يتم إغلاق تطبيقات العملات المشفرة مع انتقال المليارات إلى صناديق الاستثمار المتداولة في البيتكوين والعملات المستقرة

More than 80 crypto projects formally shuttered or began winding down in the first quarter of this year. RootData’s “dead-project” archive , which tracks closures, bankruptcies, and chronic project inactivity, logged 86 casualties as of March 20. The pullback has spared almost no corner of the ecosystem, sweeping across digital wallets, NFT marketplaces, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, analytics firms, and messaging tools. Market observers noted that what initially appeared to be a scattered handful of isolated failures has metastasized into a sector-wide reset. As a result, the industry is facing a broader reckoning over how the industry funds itself and what users are actually willing to support. A broad-based retreat across the tech stack A breakdown of shuttered projects showed that the names caught in this wave are prominent enough to underscore the severity of the slowdown. For context, Magic Eden, the leading NFT marketplace, recently announced it will sunset its wallet by May 1, urging users to use export and migration tools. Related Reading Ordinals sales elevate Magic Eden to top NFT marketplace surpassing Blur by $108 million Magic Eden outperforms Blur in NFT trading volume for first time, driven by its expansion into Bitcoin Ordinals and dynamic rewards. May 10, 2024 · Liam 'Akiba' Wright Gemini-owned Nifty Gateway shifted to a withdrawal-only mode in February, while Dmail slated its closure for mid-May after conceding its decentralized email model lacked a sustainable path forward. Meanwhile, the casualties extend well beyond wallets and NFT venues. In March, DeFi platform Balancer Labs announced the wind-down of its corporate entity, citing weak revenue and lingering legal exposure from a 2025 exploit. Additionally, Tally, a governance platform historically favored by major decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), also signaled a wind-down. The DNA of these failing businesses tells the story of this cycle. Many were incubated during the