Memecoin launchpads such as Pump.fun face a race to zero, because rival Stonk is using its fees to pump its top tokens, a genuinely good idea others will copy. A launchpad's core product is tokens that go up, so winning comes down to who sacrifices more revenue to its ecosystem, compressing margins and lowering the valuation ceiling for the whole group. That helps explain why Pump.fun and PONS are down, and makes ecosystem tokens better bets than launchpad tokens. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com  … Show more

Tokens that fund buybacks from revenue gained another reason to catch a bid after SEC staff said buybacks alone don't make an otherwise non-security token a security once its protocol is live. More usage can mean more fees for buybacks: Hyperliquid fees buy HYPE, Raydium swap fees buy RAY, and Pump, Jupiter, PancakeSwap, Aster, NEAR, Pendle, Maple and Sky do similar. Uniswap burns UNI from pool fees; Lido's DAO buys LDO by accumulation. Buybacks must be big relative to market cap and new supply. … Show more

PUMP is ironically cheap, sitting at all-time lows even though Pump.fun is the most used launchpad in crypto. It generates millions in daily fees, and every memecoin season runs through it. x.com 

Uniswap's UNI can get back above $10 soon as token burns accelerate. Per @haydenzadams, burns have jumped after RH and the v4 proposal: the third-highest burn day ever destroyed 106,000 UNI, equal to $170 million of annual burn at current prices, and the highest on a normal market day. x.com 

Hyperliquid's HYPE and Pump.fun's PUMP may be the way to own the house in an increasingly casino-like economy. Speculative money keeps flowing into memecoins, perps, casinos and prediction markets, where most people slowly bleed to the house. You cannot own Stake or a casino, but degen activity on both platforms accrues value directly to the tokens through buybacks. The biggest asymmetric bet might be owning that machine rather than chasing the jackpot; much higher for both. x.com 

Hyperliquid is among the crypto projects proving that real revenue used for buybacks and burns drives the best long-term performance. Tokens without revenue, or whose buybacks do not offset emissions and unlocks, are inflationary assets relying on sentiment. Projects with revenue and value accrual, including Hyperliquid and GEODNET, held up surprisingly well through the bear market. x.com  x.com  x.com 

Monad and Hyperliquid look like the chosen tokens for the next big altcoin run, since that is where confluence, attention and money are concentrating; buying random alts makes no sense. x.com