Key Highlights
- The Pixels (PIXEL) token dropped 24% on March 12, 2026, after surging about 265% since March 10.
- PIXEL saw extremely high trading activity, with $350.9 million in 24-hour volume against a $13.86 million market cap.
- Daily active users in the Pixels game grew from 45,000 in January 2026 to over 120,000 in early March, a 167% increase.
The Pixels (PIXEL) token dropped about 25% today after a massive rally that began on March 10. In the two-day surge, the token had gained roughly 265%, climbing from a monthly low of $0.0051 to a high near $0.018 before dropping a little. However, at the time of writing, due to a pullback, PIXEL was trading around $0.010 from an intraday high of about $0.014.Â
Derivatives activity surged sharply on March 10. Open interest went from 272 million PIXEL to about 3.47 billion PIXEL, rising about 1,176%.
At the same time, the funding rate for these contracts turned negative at −3.9%, suggesting traders were increasingly betting against the rally and expecting a pullback.
However, at the present time, the open interest rate has dropped by 34% to about $45.03 million. In addition, its future trading volume is also down by 41.96% to $1.33 billion, according to Coinglass.
This suggests the rally may have been fueled largely by short-term leverage and speculative trading rather than sustained spot demand.
Trading volume drops after strong rally
In addition, the token trading volume is now down by 44%, recording about $218.65 million over the last 24 hours, while its market cap sits at $35.9 million.
Meanwhile, the token reportedly surged up to $350 million on March 10 while its market cap was still at 13.86 million. That means the token saw about 25 times its market value, which is very unusual.
What is PIXEL
The PIXEL token is the native token of Pixel, a browser-based farming and social game that runs on the Ronin Network. The game allows players to grow crops, decorate lands, and interact with other players, while using blockchain features such as NFTs and the token itself for in-game ownership and governance.Â
The token was launched on Binance on February 19, 2024. Before the launch, the team gave out PIXEL tokens in an airdrop to early players and Ronin stakers to encourage people to join its community.Â
At launch, the token had over $1.3 billion in trading volume, which made it one of the most traded cryptocurrencies at the time. It even surpassed Avalanche, Dogecoin, Cardano, and Polygon.
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