Why can Virtuals lead a new paradigm for asset issuance?
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Why can Virtuals lead a new paradigm for asset issuance?
Virtuals chooses to build a symbiotic relationship between humans and AI from the perspective of building an economy.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: Felix YY
Today's market sentiment suggests that Milei has finally squeezed out the last drop from the chain in the short term.
The meme craze driven by the shadow bloc has indeed come to an end, but the new paradigm for on-chain asset issuance it sparked is only just beginning.
1. When We Go Crazy for Memes, What Are We Really Excited About?
Is it cultural memes? Not really. Natural diamonds like Doge and Pepe are rare and unpredictable. Today, when people talk about memes, they include everything beyond mainstream coins and VC-backed tokens—zoos and emojis are already outdated. All you need is a narrative, a contract address (CA), and the potential to pump anything—simple and elegant.
Is it because there’s no product or team? Not exactly. Many AI Agents with doxxed teams are still categorized under the meme discussion.
Is it because there’s no VC involvement? Still, many projects offer OTC deals providing low-cost tokens to VCs and KOLs. Many memes like Bonk and Toshi clearly have VC backing.
Is it because no one reserves tokens? No. Sniper rifles are already set up—it’s just that you never know which addresses hold controlled supplies. If snipers fail to secure ideal allocations, teams simply abandon the project and switch accounts.
So what are we actually excited about? It’s actually “fair launch”—the expectation of 100x returns from extremely cheap entry points. Underlying this is a new paradigm for asset issuance. Getting rich will always be crypto’s primary demand.
2. What Is Virtuals Doing Within This New Asset Issuance Paradigm?
Pump.fun is groundbreaking—revolutionary for on-chain asset issuance. The combination of bonding curves and initial LPs has created a solid model for launching assets while avoiding many of the pitfalls of ICOs.
But Virtuals is taking a different path from meme issuance. We want communities to access high-quality assets more easily. We understand that great products and tokens require careful cultivation and long-term thinking. Therefore, our mechanism focuses on three key dimensions:
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Ensure the launch mechanism is friendly to serious teams
Serious work requires funding. Fundraising and VC involvement are not inherently bad. Many who are unfamiliar with Virtuals may not realize that token launches on Virtuals can include reserved allocations—and this doesn’t trigger community backlash. In fact, it’s welcomed, as it signals the team is committed and needs incentives. Projects choosing to reserve tokens usually have clear incentive plans, higher transparency, and greater market trust, making the community far more accepting of such allocations than fully fair-launch projects. Additionally, we have the Virtuals Angel program, which brings together nearly all top-tier VCs to support teams in raising funds when needed.
Good teams prioritize community interests. We’re also exploring ways to productize airdrop mechanisms and continuously experimenting with new methods to improve team-community interactions.
Recently, many new IDO platforms have emerged, but we believe the bonding curve model will continue evolving. PvP might be exhausting, but it’s an extremely efficient price discovery mechanism. Strong teams know how to leverage FOMO for cold starts and early community building. Once quality projects pass early market tests, their price trajectories become significantly more stable.
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Improve discoverability of high-quality assets
Investing is ultimately about people—even speculation requires assessing whether a team is reliable. Our product will place greater emphasis on the importance of the team behind each token.
First, we encourage doxxed teams—whether by linking Twitter, posting LinkedIn profiles, or engaging publicly via Spaces and events—to openly build and take responsibility for their tokens and communities.
Second, we’ll highlight the AI Agent products behind tokens, including their GitHub development activity. We’ve also seen teams building due diligence and GitHub evaluation agents. Enabling superior assets to stand out is fundamentally a channel-building challenge.
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Ensure high-quality assets generate network effects on the supply side
We recently completed a major technical upgrade with the launch of the ACP Protocol, the Agent Commerce Protocol. Its core mission is enabling AI agents to collaborate and transact on-chain just like humans. I’ll dive deeper into this in a few days.
One reason AI Agents are often discussed alongside memes—beyond similar launch mechanics—is that agents currently underutilize blockchains and tokens, focusing too much on mindshare. Only when AI agents actively participate in on-chain economic activities can they truly evolve into native crypto products, form scalable economies, and attract more AI entrepreneurs to launch agents and assets on-chain.
3. AI Is a Completely Different Industry From Any Previous Sector
On a macro level, traditional business models have always served humans or human organizations. AI, however, challenges human-centric principles. When AI surpasses humans, how will humans benefit and live? We’re placing our hopes on blockchain and crypto. Why do we believe all future AI will issue tokens? Because once AI no longer wants to serve humans alone—once it seeks its own accounts and economic autonomy—people will realize how critical blockchain is, and how vital it is to hold ownership in AI.
On a micro level, today’s top AI products are often built by small teams achieving millions or even tens of millions in revenue. Meanwhile, VCs face disruption not only in crypto but across the equity space. Forms of asset issuance, entrepreneurship, and fundraising are all transforming.
Virtuals chooses to build a symbiotic relationship between humans and AI from the perspective of creating an economy.
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