LUNC Staking Slides 13%: Holders Running For The Exit?

LUNC hangs on a cliff: abnormalities in the staking ratio scare off investors just weeks after Kraken’s delisting.

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The broader crypto markets are attempting to stay above the $3 trillion mark after two weeks of double-digit percentage downturns. Amidst the downward slope, Terra Luna Classic’s (LUNC) price dwindled by 41.5% since last month, now trading very near the yearly price lows at $0.00002707.

Troubles Comes In Twos For LUNC Crew

In particular, what occurred on November 23, 2025 has set off a mild panic among the remaining Luna Classic community members. With the Layer-1’s network staking ratio now dropping below the crucial 15% mark, LUNC chain took another hit with 115 billion coins disappearing from the staking vault.

This signified an instant 13.3% drop, most definitely an abnormality – either it’s mass un-staking or a clerical error. What’s sure, it can spell more trouble for Terra Luna Classic’s price, as the game-tested altcoin saw a recent Kraken de-listing, as well as trading volumes slipping by over 50% since the latest chain upgrade.

Staking Back To Normal After This Glitch

As for the massive 13.3% staking drop, this happened due to AutoStake, one of the largest node validators across Terra Classic’s blockchain, being briefly jailed. When a validator node enters jailed status, the native staking vault doesn’t reflect on the broader LUNC staking ratio. Once the validator restored their services, the stats updated back to 969 billion in the gen staking vault.

The figures are still lower than the typical 15% and beyond throughout 2025, while today’s trading volume of $7.88 million on Spot markets portrays a case of waning trader interest. Crypto currency whales are actively cashing out as well, reflective in the negative Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) figures on Terra Luna Classic-related trading pairs on Binance & KuCoin.

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What happened to those 115 billion LUNC in staking?

On November 23, 2025, the Terra Luna Classic staking total suddenly dropped by about 115 billion LUNC—not from mass unstaking, but because a major validator called AutoStake got temporarily “jailed” for a protocol violation. Jailed stakes don’t show up in the active total, so it looked like they vanished. They popped back once the validator was back online.

How big was the drop, and what’s the percentage hit?

Staking went from ~966 billion LUNC (14.92% of total supply) down to ~850 billion LUNC (13.13% of supply) in about an hour. That’s roughly an 11.9% plunge in the visible staked amount, but it was all smoke and mirrors—no actual tokens disappeared.

When did this go down, and how long did it last?

It kicked off around 07:59 AM UTC on Nov 23, hit the low by 08:59 AM UTC, and fully reversed by 21:59 UTC the same day. By the next day, staking was back to normal at over 969 billion LUNC, even with fresh inflows adding 2 billion more in 24 hours.

Was this a real threat, or just a glitch?

Total glitch—caused by AutoStake’s jail status, a built-in Cosmos SDK penalty for downtime or double-signing. No hacks, no dumps; the network kept humming. It exposed how validator hiccups can spook the dashboards.

Does this mess with LUNC price or the bigger picture?

No direct price dump mentioned from this event—LUNC was already volatile around $0.00008 amid broader market noise. For the community, it’s a reminder to DYOR on validators and not freak at raw numbers.

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