MegaETH Frenzy, Monad Mascots, KlarnaUSD, and 24/7 On-Chain Trading

Issue #88 of the Just Followed Digest

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Welcome to a new issue of Just Followed Digest - your go-to source for trending projects and standout accounts in the crypto space.

In today’s issue: a screwed-up MegaETH launch, a hyped launch on Monad, a new stablecoin from a TradFi company, and an exchange aiming to let you trade equities 24/7. So without further ado, let’s dive in. 🚀

Top Trending Today*đź‘€

  1. Chud.eth — The Analyst Trader Who Accidentally Set Off a MegaETH Frenzy

  2. ChogNFT — The Community-Born Mascot Powering Monad’s Meme Ecosystem

  3. Klarna — Fintech Giant Enters Crypto With KlarnaUSD Stablecoin Launch

  4. QFEX — The 24/7 Global Exchange Bringing TradFi On-Chain

*this is a curated list of accounts and projects, and it may differ from the list of top accounts on leak.me

Chud.eth — The Analyst Trader Who Accidentally Set Off a MegaETH Frenzy

Chud.eth is a crypto trader and investor known for sharp, data-driven commentary on DeFi, tokenomics, and on-chain mechanics. Their bio—“an investment thesis without numbers is just a pre-written obituary”—captures a no-nonsense, numbers-first style that’s made the account popular among yield strategists and protocol builders. Tied to an Ethereum address holding roughly $4.1M across chains, chud.eth mixes humor with technical insight while posting about projects like OHM, Aztec, and Gnosis.

The account exploded on November 25, 2025, after chud.eth accidentally executed a pending multisig transaction during MegaETH’s pre-deposit event—prematurely triggering a planned $1B credit-cap increase. The unexpected “cap massacre” saw $250M allocated in seconds and forced MegaETH to adjust the cap to $500M while allowing withdrawals. Chud.eth’s follow-up “oops” and the now-viral line, “If you don’t manage your caps, chud will manage them for you,” turned the incident into an instant DeFi meme and sent engagement soaring.

ChogNFT — The Community-Born Mascot Powering Monad’s Meme Ecosystem

ChogNFT is the official mascot and flagship meme project of Monad, the high-performance EVM Layer 1 often dubbed a “faster Solana.” Born in late 2024 as a chaotic, community-created character capturing the chain’s early “mainnet arc” energy, Chog quickly evolved into a full ecosystem: a 10,000-piece generative NFT collection, a native $CHOG memecoin, and creator tools like the popular “Chogify” generator.

Fully community-driven with no VC allocation and strong anti-scam messaging, ChogNFT has become the cultural heartbeat of the Monad ecosystem, tightly intertwined with core builders and early supporters.

ChogNFT is trending now as anticipation builds around its upcoming token launch—drawing new attention, speculation, and surging engagement across the Monad community.

Klarna — Fintech Giant Enters Crypto With KlarnaUSD Stablecoin Launch

Klarna is a Swedish fintech giant founded in 2005, serving over 150 million users globally through its buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services and digital banking platform. Long known for simplifying online payments, the company has increasingly leaned into AI-driven financial tools and global payment solutions.

Klarna is trending in crypto after announcing KlarnaUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin launching on Stripe and Paradigm’s Tempo blockchain—the first bank-issued token on this payments-focused Layer 1. The move comes as stablecoin volumes hit $27 trillion annually and is positioned to cut cross-border payment costs for millions of users by offering faster, cheaper on-chain settlement. Once skeptical of crypto, Klarna’s CEO now praises blockchain as superior to legacy rails, sparking bullish X discussions about TradFi-crypto convergence and potential liquidity flows into the broader market.

QFEX — The 24/7 Global Exchange Bringing TradFi On-Chain

QFEX is building the first truly global, always-on exchange for traditional assets—US equities, major FX pairs, commodities, and indices—tradable fully on-chain with no brokers, no market hours, and no weekend gaps. By turning assets like Apple or gold into crypto-style perpetual futures, QFEX offers up to 100x leverage, sub-millisecond latency, and transparent volume-based fees, designed for both high-frequency API traders and retail users who want a fast, modern experience without legacy brokerage friction.

Founded by ex-Citadel and Flow Traders quants and backed by Y Combinator’s Spring 2025 batch (with early attention from Garry Tan), QFEX is still in invite-only beta but already positioned as a major disruptor. Its mission is simple and bold: end the 9:30–4:00 Wall Street trading window and replace it with a single, unified, 24/7 global market. For traders tired of closed markets, delayed settlement, and archaic rails, QFEX looks like the inevitable next step.

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