When Binance's HODLer airdrop plan coincided with the 'encirclement-style listing' on several top exchanges, a project that was oversubscribed by 28 times saw its price halved on the first day. Behind this dramatic scene is the synthetic dollar protocol — Falcon Finance, backed by the world's top market makers and the Trump family.
Falcon Finance stirred up a huge wave in the cryptocurrency market at the end of the third quarter of 2025. This synthetic dollar protocol, aimed at becoming a 'universal collateral infrastructure', saw its governance token set an astonishing record of 28 times oversubscription in public offerings.
$FF, however, experienced a drop of over 50% on its first day of trading on major exchanges like Binance and Gate.io.
Is such extreme market performance a release of short-term speculative sentiment, or does it reveal deeper value challenges? From the circulation of over $1 billion in USDf stablecoins to the AI-driven 'asset activation' gamified financial vision, Falcon Finance is painting a grand blueprint that connects all on-chain and off-chain assets.
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01 Extreme volatility: The market game between enthusiastic public offerings and cooling listings
Falcon Finance's token
$FF's debut at the end of September 2025 was a collision between high expectations and brutal reality.
1. Public offering frenzy and valuation anchoring
Before the listing,
the public sale of $FF had already ignited the market. Its public offering through Buidlpad had a financing target of $4 million but ultimately attracted $112.8 million, achieving an astonishing 28 times oversubscription. This frenzy anchored the project's fully diluted valuation (FDV) at a high range of $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion.
2. 'Encirclement-style listing' and the Binance halo
The project adopted an aggressive 'encirclement-style listing' strategy, launching almost simultaneously on top global exchanges such as Binance, Bybit, Bitget, Gate.io, and HTX on September 29. Among them, the support from the Binance HODLer airdrop program was a key step, bringing significant market credibility and initial liquidity to the project.
3. Price halved: Expected rapid correction
Despite the halo effect,
the price of $FF, after listing, opened high but fell low. Data shows that its price quickly dropped from a high of around $0.67, with a decline of about 50% within 24 hours, once dipping to around $0.25. This directly reflects the enormous selling pressure from public offering participants and airdrop recipients. After the frenzy, the market began to calmly assess whether its valuation of several billion dollars has a solid revenue and ecological foundation to support it.
Overview of key token data
· Initial circulation: Approximately 2.34 billion tokens (23.4% of total supply of 10 billion tokens)
· All-time high (ATH): Approximately $0.770814
· Performance at the time of listing: Dropped nearly 50% from approximately $0.67 on the first day
· Current market value (example): Approximately $322 million (data from mid-November 2025)
· Fully diluted valuation (FDV): Anchored at $3.5 billion - $4.5 billion
02 Core architecture: Dual-token model and 'asset activation' gamified finance
Setting aside short-term price fluctuations, Falcon Finance's core value proposition lies in its attempt to reconstruct the logic of asset collateralization and yield generation.
The vision of 'universal collateral infrastructure'
Falcon aims to be a hub connecting all assets. Its core function allows users to use a diverse range of assets—including cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, stablecoins like USDT and USDC, and even real-world assets (RWA) that will be integrated in the future—as collateral to mint a synthetic stablecoin USDf anchored 1:1 to the dollar. This addresses the pain point of liquidity fragmentation in DeFi, with the goal of enabling 'any asset to generate on-chain dollar yields.'
Dual-token model: USDf and sUSDf
This is the economic heart of the protocol.
· USDf: A basic synthetic dollar stablecoin generated using a 115%-116% over-collateralization mechanism to ensure its stability.
· sUSDf: Interest-bearing token. Users can receive sUSDf by staking USDf, automatically participating in the diversified yield strategy pool behind the protocol without needing to operate it themselves.
Yield strategy and 'gamified' experience
The protocol's yield does not come from simple staking inflation but from a series of institutional-grade market neutral strategies, such as funding rate arbitrage and inter-exchange price difference arbitrage. More importantly, Falcon transforms the dull staking process into a 'gamified' experience with growth and reward feedback through designs like the 'Falcon Miles' points system and Boosted Yield NFTs. Users accumulate points and privileges through activities like minting and staking, enhancing yield weights; this process is officially termed 'asset activation'—turning static assets into active liquidity that continuously generates value.
**Role and economic model of the $FF token**
In the above system, the governance token$FF is a 'meta-layer' tool to coordinate the ecosystem.
· Total supply: Fixed at 10 billion tokens, with no inflation.
· Core functions: Governance voting, as well as obtaining higher yield bonuses and protocol fee reductions through staking, among other practical rights.
· Allocation overview: The ecosystem and foundation account for 59%, while the team and contributors account for 20% (with a lock-up period), and community airdrops and public sales account for 8.3%. A significant feature is that a large number of tokens are locked for long-term ecological development.
03 Practical Guide: From minting USDf to obtaining advanced yields
Participating in the Falcon Finance ecosystem is a gradual process from basic operations to deep interactions.
Step 1: Basic participation - Minting USDf
1. Connect wallet: Visit the Falcon Finance official website and connect your Ethereum-compatible wallet (such as MetaMask).
2. Choose collateral assets: Select one from the list of supported assets (including BTC, ETH, SOL, and various stablecoins) as collateral.
3. Minting USDf: Deposit assets, and the protocol will automatically calculate the amount of USDf you can mint based on the over-collateralization rate (usually 115%-116%). Once confirmed, USDf will be deposited into your wallet.
Step 2: Earn income - Stake to obtain sUSDf
1. Basic staking: Stake your USDf in the protocol to receive interest-bearing tokens sUSDf at a 1:1 ratio. This will allow you to start earning protocol revenue, with the annual percentage yield (APY) fluctuating based on market strategy performance.
2. Lock-up staking (Boosted Yield): To obtain higher returns, you can choose to periodically lock up USDf or sUSDf (e.g., for 3 months or 1 year). The lock-up will be reflected in the form of an NFT certificate, and the longer the lock-up period, the higher the APY bonus is typically received. The protocol will provide a guaranteed minimum APY (e.g., 12%) as basic protection.
Step 3: Upgrade experience - Participate in the points system and governance
1. Accumulate Falcon Miles: All interactive behaviors such as minting and staking will accumulate points. These points are key for future airdrops and enhancing community levels.
2. **Stake $FF for privileges**: If you hold $FF tokens, staking them as sFF can significantly accelerate points accumulation (up to 200 times) and unlock higher yield weights, better product access, and other privileges.
Important risk warning
· Collateral liquidation risk: Severe price fluctuations of collateral assets may lead to collateral ratios falling below the threshold, triggering liquidation.
· Yield volatility risk: The high yield of the protocol relies on market arbitrage opportunities and may decrease during low volatility periods.
· Smart contract risk: As a complex DeFi protocol, there is the possibility of code vulnerabilities.
· Token price volatility risk: $FF, as a governance token, has extreme price volatility, which has been proven multiple times in history.
04 Ecosystem Frontier: Top-tier institutional endorsement and grand roadmap for RWA
The rapid rise of Falcon Finance is inseparable from strong capital and clear strategic planning.
1. Luxurious institutional investment lineup
· DWF Labs: A top global market maker and investment institution, whose partners are the core initiators of the project, providing key initial resources and industry credibility.
· World Liberty Financial (WLFI): This is a DeFi project associated with the Trump family. In July 2025, WLFI made a strategic investment of $10 million in Falcon Finance, aiming to promote the integration of both parties' stablecoins (USD1 and USDf). This investment brought Falcon attention from the traditional political and economic circles.
· Additionally, the project has received endorsement from the Binance HODLer program, which is one of the highest levels of exchange recognition that emerging projects can obtain.
2. Astonishing product market validation
Despite being a relatively new project, the growth of its core product, the USDf stablecoin, is phenomenal. Since its first issuance in April 2025, its circulation surpassed $1 billion within four months, then continued to grow to nearly $2 billion, quickly entering the ranks of mainstream stablecoins. This powerfully demonstrates the market's demand for its synthetic dollar beyond any promotion.
3. The future's core narrative: RWA and global expansion
According to its updated white paper and roadmap, Falcon's future focus is clear:
· 2025 plans: Expand global fiat deposit and withdrawal channels to Latin America, Turkey, the Middle East, etc.; launch gold redemption services in the UAE; and integrate tokenized government bonds and other real-world assets (RWA).
· 2026 outlook: Build an 'RWA engine' to bring broader assets such as corporate bonds and private credit into the collateral category; launch institutional-grade USDf investment products.
By packaging complex financial strategies into simple products and attracting users through gamified design, Falcon Finance is attempting to define the interactive paradigm of the next generation of DeFi. However, whether its governance token $FF can break free from doubts about 'practicality limitations' and truly capture the value of protocol growth will be a core challenge it faces in the long term.
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