Ponzi schemes that rely on inflation to issue tokens, Plasma's staking yield comes from real cash flow from liquidation. The team and VCs have their chips locked for a year, meaning they also need to rely on this staking income to live. They won't dump the market because they want to be the 'digital landlords' of the global payment network. Instead of crying over the red candles of BTC during a crash, it's better to invest in this 'means of production' that can continuously generate income.
In conclusion: I was firmly optimistic when I received the creator reward last November, and that hasn't changed. The market will go bearish, and K-lines will fluctuate, but as long as the demand for global USDT liquidity remains, XPL is the 'toll station' that stands invincible.
Don't wait until the staking yield rate is all over the internet before chasing high prices. Where do you plan to watch the show for this round of Q1 dividends?
