Cracks in the Decentralized-AI Bloc: Why Ocean Protocol Walked Away from the ASI Alliance
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Retail Traders in the 2025 Bull: Hearing the Roar, Never Tasting the Steak
When the Chat Goes Silent “The bull is back, so why are all the Telegram groups dead?” asked user CheesyMac in the Opensky community. “Because everyone’s either in cash or short,” replied Niner. For veterans like Niner, the current run should have been a goldmine. Yet, like many, he admits: “I haven’t made a dime.” Johhny, a full-time trader, echoes the sentiment: “Ever since Trump launched TRUMP, I’ve been bleeding.” They are not outliers. Wagmi Capital partner Mark estimates “90 % of retail...
Why Can’t Buybacks Save DeFi?
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Cracks in the Decentralized-AI Bloc: Why Ocean Protocol Walked Away from the ASI Alliance
One-Year Marriage, One-Day Divorce On 9 October 2025 the Ocean Protocol Foundation abruptly resigned from the Artificial Super-intelligence (ASI) Alliance, dissolving the token-merge pact it had signed barely eighteen months earlier with Fetch.ai, SingularityNET and, later, CUDOS. The departure is more than a personnel change: it unwinds roughly 81 % of OCEAN’s circulating supply that had already been converted into FET (now rebranded ASI) and forces the remaining bloc to re-imagine what “dec...
Retail Traders in the 2025 Bull: Hearing the Roar, Never Tasting the Steak
When the Chat Goes Silent “The bull is back, so why are all the Telegram groups dead?” asked user CheesyMac in the Opensky community. “Because everyone’s either in cash or short,” replied Niner. For veterans like Niner, the current run should have been a goldmine. Yet, like many, he admits: “I haven’t made a dime.” Johhny, a full-time trader, echoes the sentiment: “Ever since Trump launched TRUMP, I’ve been bleeding.” They are not outliers. Wagmi Capital partner Mark estimates “90 % of retail...
Why Can’t Buybacks Save DeFi?
The 2025 DeFi Buyback Wave: Leading DeFi protocols spent approximately $800 million on buybacks and dividends in 2025—a 400% increase from early 2024—aiming to boost confidence by emulating public company strategies. Key Project Case Studies:Aave: Conducts weekly buybacks of ~$1 million in AAVE tokens, yet reported negative book profits after the pilot phase.MakerDAO: Uses DAI surplus via its Smart Burn engine to repurchase MKR, but the token price remains at only one-third of its all-time hi...
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The Rivalry: Solana’s DEX Titan vs. Launchpad King Raydium, Solana’s leading DEX, and Pump.fun, the largest meme coin launchpad, are clashing for dominance despite operating in distinct niches. Recent moves reveal escalating tensions:
Pump.fun’s PumpSwap now handles
Raydium disclosed that Pump.fun contributed 41% of its AMM revenue last month—until PumpSwap’s launch diverted traffic, forcing Raydium to retaliate with LaunchLab to reclaim liquidity control.
Decoding LaunchLab: A Dual-Pronged Strategy Raydium’s new tool combines no-code token creation and automated liquidity migration, offering two modes:
JustSendIt Mode:
Users launch tokens with 85 SOL raised upfront.
Success triggers automatic liquidity migration to Raydium’s AMM and permanent LP token burns to lock liquidity.
LaunchLab Pro Mode:
Customizable tokenomics: 30+ SOL raise minimum, adjustable bonding curves, vesting rules, and up to 10% AMM fee rebates
The Rivalry: Solana’s DEX Titan vs. Launchpad King Raydium, Solana’s leading DEX, and Pump.fun, the largest meme coin launchpad, are clashing for dominance despite operating in distinct niches. Recent moves reveal escalating tensions:
Pump.fun’s PumpSwap now handles
Raydium disclosed that Pump.fun contributed 41% of its AMM revenue last month—until PumpSwap’s launch diverted traffic, forcing Raydium to retaliate with LaunchLab to reclaim liquidity control.
Decoding LaunchLab: A Dual-Pronged Strategy Raydium’s new tool combines no-code token creation and automated liquidity migration, offering two modes:
JustSendIt Mode:
Users launch tokens with 85 SOL raised upfront.
Success triggers automatic liquidity migration to Raydium’s AMM and permanent LP token burns to lock liquidity.
LaunchLab Pro Mode:
Customizable tokenomics: 30+ SOL raise minimum, adjustable bonding curves, vesting rules, and up to 10% AMM fee rebates
Fee structure: 1% base fee split as 50% to Community Pool, 25% to $RAY buybacks, 25% to operations.
Open Ecosystem Play: LaunchLab enables third-party frontends like cook.meme—a Pump.fun-style UI clone with zero fees and instant trading—to tap its backend, replicating Pump.fun’s community-driven growth flywheel.
LaunchLab vs. Pump.fun: Battle of the Meme Machines
Metric | LaunchLab | |
|---|---|---|
Liquidity Lock | Permanent via LP burns | Temporary (48-72h unlocks) |
Creator Incentives | 10% fee rebates | 0.3% flat mint fee |
Frontend Strategy | Open ecosystem (e.g., cook.meme) | Closed platform |
Tokenomics Flexibility | High (Pro mode) | Limited |
Early Winners: Hype vs. Reality The $RAY token surged 8% post-LaunchLab announcement, fueled by its 25% fee buyback mechanism. However, wealth creation hinges on producing “golden dog” tokens—high-performing memes. So far:
Peakedat∗∗8.5M market cap, now at $6M with 7,600 holders.
$ARUA (Raydium’s native meme): Struggled despite first-mover advantage.
$Gaydium: Crashed after developers briefly leaked its contract on GitHub, exposing market fragility.
The Flywheel Test: Three Keys to Success
Verdict: Too Early to Call While LaunchLab’s open ecosystem strategy and $RAY buybacks are smart counterplays, its wealth-creation potential remains unproven. Meme markets are fickle—today’s flop could be tomorrow’s 100x gem. As the battle unfolds, one truth endures: In crypto, liquidity follows narrative, and narrative follows liquidity
Fee structure: 1% base fee split as 50% to Community Pool, 25% to $RAY buybacks, 25% to operations.
Open Ecosystem Play: LaunchLab enables third-party frontends like cook.meme—a Pump.fun-style UI clone with zero fees and instant trading—to tap its backend, replicating Pump.fun’s community-driven growth flywheel.
LaunchLab vs. Pump.fun: Battle of the Meme Machines
Metric | LaunchLab | |
|---|---|---|
Liquidity Lock | Permanent via LP burns | Temporary (48-72h unlocks) |
Creator Incentives | 10% fee rebates | 0.3% flat mint fee |
Frontend Strategy | Open ecosystem (e.g., cook.meme) | Closed platform |
Tokenomics Flexibility | High (Pro mode) | Limited |
Early Winners: Hype vs. Reality The $RAY token surged 8% post-LaunchLab announcement, fueled by its 25% fee buyback mechanism. However, wealth creation hinges on producing “golden dog” tokens—high-performing memes. So far:
Peakedat∗∗8.5M market cap, now at $6M with 7,600 holders.
$ARUA (Raydium’s native meme): Struggled despite first-mover advantage.
$Gaydium: Crashed after developers briefly leaked its contract on GitHub, exposing market fragility.
The Flywheel Test: Three Keys to Success
Verdict: Too Early to Call While LaunchLab’s open ecosystem strategy and $RAY buybacks are smart counterplays, its wealth-creation potential remains unproven. Meme markets are fickle—today’s flop could be tomorrow’s 100x gem. As the battle unfolds, one truth endures: In crypto, liquidity follows narrative, and narrative follows liquidity
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