$BLAST Catalyst Posts
October 03, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $BLAST Profile · Market Rankings
💬 Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence
24 source posts analyzed· 2026-10-03T00:49:17+00:00Back in the day, the hot major public chain Blast actually shut down. When checking out projects in Tokyo in '24, I even ran into several white dudes working on stuff on Blast—one of them was a big hit at the time, about to issue tokens soon, so they came to Asia for a quick
AI visual analysis: The image displays a business pitch message featuring quick metrics: "4000+ sales with 100,000 USD+ revenue last 90 days, 3000 unique wallets (no token yet), 60k followers on X, 20k on discord, Partnered with 40+ projects within blast ecosystem including big bang winner's, Blast Gold recipients, Several exchanges onboarded speaking with strong MMs, Token launch in late July/Early August." It relates to the post about Blast being a hot major public chain that shut down, suggesting this is a promotional message from a Blast project looking for partnerships.
· 2026-10-03T03:48:27+00:00Blast network announces it will cease operations, causing $BLAST to dump 42%.
AI visual analysis: A CoinGecko price chart for $BLAST (#966) shows the token down 42.0% to $0.00023731 in 24 hours, with the graph displaying a sharp decline from around $0.0004 to $0.00025 following the announcement that the Blast network will cease operations.
· 2026-10-03T01:46:58+00:00After checking the public chain list on DeFiLlama, Blast's revenue over the past 24 hours is $124, ranking 68th. There are also a large number of former star public chains with 24-hour revenue below Blast—perhaps the next chain to shut down is among them. Sonic - $119 Morph -
· 2026-10-03T03:29:20+00:00Blast has announced its shutdown—everyone still holding funds inside, withdraw them quickly! When Blast launched L2 back in the day, it was riding such a glorious wave: The ETH I and my community buddies stashed in there back then exceeded 20,000 coins! At the time, everyone
· 2026-10-03T01:40:25+00:00Blast, which once sparked a staking frenzy, has announced its shutdown because maintenance costs exceed the revenue generated by the L2. So, exactly how much does it cost to maintain an L2 like Blast? Blast is currently earning $110 per day, which translates to $3,300 in monthly
AI visual analysis: The image displays Blast's DeFi statistics dashboard, highlighting a Chain Revenue (24h) of $110, which is circled in red to emphasize the L2 network's minimal daily earnings, supporting the post's point about maintenance costs exceeding revenue. The dashboard also shows Total Value Locked at $31.99m and Chain Fees at $124 for context on the network's overall financial activity.
· 2026-10-03T03:40:07+00:00Blast chain has funds on it, hurry and withdraw before October 26th! Also, let's take another guess: which L2 will be the next to fall? Abstract, Hemi, Mode, zkLink, Celo, Arbitrum Nova, Scroll, Taiko, Merlin, Zora, Unichain, or Zircuit? They're all tears of the times!
AI visual analysis: A financial ranking screenshot showing blockchain projects including Starknet ($464.14M), Ink ($410.51M), Linea ($374.31M), ZKsync Era ($269.95M), Morph, Unichain, Katana, Abstract, Scroll, and Taiko Alethia with their respective trading volumes and percentage changes.
· 2026-10-03T03:44:22+00:00BLAST Recruits minting CONSO BOTS be like Credits: @_smkotaro
· 2026-10-03T02:13:46+00:00Add a sad ending for Layer 2 Maintenance costs exceed revenue, the team officially announces project shutdown Mint Blockchain, Mode Network, Blast, Loopring, Sophon... departing one after another Wen zkSync?? :3
AI visual analysis: A cryptocurrency tracking app displays Blast (BLAST) token price at $0.0002431, down 99.46%, with a market cap of $17.14M and circulating supply of 70.5B BLAST.
· 2026-10-03T01:25:26+00:00Blast is also shutting down the chain. Remember to withdraw your assets before 10/26. I really don't know what to say about these L2s—I've given you my youth, and all you leave me with is pocket change and small bills.
AI visual analysis: A Chinese-language infographic titled '已关闭/清退中的 Layer 2 一览' by @tyw1984 lists Layer 2 projects (Blast, Silicon Network, Sophon, Zero Network, Redstone, Kroma, Botanix Spiderchain) that have been closed or are being phased out, with a data cutoff of October 2026.
· 2026-10-03T00:05:07+00:00Blast is shutting down operations. The official reason given is that operating costs exceed revenue. Back when I first got into this circle, this project was insanely popular. It had a rock-solid funding background: Blur founder, Paradigm, $20 million in financing, and the
AI visual analysis: A cryptocurrency price tracking webpage for a token named "BLAST", displaying a price of $0.0002512 with a chart showing a sharp price decline.
· 2026-10-03T00:41:08+00:00blast issued an official announcement—putting it nicely, it's shutting down; putting it bluntly, it's pulling a runner. Founders of projects like this should just be dragged onto a blacklist.
· 2026-10-03T00:49:18+00:00If I'm not mistaken, Blast is gonna lead the wave of mainnet shutdowns. Folks used to care a lot about saving face, but now there's nothing left to hide. When they launch tokens, they hype up how mighty their ecosystem is, how sky-high the TVL is, but once it's live, it all
AI visual analysis: A mobile screenshot from defillama.com showing cryptocurrency fees rankings, including Polkadot, Scroll, Eclipse, EthereumClassic, opBNB, Ronin, Berachain, Metis, Hemi, Prom, and Sei.
· 2026-10-03T03:45:07+00:00I received 6 figs Blast airdrop but then lost 7 figs on Blast. I was such a fool.
· 2026-10-03T00:01:01+00:00The fastest-growing chain in crypto history in its first 100 days has shut down @blast directly announced its closure, and this news has broken the hearts of all 4 active users on the chain > < I still want to thank the ironclad @PacmanBlur — it was genuinely a lot of fun back
AI visual analysis: A Chinese-language chart titled '加密货币历史上前100天内增长最快的链' showing the fastest-growing crypto chains in their first 100 days, with BLAST highlighted as the leader.
· 2026-10-03T00:05:56+00:00Another L2 bites the dust. Blast has decided to close up shop blaming operating costs exceeding revenue.
AI visual analysis: A screenshot of a post from Blast (@blast) on X.com announcing that Blast will be shutting down due to unsustainable economics of operating the L2 chain.
· 2026-10-03T02:35:13+00:00大概2年前 以太坊2层突然爆火，源于Arb op 两条链空投的财富效应，后来就出来了很多撸空投的2层项目，这其中就包括Blast 币圈就是这样，哪里有热度，哪里就有项目开发，大多数都是卷一波热度就不了了之了……
AI visual analysis: A Chinese news article from BlockBeats dated 2026-10-02 announces that Layer2 network Blast will cease operations, requiring users to withdraw assets to the Ethereum mainnet by October 26.
· 2026-10-03T02:41:33+00:00Blast Begins Orderly Shutdown as Users Face October 26 Withdrawal Deadline - Blast will shut down its Ethereum layer 2 network and let users withdraw through its normal interface until October 26. - After a short pause, withdrawals will reopen with a 24-hour delay instead of
AI visual analysis: An official tweet from 'Blast @blast' announces: 'Blast will be shutting down,' citing unsustainable economics of operating the L2 chain, with an apology to users and developers.
· 2026-10-03T03:17:18+00:00BLAST DỪNG HOẠT ĐỘNG - SỰ THẤT BẠI CỦA MÔ HÌNH TĂNG TRƯỞNG THEO SÓNG FARMING VÀ FOMO LAYER 2 $BLAST thông báo dừng mạng lưới ngày 2/10 vì chi phí vận hành vượt doanh thu và không còn thấy hướng đi khả thi để duy trì hoạt động. - Dự án từng raise 20 triệu
AI visual analysis: A DefiLlama dashboard showing Blast blockchain metrics with TVL of $31.99m, peaked at $2.226b on 04 Jun 2024, with stablecoin Mcap of $12.36m and Chain Fees of $124.
· 2026-10-03T00:27:04+00:00PSA: BLAST shutting down, get your data for taxes now …
· 2026-10-03T01:37:22+00:00截止目前，已能确认不少 L2 / Rollup 项目停止运营，但性质差异很大，包括： ·主动关停 / 战略转型 ·经济模型无法持续 ·被攻击后关停 ·破产 ·团队失联 / 疑似跑路 而我们的Blast 从2B32M，关停的最主要原因还是 L2运营成本 > L2产生的收入 这其实说明一个很现实的问题：TVL ≠ 收入 ≠ 商业模式
AI visual analysis: A detailed infographic in Chinese titled '已停止运营、破产及跑路的 L2 项目整理' listing defunct Layer 2 blockchain projects such as Aztec Connect, Kroma, Kinto, Fluence L2, and Blast, with reasons for their failure.
· 2026-10-03T01:26:40+00:00LOL, Blast shuts down, residual funds flee from Blast and incidentally contribute $1.4k to Blast's chain daily revenue This $1.4k is already the highest single-day chain revenue Blast has seen in over a year Daily Blast chain revenue is only tens of dollars, and for a long
AI visual analysis: A DefiLlama chart titled 'Blast' displaying Chain Fees in green and Chain Revenue in orange over time, showing significant activity from May through September 2025 and a smaller resurgence in late 2026.
· 2026-10-03T03:35:13+00:00L2 từng bùng nổ vì Ethereum phí cao và thường xuyên quá tải. Nhưng giờ gas L1 đã rẻ hơn rất nhiều, trong khi user, thanh khoản và volume lại bị chia nhỏ giữa hàng loạt L2. Nhìn fees 24H của nhiều chain chỉ còn vài nghìn USD, @Blast hôm qua cũng đã dừng cuộc
AI visual analysis: A cryptocurrency ranking list with tickers including Base, Arbitrum, Hyperliquid, Starknet, Fuel Ignition, and ZKsync Era showing prices and percentage changes.
· 2026-10-03T01:09:59+00:00Blast，就是那个大部分人被 Pua 的启蒙老师，关停了。峰值TVL $20亿，关停时$3200万。蒸发98.4%。不是被黑，不是被监管——是成本超过收入。L2的叙事是「更便宜」，但便宜不是商业模式。
· 2026-10-03T03:56:39+00:000xMedia 每日早报 · 10/3（星期六） 今天市场同时面临两套压力。吸进数十亿美元的 Blast 宣布关停，NEAR 被盗的 380 万美元却一天内全额退回。一边是退场，一边是追讨，币圈的故事永远比想像中戏剧化！ 为你整理了以下 5 件事
AI visual analysis: A Chinese-language daily newsletter titled '0xMedia 每日早报' dated 2026/10/3, featuring news headlines about Blast shutting down, NEAR Intents being hacked for 3.8 million dollars, BTC dropping to 84,000, SEC proposals, and US debt breaking 40 trillion dollars.