Yonatan’s Stand Shakes Up Kaspa Community

Hey, welcome to Kaspa Daily Pulse – here’s what the Kaspa community’s been buzzing about today.

First up, the big story: Yonatan’s post calling out Binance and turning down that Dubai “#1 creator” spotlight caught fire. People framed it as a line-in-the-sand moment—no pay-to-play, no bowing to exchanges, just cypherpunk values and a fair launch ethos. The post racked up about one million views and sparked a wave of “integrity first” takes, with many saying this did more for awareness than any stage appearance could. “Movement, not marketplace”—that was the mood.

Second, price talk—strictly from the chats. Folks noted a pop from roughly four cents into the mid-five-cent range, with calls of a ten to eighteen percent move while the broader market looked shaky. There was bragging about shorts getting “rekt,” debate over whether we could hold around “four point nine cents,” and watch-levels like “six and a half cents” unlocking a path toward “eight and a half.” Also mentioned: a liquidation wall near eight cents. Remember, that’s community chatter, not advice.

Third, birthday vibes. People celebrated Kaspa’s fourth—“Genesis block on November 7th, launch on the 8th”—and joked about a “birthday pump.” Whether or not candles were real or just memes, the birthday gave everyone a reason to toast.

Fourth, the tech drumbeat got louder. There’s a growing chorus saying “don’t judge Kaspa by today’s market,” pointing to DagKnight for high-throughput finality and vProgs for verifiable, zero-knowledge smart contracts directly on L1. Some even brainstormed a future on-chain CLOB DEX once vProgs and a decentralized oracle land. Also tossed around: zk-STARKs vs zk-SNARKs trade-offs. Big claims, but the excitement was real.

Fifth, miners and MARA stirred debate. Some said MARA’s not mining Kaspa anymore; others pushed back, pointing to reports and side notes like KS3/KS5 history and power economics—one comment pegged KS5 Pro as profitable near seven-tenths of a cent per kilowatt-hour, assuming cheap power. Bottom line: uncertainty about MARA’s stance, plenty of talk about ASIC lifecycles, and whether miner economics line up at these prices.

That’s it for today’s pulse. We had principle, price jitters, party vibes, and big-brain tech dreams—all in one day. Let’s see what tomorrow brings. Catch you then.