Walrus Protocol mainnet has been stable for over a year, just in time for the major migration wave in the storage ecosystem. Users need to complete the transfer by January 19. Pudgy Penguins took the lead in migrating 6TB of NFT assets to Walrus. This migration is not just a change in storage location but also signifies an upgrade of the entire ecosystem.

From a technical perspective, Walrus uses blob storage combined with erasure coding architecture, making large file storage more reliable and inherently resistant to censorship. The key feature of this solution is the Quilt module—it can package fragmented small files, reducing costs by 80%. This is especially friendly for game assets and NFT storage, with a clear cost advantage over the expensive rates of Arweave's permanent storage.

Looking ahead to early 2026, the Seal privacy module will go live, evolving data storage to support access control policies and even data monetization. Projects like Claynosaurz, OneFootball, and others have already integrated this system. From a token perspective, $WAL is currently trading around $0.14, with a relatively low circulating market cap. The FDV is about $700 million. Once the large-scale migration wave concludes, adoption and growth are expected to accelerate rapidly.