O lançamento do token, promovido como um marco importante para a plataforma NFT, foi ofuscado pela frustração dos usuários. Muitos participantes recorreram às redes sociais para reclamar das dificuldades em reivindicar os lançamentos aéreos atribuídos. Para receber tokens do lançamento aéreo, os usuários foram solicitados a baixar o aplicativo móvel do Magic Eden, escanear um código QR em um dispositivo desktop, vincular suas carteiras e, em seguida, reivindicar os tokens. De acordo com vários entusiastas da criptografia no X, o procedimento é visto como excessivamente complicado e o aplicativo móvel apresenta falhas e é difícil de navegar. “ Meu aplicativo está travado, não posso reclamar, as pessoas me descartam como cake quente. Incrível ”, reclamou um usuário. A atividade inicial de negociação do token $ME viu sua avaliação totalmente diluída (FDV) atingir US$ 15 bilhões nos primeiros minutos de negociação. No entanto, à medida que mais utilizadores processavam com sucesso os seus lançamentos aéreos e alguns optavam por vender, o FDV diminuiu drasticamente, estabilizando-se eventualmente em cerca de 5 mil milhões de dólares. O token Magic Eden $ME perdeu mais de US$ 9 bilhões em capitalização de mercado em cerca de 90 minutos, um declínio de quase 69%. O token ME enfrenta dificuldades em meio a problemas na alocação de tokens de lançamento aéreo
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Some users reported losing funds during the claiming process, alleging that their wallets were drained as they navigated the platform’s convoluted steps. Meanwhile, others who managed to claim and sell their tokens celebrated their gains, dismissing criticism as complaints from those who missed out on the opportunity.
Industry insiders criticized the airdrop process, suggesting that it deviated from security best practices. Moreover, wallet security experts at Coindesk found that Magic Eden wallets retain users’ recovery phrases and private keys within the app without providing a clear option to delete this sensitive information.
“It’s a very bad idea to store this stuff” anywhere digitally, be it locally on one’s own device or – even worse – remotely on a company’s servers,” one crypto-security sleuth going by the pseudonym Ogle remarked.
The ME Foundation, which backs the Magic Eden platform, announced that the $ME token went live at 9 a.m. ET on December 10. As the official token for the Magic Eden ecosystem, $ME aims to enhance user engagement across Solana, Bitcoin, and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains. The token is designed to reward users and drive participation in the expanding Magic Eden ecosystem.
“We’re incredibly excited for today’s launch and the opportunity to foster a passionate, cross-chain community of users,” said Matt Szenics, Director of the ME Foundation.
Today’s the day you’ve been waiting for. $ME is here.
— Magic Eden 🪄 (@MagicEden) December 10, 2024
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“The $ME token represents the power of on-chain trading applications, and there will be innovative incentives rewarding users for trading all assets on all chains. $ME is becoming a token for on-chain maxis everywhere,” he continued.
The token’s total supply is capped at 1 billion, with 12.5% allocated to the airdrop. This initial distribution of 125 million tokens will remain available to users until February 1, 2024. Additionally, 50% of the total supply has been reserved for community incentives, while the remaining 37.5% is allocated to contributors and strategic participants.
Magic Eden has positioned $ME as a key component of its strategy to power the on-chain economy, offering tools for cross-chain trading, minting, and wallet protocols. The platform claims that $ME will represent the largest community of users, who can earn rewards for trading assets across all supported chains.
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