Binance Alpha’s Piggycell faces scrutiny after brutal crash
Piggycell’s PIGGY token crashed after a sudden mint‑and‑dump, raising hard questions over token controls, smart‑contract design and Binance Alpha’s listing safeguards.
- Large, sudden PIGGY mint linked to one wallet preceded a violent intraday price collapse.
- Piggycell markets itself as a Korean DePIN power‑bank network tokenized via PIGGY on Binance Alpha.
- Lack of immediate, detailed disclosure from Piggycell or Binance fuels rug‑pull accusations and trust concerns.
Piggycell’s PIGGY (PIGGY) token appears to have suffered a violent intraday collapse after a sudden spike in freshly minted tokens hit the market, triggering renewed questions over token controls and Binance’s Alpha listing standards. Onchain sleuths are now scrutinizing a single wallet that allegedly minted and dumped millions of dollars’ worth of PIGGY within minutes.
What happened to PIGGY
According to on-chain monitoring accounts, a wallet identified as 0x942f360d8a265aFcfDFa564429550DD755F96896 minted a large batch of new PIGGY tokens and rapidly sold them into the market, coinciding with a reported intraday drawdown of around 90%. Price trackers show PIGGY trading around the 0.4 dollar range recently, with sharp volatility and elevated volumes consistent with forced selling and panic exits.
At the time of writing, there is no public statement from Piggycell or Binance Alpha addressing the specific minting wallet or explaining whether the issuance was part of a vesting schedule, treasury action, or an exploit. Without that disclosure, the incident has understandably been labeled a potential “rug” by traders watching their positions evaporate in real time.
Who is Piggycell
Piggycell is marketed as a Korean power‑bank sharing network that has been tokenized into a DePIN and real‑world asset (RWA) play under the PIGGY ticker. The project’s pitch is simple: users rent portable power banks from a physical network of stations, while token holders earn incentives tied to real-world device usage and uptime.
PIGGY launched through Binance Alpha in late October, with a 100 million token supply split across BNB Chain and ICP, and an airdrop campaign designed to funnel early users via Alpha Points. Binance promoted Piggycell as a “top power bank network turned RWA & DePIN protocol,” underlining the platform’s desire to court physical‑infrastructure narratives.
Rug pull, exploit, or mismanaged tokenomics?
The pattern desccribed by traders—sudden mint, aggressive dumping, vertical price collapse—is textbook rug‑pull or insider exit behavior, even if intent is not yet proven. Rug pulls typically rely either on hidden mint functions or concentrated insider holdings that can be offloaded onto retail without warning, leaving the market illiquid and shell‑shocked.
