MetaMask is quietly setting up one of the biggest $MASK airdrops of the year, and you're already eligible without knowing. ConsenSys is building their own closed-loop empire: stablecoin, L2, wallet, maybe even… a Web3 social network?
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👀 Part 2 & 3 of ‘Moonshot Hunting Guide’
⭐ Estimating MetaMask’s $MASK token
⭐ Ronin is buying back $RON
🔥 Burning hot takes for the road
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🤔 HOW MUCH WILL $MASK – METAMASK AIRDROP BE WORTH?
Consensys CEO Joe Lubin says the MetaMask token is coming and may arrive 'sooner than you would expect'.
1/ Valuing $MASK. What’s MetaMask Worth?
MetaMask has around 30M monthly active users, and earns $49M/year in swap fees (0.875%/trade). We can estimate its valuation (FDV) using 2 methods:
First, compare to competitors:
Trust Wallet: 17M users, FDV $1.13B → FDV/user ≈ $66
Safe Wallet: 5.5M users, FDV $441M → FDV/user ≈ $80
→ Average FDV/user: $73
Apply that to MetaMask’s 20M–30M users:
20M users × $73 = $1.46B
30M users × $73 = $2.19B
Second, use P/E ratio. With $49M annual revenue and a typical P/E ratio of 30 (Nasdaq average) → 49M × 30 = $1.47B FDV
→ Final estimate: MetaMask FDV could range from $1.4B to $2.2B. Yeah, it’s just an estimate. Actual token price will depend on market dynamics.
2/ So... How Big Could the MetaMask Airdrop Be?
Most major airdrops allocate 10–13% of total supply to active users (e.g. $LINEA.X ( ▼ 6.84% ) airdropped 13%).
If 1 million wallets qualify → $140 to $260 per wallet on average. But… if you paid over $500 in swap fees, chances are your share would be higher than the average.
CEO of ConsenSys hinted that $LINEA holders may be eligible for future airdrops across the ConsenSys ecosystem.
Still, no guarantees, especially after Linea’s say one thing, do another history. DYOR.
3/ Why $MASK Matters for the ConsenSys Ecosystem
MetaMask is the gateway for millions entering Web3. ConsenSys is clearly building an in-house ecosystem around it:
Linea → L2 infrastructure
MetaMask mUSD → native stablecoin to retain value on-chain (instead of leaking to USDC/USDT)
$MASK token could:
Be used for governance + utility
Be staked to earn yield from the mUSD backing reserves
Possibly offer fee discounts or premium features
If staking + yield becomes real → $MASK could be worth even more.
Think about it: Coinbase has Base, USDC, Farcaster, and Base App. Avara (ex-Aave) has Aave, GHO, Lens, Family
Now ConsenSys has MetaMask, Linea, mUSD… Makes you wonder, is ConsenSys building a Web3 social platform next?
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🛡️ RONIN IS BUYING BACK $RON
On Sept 21, Ronin officially announced a strategic $RON.X ( ▼ 0.78% ) token buyback plan:
Ronin Treasury will convert all $ETH.X ( ▼ 0.72% ) and $USDC.X ( ▲ 0.01% ) holdings into RON
These assets are currently worth about $4.6M, but only 12% is held in RON or WRON today.
The entire buyback process will be on-chain
No tokens will be sold, only purchased
Treasury aims to accumulate up to 1.3% of RON’s total supply.
Final schedule is pending approval from Ronin validators.
Over the last 4 years, Ronin has quietly built up a diverse treasury. Revenue sources include all trades on Katana DEX + volume from Ronin Market, plus OpenSea revenue share & gas fee.
Seems like token buybacks are heating up across DeFi. Hyperliquid is buying back $24M HYPE weekly as well.
I think this is a strategic chess move by Ronin. They’re betting on themselves.
By swapping ETH and USDC to RON, they’re signaling RON is core to the network’s future.
They’re prepping for a Layer-2 identity shift.
And let’s not ignore the psychology, only buying, never selling → build trust with long-term holders.
If you believe in the Layer-2 shift and Ronin's pivot beyond gaming, it might be worth watching this buyback window.
🔥 BURNING HOT TAKES FOR THE ROAD
ETF debut: XRP & DOGE both had a huge opening day (Pretty wild for a memecoin once called a “joke”). Read more
Ethereum locked in the date for its biggest upgrade of 2025 with full rollout plan for Fusaka hard fork. Read more
Elon Musk’s X exposed and cracked down on a massive crypto bribery. Good thing for crypto they caught this in time. Read more
FTX will start distributing another $1.6B to creditors. $FTT.X ( ▼ 1.4% ) becomes one of the top gainers in the past 24 hours. Read more
YZi Labs (ex-Binance Labs) just doubled down on Ethena ($ENA.X ( ▼ 0.93% )) -> boast a market cap of over $13B. Read more
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