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Monad’s MON Jumps on Debut as Team Flags Spoofed ERC-20 Transfers

Backed by major investors and broad exchange listings, the new EVM chain is posting heavy volumes and rapid on-chain growth as it begins courting lasting developer adoption.

Overview

  • MON rallied as much as roughly 78% from its $0.025 public sale price, trading around $0.042–$0.048 with a market cap near $500 million and daily volume above $1.2 billion.
  • More than 76,000 wallets claimed about 3.33 billion MON in an airdrop worth roughly $105 million, following a Coinbase-hosted sale that distributed 7.5% of supply.
  • Nansen and other trackers reported millions of transactions, over 140,000–237,000 active addresses, thousands of deployed contracts, and DeFi TVL climbing to about $150 million.
  • CTO James Hunsaker warned that malicious contracts were emitting fake ERC-20 transfer events that appear real on explorers; the team said this was not a chain exploit and no funds were reported lost.
  • Trading was heavy across major venues, including reported volumes of about $400 million on Upbit, $233 million on Coinbase, and $160 million on Bybit, as analysts cautioned that sustaining usage and managing future unlocks will be key.