Virtuals Protocol Coin Leaves Bitcoin in the Dust and Whales Are Going Wild 🐳💸

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What one must know (lest one’s fortunes remain forever mortal):

  • VIRTUAL, currency of the so-called Base-native Virtuals Protocol, has leapt 207% in the last moon. Old uncle Bitcoin sits grumbling, left in the dust with a mere 13%—not even enough to buy proper boots in Moscow.
  • The so-called “smart money” (those mysterious moneybags with wallets deeper than Moscow’s winter night) have flung $14.2 million at VIRTUAL in a frenzy that would disgrace a Cossack at a vodka sale.
  • The birth of the Genesis launchpad, with its suspiciously virtuous proof-of-contribution system, seems to have thrown oil onto the speculative bonfire. Everyone’s contributing, no one’s speculating—why do I smell sarcasm in the air?

In the vast digital winter, where men toil for meaning and memes, VIRTUAL, native coin of Base-based Virtuals Protocol, has galloped where others stumble. Yes, even the mighty bitcoin lags behind, much like an aging czar reluctantly abdicating.

Nansen, the all-seeing eye (possibly Tolstoy reincarnate), reports that “smart money” wallets—let us call them the tsars and landowners of Cryptoland—have increased their activity in ways that make the common hodler weep into his borscht.

In a mere 30 days, VIRTUAL climbed 207% to $1.66, tossing aside the likes of ETH and BTC as though they were yesterday’s bread crusts. Bitcoin, poor soul, pulled itself to a mere 13% gain, which, in this story, is like showing up at the ball with muddy boots and no invitation.

Smart money can be traced—ah, the irony—as the most faithful patrons of VIRTUAL, pouring in more millions than the average Tolstoyan hero sees in a lifetime. EBTC, LINK, and PEPE, those familiar faces at the crypto soiree, received glances but not the wild fawning dedicated to VIRTUAL.

Here sits the great table—no, not Rostov’s dinner parties, but tokens traded, bought and sold with the desperate glee of noblemen in a bear market. Green implies buying, red selling. Somewhere, a peasant wonders if his potatoes will ever appreciate in value.

The present surge is orchestrated by the Genesis launchpad—an invention as grand and flawed as government reforms in 19th-century Russia. Its proof-of-contribution system, with points called “Virgen,” rewards the diligent (or the cunning?), and leaves the speculator gnashing his teeth alone.

“Since its debut, most tokens birthed on this launchpad have doubled, at least!” claims Bankless on X, their words mixing optimism and fever-dreams. Demand swells for Virgen Points, and perhaps for meaning in this cryptoverse.

Among its novelties: allocations based on contribution, automatic refunds (as honest as Anna Karenina’s intentions), and vesting schedules clear as a Turgenev love story.

“Genesis breathes life into Virtuals,” Bankless mused again, with the sort of confidence usually reserved for generals before losing wars, “a mechanism novel enough to arouse hope—and possibly envy—among all who dream of tokens without manipulation.”

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2025-05-06 11:25