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Espresso Systems Nears TGE! $60M Raised, Mainnet 1.0 Launch Countdown Begins as A16z-Led Hype Soars
Recent Espresso Updates On May 2nd, Espresso Systems announced a three-phase token minting process: Guaranteed Allocation, Over-Allocation, and Public Round. Phase 2 is now live and must be completed by May 15th. Additional participation methods will be unveiled next week. On the same day, Espresso announced a major milestone on its path to Mainnet 1.0: a collaboration with 22 node operators to upgrade the Decaf testnet into a permissionless proof-of-stake system. This upgrade, a critical ste...
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From Flat-Lining to Liftoff
Since mid-June, FUNToken has been on a tear. According to CoinGecko, the token bottomed at $0.0033 and peaked at $0.0239 in mid-July—a 684 % move in a month and a 247 % gain in 30 days. The rally is not just speculative froth; it coincides with a rapid rollout of products, AI-driven reward bots, and a newly-launched foundation tasked with long-term growth.
Enter the FUN100x Foundation
On August 1 the team unveiled The FUN100x Foundation, a non-profit endowment seeded with $10 million in assets. The mandate is straightforward but ambitious: keep the protocol open, inclusive, and decentralized, while financing the next wave of builders through community-approved grants.
An Ecosystem Where Games, Entertainment, and AI Collide
FUNToken’s thesis is simple: embed crypto incentives so seamlessly into entertainment that users forget they’re using crypto. The first building blocks are already live.
June saw the launch of @fun_message_scoring_bot, an AI agent that patrols official chat groups, scores messages for quality, and dispenses instant FUN rewards—no human mods, no manual claims. Upgrades followed fast:
Wheel of Fortune: spin for 1–100 000 FUN (up to $500) after chatting, quizzing, or completing tasks.
Daily Active Users: >100 k; concurrent chatters regularly >10 k.
The roadmap calls for 10 new titles each quarter—trivia, jackpot pools, social party games—until the library hits 40 in Q1 2026. All games plug directly into the reward bot and the token economy.
The Swiss-Army Token: What FUN Does
Medium of exchange for in-game bets and entry fees.
Reward currency distributed by the AI bot and game jackpots.
Staking asset with real-time, no-lock yields currently ranging 6 %–87 %.
Deflationary pressure: 50 % of quarterly revenue is used to buy back and burn FUN.
– 24 June: 25 M FUN burned.
– 22 July: 12 M FUN burned.
Security: admin keys renounced; all logic on-chain; CertiK audited (AA grade) and monitored 24/7 by Skynet.
Liquidity: listed on Binance, Gate, HTX, Poloniex and major DEXs.
Why FUNToken Wins Where Others Stagnate
AI-driven distribution replaces ads and manual curation.
Telegram as the funnel taps 800 M users with almost zero onboarding friction.
Deflation + multi-venue liquidity cushions price even when broader GameFi tokens bleed.
Fully on-chain, admin-less contracts add trust and transparency.
The FUN100x Grant Playbook
Community proposals compete for slices of the $10 million treasury across nine verticals:
Neutral core infrastructure (audits, formal verification)
Open-source tooling & SDKs
Governance R&D
Global inclusion & education
Public goods & social impact
Security & incident response
Sustainable treasury policy
Standards & regulatory advocacy
Education & grassroots outreach
Every funding decision is on-chain, voted by FUN holders.
Half-a-Billion Dollar Party Incoming
To keep the momentum, the team will shortly announce a $5 million airdrop campaign open only to FUN holders. Details drop soon.
Roadmap & User Forecast
Q3 2025: 10 hyper-casual games + viral mechanics.
Q4 2025: 10 more games + FUN Wallet (iOS/Android) with NFT tab, leaderboards, and quest engine.
Q1 2026: 10 final titles (library = 40 games), fiat on-ramps, multi-chain support, external studio partnerships.
If the flywheel spins as planned, FUNToken expects 10 million gamers and 1 million wallet users by Q1 2026. Judging by the trajectories of Notcoin, Hamster Kombat, and Catizen, the target looks aggressive but not impossible.
From Flat-Lining to Liftoff
Since mid-June, FUNToken has been on a tear. According to CoinGecko, the token bottomed at $0.0033 and peaked at $0.0239 in mid-July—a 684 % move in a month and a 247 % gain in 30 days. The rally is not just speculative froth; it coincides with a rapid rollout of products, AI-driven reward bots, and a newly-launched foundation tasked with long-term growth.
Enter the FUN100x Foundation
On August 1 the team unveiled The FUN100x Foundation, a non-profit endowment seeded with $10 million in assets. The mandate is straightforward but ambitious: keep the protocol open, inclusive, and decentralized, while financing the next wave of builders through community-approved grants.
An Ecosystem Where Games, Entertainment, and AI Collide
FUNToken’s thesis is simple: embed crypto incentives so seamlessly into entertainment that users forget they’re using crypto. The first building blocks are already live.
June saw the launch of @fun_message_scoring_bot, an AI agent that patrols official chat groups, scores messages for quality, and dispenses instant FUN rewards—no human mods, no manual claims. Upgrades followed fast:
Wheel of Fortune: spin for 1–100 000 FUN (up to $500) after chatting, quizzing, or completing tasks.
Daily Active Users: >100 k; concurrent chatters regularly >10 k.
The roadmap calls for 10 new titles each quarter—trivia, jackpot pools, social party games—until the library hits 40 in Q1 2026. All games plug directly into the reward bot and the token economy.
The Swiss-Army Token: What FUN Does
Medium of exchange for in-game bets and entry fees.
Reward currency distributed by the AI bot and game jackpots.
Staking asset with real-time, no-lock yields currently ranging 6 %–87 %.
Deflationary pressure: 50 % of quarterly revenue is used to buy back and burn FUN.
– 24 June: 25 M FUN burned.
– 22 July: 12 M FUN burned.
Security: admin keys renounced; all logic on-chain; CertiK audited (AA grade) and monitored 24/7 by Skynet.
Liquidity: listed on Binance, Gate, HTX, Poloniex and major DEXs.
Why FUNToken Wins Where Others Stagnate
AI-driven distribution replaces ads and manual curation.
Telegram as the funnel taps 800 M users with almost zero onboarding friction.
Deflation + multi-venue liquidity cushions price even when broader GameFi tokens bleed.
Fully on-chain, admin-less contracts add trust and transparency.
The FUN100x Grant Playbook
Community proposals compete for slices of the $10 million treasury across nine verticals:
Neutral core infrastructure (audits, formal verification)
Open-source tooling & SDKs
Governance R&D
Global inclusion & education
Public goods & social impact
Security & incident response
Sustainable treasury policy
Standards & regulatory advocacy
Education & grassroots outreach
Every funding decision is on-chain, voted by FUN holders.
Half-a-Billion Dollar Party Incoming
To keep the momentum, the team will shortly announce a $5 million airdrop campaign open only to FUN holders. Details drop soon.
Roadmap & User Forecast
Q3 2025: 10 hyper-casual games + viral mechanics.
Q4 2025: 10 more games + FUN Wallet (iOS/Android) with NFT tab, leaderboards, and quest engine.
Q1 2026: 10 final titles (library = 40 games), fiat on-ramps, multi-chain support, external studio partnerships.
If the flywheel spins as planned, FUNToken expects 10 million gamers and 1 million wallet users by Q1 2026. Judging by the trajectories of Notcoin, Hamster Kombat, and Catizen, the target looks aggressive but not impossible.
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