MAP Protocol
MAPO
Evaluation Score
Overall rating on a scale of 0-10
Dimension Breakdown
AI Analysis
Comprehensive evaluation of the token
MAP Protocol (MAPO) achieves a weighted average score of 4.0/10. While the project exhibits ongoing core development (Score 6.5) and structured governance frameworks with semi-monthly reporting (Score 5.5), it is severely impaired by a critical security failure and market distress. On May 20, 2026, an attacker exploited the Butter Bridge V3.1 verification logic to mint 1 quadrillion MAPO tokens, draining liquidity and triggering a >96% token price collapse. In response, the protocol initiated a token migration and snapshot mapping to invalidate the attacker's holdings, deprecating legacy ERC-20 contracts. The ecosystem is burdened by an extremely depleted community holder base on Ethereum (Score 1.0), low adoption amid fierce cross-chain competition (Score 4.0), and non-circulating token overhang (Score 4.5). Because the legacy token contracts have been deprecated and migrated following the exploit, an Avoid recommendation is applied.
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Community Support
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Tokenomics
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Market & Use Case
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Team & Governance
Team background and project governance
Security & Audits
Security history and audit status
About MAP Protocol (MAPO)
MAP Protocol (MAPO) is a cross-chain interoperability protocol whose legacy token contracts were deprecated following a mandatory 1:1 migration to new contract addresses on Ethereum and BNB Chain (BSC). Designed as an omnichain infrastructure and Bitcoin Layer-2 network, MAP Protocol utilizes light-client and zero-knowledge (ZK) verification mechanisms to facilitate cross-chain communication and asset transfers across disparate blockchains.
The MAPO token has a maximum supply of 10 billion tokens, with approximately 6.2 billion in circulation and a remaining non-circulating overhang of roughly 3.8 billion tokens. Within the network, MAPO serves several core utilities, including the payment of transaction fees, staking for network validators, and participation in on-chain governance decisions through relay chain governance contracts.
On May 20, 2026, the protocol experienced a catastrophic security breach involving the OmniServiceProxy contract within Butter Bridge V3.1. An attacker exploited a verification bypass vulnerability in the bridge logic to mint one quadrillion unauthorized MAPO tokens, subsequently selling approximately one billion tokens and draining roughly 52 ETH (around $180,000) from Uniswap liquidity pools. The incident caused the MAPO token price to collapse by over 96% within hours, contributing to a cumulative drawdown of approximately 99.6% from its all-time high. In response, the team paused mainnet and bridging operations and executed a snapshot-based 1:1 token migration to new contract addresses to invalidate the exploiter's balance.