VC

Fiach_Dubh

> At least for some it seems to me that the complaining about them is nearly the only thing sustaining them. rage engagement troll marketing is for sure present, but it's not just that. It is [VC money](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/02/04/bitcoin-op_cat-proposal-gets-boost-from-taproot-wizards-usd30m-fundraise) sustaining many of these arbitrary data projects. It's probably a chicken and egg situation though. With that said, there is significant VC money involved in [these arbitrary data projects](https://www.blog.citrea.xyz/announcing-citrea-series-a-round/) that shouldn't be discounted. > The lesson there is that we don't always know and should just always be working towards a position where we don't have to put ourselves in judgement of what other people think they ought to be doing because the harm in missing out on something good is significant. ie. let users decide? that choice is going to be denied them if this toggle is nixed from Core, as is currently proposed, and being ACKed by The Lead Core Contributor.

TrueDreamchaser

The truth is, this isn’t the right audience. Ethereum IS communicating it’s vision and most people in the tech industry do know it is the truth. The problem is VC follows degeneracy as a way to vacuum wealth through long term pump and dumping. So yes, other cryptos have more price movement, but that doesn’t mean those are going to be the backbone of the decentralized world after the next recession.

LovelyDayHere

> any project outside of Ethereum is at best a long-shot fueled by VC ambitions That claim is regarded.

RamoneBolivarSanchez

VC’s aren’t going to buy XMR dude 😂

SmoothGoing

Q adds a keyboard, QR code scanning camera, and batteries. It's better in those aspects, i.e. MK4 cannot scan QR codes. Safe 5 is great. I don't mind cable connection on it to laptop or phone but it's for you to decide. It's designed not to send anything secret through that wire. Jades I'm not a fan of, made in China from a "bitcoin only" company that took VC money from tether.

biba8163

> Not to mention most of that ETH was mined False. 72 Million or 60% of ETH was premined and gifted to the Founders, Developers and VCs. **Ethereum VC investors from 2014** - Konstantin Lomashuk and Vasiliy Shapovalov of Cyber Fund (VC) - Adjacent Venture Capital - Artichoke Capital - Blockchain Assets - Compa Capital - CRVN Capital - Flux Capital Nobody knows exactly how many ETH these insiders were gifted. There are some people who have concluded that Joe Lubin was gifted 3.27 Million ETH. Joe Lubin is a centralized ETH oligarch who got millions of ETH for free and shills it constantly. https://x.com/BoringSleuth/status/1789887950248943648/photo/2 According to one of Vitalik's own principles of decentralization, ETH cannot be considered decentralized because the majority of the supply is premined and gifted to founders, developers and VCs who funded its development and these insiders can stake their premined coins to enrich themselves even more to perpetuity. > Credible Neutrality: Essentially, a mechanism is credibly neutral if just by looking at the mechanism’s design, it is easy to see that the mechanism does not discriminate for or against any specific people. The mechanism treats everyone fairly, to the extent that it’s possible to treat people fairly in a world where everyone’s capabilities and needs are so different. Anyone who mines a block gets 2 ETH is credibly neutral, Bob gets 1000 coins because we know he’s written a lot of code and we should reward him is not. - **Vitalik Buterin on Credible Neutrality as one of the guiding principles of decentralization** https://nakamoto.com/credible-neutrality/

SoggyGrayDuck

It would be the VC money and government pushing for the privacy layer so it would be different. I'm sure you can see the alternative risks that creates though

SoggyGrayDuck

XMR is going to absolutely explode when VC money realizes they need privacy but we do have to wait and see if we get a private BTC option

superawesomefiles

In most cases, yes. Maybe not 30% - Depends on how much the VC funded. Nobody funds a project on the premise of free startup capital. Are you talking about airdrops or exchange rewards? Why would they airdrop to people with no vested interest in the coin before people that actually bought in?

HvRv

Looking at the ATHs trends of coins (meme coins excluded) we can conclude that coins usually reach ath at the low coin circulation and when there is a big market maker and hype/VC push, and new exchange listings. Those ATHs are mostly purely synthetic and have no real link to the actual value of a chain. Most cryptos never get back to thise ATHs cause there is never the same perfect storm of these events. If the chains is usefuly and manages to find actual users it will eventually get back to some "ok" value but it might never reach the peek of that first rush. It doesn't mean that coin is bad, and it night even be better technically, have more users, the demand might even be greater but during the years the circulating suppy grew 2-3x and the ATHbis then super hard to reach.

NavyTopGun87

Feenix on Solana is the only correct answer r/feenix Just partnered with a VC (Victus Capital), a trading bot that has zero gas fees and a token that is barely 6 months old.

noviwu97

Buying something with extremely similar VC situation as Mantra OM is the definition of high risk high reward. Best of luck

gigabyteIO

Trying to shove AI into blockchain is ridiculous. It's just a bunch of buzzwords that people use to try and get VC funding for vaporware products.

HvRv

Depends how you look at it. Current tokenomics and hype are a heaven for market makers and VC play. If people play it right some good money can be made. That doesn't erase the fact that it is a high risk asset with this low supply and some sus things.

Lucky_Cost_9921

You haven't got a clue. Either that or you are having a laugh. Sol is one of the worst L1s in the space. It will become obsolete in time. It's VC pumped junk. Hedera, Algo, Aptos, XLM, and many others are far better in every department apart from popularity It's because the average crypto inveator is clueless that these chains like Sol are popular.They just listen to influencers and don't have the brain capacity to research.

kilo6ronen

Objectively no. But the market has shown since last cycle no one actually cares about VC

olduvai_man

SUI tokenomics are objectively bad and it is VC funded, so he's not wrong.

RefrigeratorLow1259

VC funded and crap tokenomics, prepare to be dumped on

RefrigeratorLow1259

THIS.. Crap tokenomics and heavily VC backed, good luck being dumped on!

LinoStar69

pumped by VC, will dump like OM

Aerocryptic

Congrats to the SUI holders but keep in mind that this one is mostly a classic market maker + VC pump play. Don't forget to take some profits along the way

Captain_Fredl

Idk, VC‘s, dubai base camp, Pokemon partnership rumors..

Captain_Fredl

If VC‘s pumping SUI everyday like this till 1st may. Im fine sith it

Captain_Fredl

Holy . VC‘s dont giving up on SUI

Despaciito

VC pumped centralized shitcoin

nugymmer

Ah yes, the good old downvote because I don't specifically isolate it to just BTC. Yeah, I know, BTC is really the only play in town and maybe I should just stick to that fucker and not bother with anything else because it's probably a VC scam. I stand corrected, as much as I hate to admit it. BTC from here on in. I'm going to become a BTC maxi anyway, it's only a matter of time. I've already had to lower expectations because I didn't buy BTC and instead bought a bunch of poor performing alts back in 2022/2023 when I should have just stuck to the ONE.

Murky-Ant6673

It’s the opposite of a VC coin, but alright.

AttentionNo8097

nah man, calling early miners ‘insiders’ is just a lazy take. the code was public, and like i said.. no premine, no marketing, no VC pump — anyone paying attention could’ve mined. it’s not unfair just because some people were early. that’s how every fair launch works. and yeah the difficulty’s higher now, but that’s literally what happens when a network grows. blaming that on the project instead of just being late isn’t it. no idea what you’re talking about with the salt thing, i’m just explaining why kaspa is a good project 

themrgq

Not what I'm being told by the VC community.

larrydalobstah

VC backed money

AttentionNo8097

but.. kaspa’s not some random farmed coin. it was built by a legit researcher behind the tech ethereum was inspired by. it’s proof-of-work, no pre-mine, no VC — fully decentralised and fair launched. already doing 10+ blocks/sec on-chain with real blockDAG tech, not promises. exchange removals from low-tier CEXes don’t mean much long-term — kaspa’s building regardless, and the community + volume speak for themselves. no hype, just solid fundamentals. 

biba8163

> The one thing I stick too with ETH is, big money was late to eth, Reminder that ETH was funded by big money VC seed capital and 70 Million coins were premined which the big money VC investors, founders, insiders and developers essentially got for free. **Ethereum VC investors from 2014** - Konstantin Lomashuk and Vasiliy Shapovalov of Cyber Fund (VC) - Adjacent Venture Capital - Artichoke Capital - Blockchain Assets - Compa Capital - CRVN Capital - Flux Capital > So what does that mean This means that VCs, founders and insiders were gifted ridiculous amounts of the supply and these shitcoin oligarchs with Proof of Stake get free money ad infinitum for essentially doing nothing and taking zero risk. Smart money, institutions, billionaires are not buying ETH at these ridiculous prices that people gifted to themselves and continue to gift to themselves.

Busy-Bonus3010

I was in sol and in the community when it was $8 but left after I found out how many insiders and the foundation and VC own

IceNinetyNine

In return you get to have infinite debt, and endless pits of VC that can go into it/tech and outsource shitty polluting industries. Trump team seems to think you can have both, I don't think so.

breakbeatera

VC-s are not interested, i think CF didn't reward them in the beginning. ADA is definitely a long game, something i have not lost sleep over even if markets turn to bear.

SwimOld5053

Appreciate the input. I’ve actually been using Solana a bit and yeah, it's hard to ignore how fast it is and how active the ecosystem feels. There’s definitely energy there that Cardano doesn’t seem to have right now. Haven’t tried Sui yet, but haven't missed 'the hype'. That said, I still can’t shake the feeling that fundamentals should matter more in the long run. Cardano has been building slowly but with a real focus on sustainability and decentralization. Solana and others have their strengths, but they’ve also had issues like downtime and heavy VC presence.

No-Football9387

For anyone who doesn’t know just jump in the TG VC or check us out live on X Spaces !

mrjune2040

I’m super skeptical that Zed Pick is going to pass regulatory hurdles in most locations, that’s ultimately why the original third party betting app shut down. Plus you need deep betting liquidity, so it’s a super steep road to climb and Zed’s investors won’t have infinite patience. Wishing Zed well, but without large user bases either on the gaming or betting side then I don’t see a future. And that’s not digging into the gaming side- all games need either a/ constant growth or b/ non-extracting players that are paying to play, otherwise that token loop is going to fall apart pretty quickly without the VC cash propping it up.

HvRv

This is where he is wrong and where many people will fall. Btc is no different from some of these other L1s. It is DLT and how you get to consensus is different. That's what sets them apart. People will say all kinds of offensive shit to protect their investment and also cult like mind set is now kinda normal in this place. Under the hood, a software that writes the same ledger on many machines at the same time. Some have other bells and whistles and can also write full small scripts on this ledger. But what's under the hood makes them usable in variaty of use cases.. Now, the biggest difference in Genslers opinion is speculation, but it's kinda weird that he thinks BTC is not speculation. Like, the whole stock market is speculation. The difference is that with stocks you kinda speculate on the success of the company, revenue, product etc. In crypto that part was never here. I cannot stress this enough, every use case of the BTC, at this moment, is basically lost. There is now only speculation that the price of BTC will go up to a million dollars because many people believe in it and will buy it and thet there are some super rich folk pushing it. Other L1 lost the battle of speculation and people said, ah...this will not reach 1 million dollars so no point in investing in it. They never said, ah this makes these amazing things that help the world and will be used greatly, lets invest in it. No..never happend. Not even once. New shiny thing come, VC load up, market makers start ripping the price, people ape in and then VC dump. That was/is use case of crypto in most cases. Now...saying that...there are some L1 that are indeed doing some truly amazing things and solving some problems or adding new services and apps on the market. There will be a time when investors come and start scooping those up, but that time is still not here..... It's close tho.

RefrigeratorLow1259

Basically a DECENTRALISED, scalable, secure no downtime crypto with a fixed supply, not inflationary, no VC backing with large unlocks and plenty of development happening.

RefrigeratorLow1259

People should have done due diligence on that one - Some projects are still ok, just look at the tokenomics and steer clear of heavily VC backed coins, look at circulating supply and token unlocks. Avoid inflationary ones with unlimited supplies and high staking rewards

k3surfacer

>$40m VC dump That's just 0.4% of today's volume of eth trades. Not even 1%.

Leithm

You gota worry about any VC like coin launch. Frankly I would argue any coin that is not a Fair Launch, Proof of work project is not really a cryptocurrency, and something quite different.

Numerous_Wonders81

Honestly, I don’t think Ethereum’s still “leading” because it’s the best tech—it just feels like people can’t leave. Between illiquid VC positions, staking lockups, ecosystem entrenchment, and protocols glued together by wrapped assets, it’s like trying to yank your money out of a spiderweb. You don’t exit—you unwind, and nobody wants to be the first domino. It’s not conviction. It’s entrapment dressed as “dominance.” The second people can move without nuking their bags, a lot of that “Ethereum loyalty” vanishes.

Juniperjann

Absolutely. XMR is like the underground bunker of crypto—no VC hype, just consistent privacy tech. It’s not flashy, but in a surveillance-heavy future, that could be its real edge.

johnnieganker

Sell if for $ADA or more $BTC. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that my money was in a VC on/off chain like Solana

mrjune2040

I was a Zed player for the best part of 3 years. What became very clear to me was that the accessible market for crypto-based gaming is pretty damn small. Active players ranged between 3-10k for the majority of the time I played, and the only way that they were able to sustain their runway was via the VC money that flowed in during the 2021 bubble, and was redirected back to players via prize pools. That’s why I- without even knowing the tokenomics of the new game today- would be shocked if this lasts any more than two years. I was happy to collect that VC ETH (I made probably 60k over that time), but playing for a shitcoin that will NEED at least relatively linear player base growth to sustain value just seems unrealistic. I wish everyone playing well- because there was a great group of people amongst the player base, but I can step foot into this new thing (and neither can anyone of the 10+ close friends that played prior)- we’re all checked out. Which reminds me- why did the team double down on its small subset of players controlling the game again? The rewards given out to a small pool of players for this new game is the dumbest thing that they could have done. Monopolies are what killed Zed the first time, with an even smaller place it will just kill it more quickly again imo. They had the chance to start anew but just doubled down on the old.

SwingNMisses

Its IPO was outrageously overvalued using VC money. Total pump and dump. The only people who bought were either noobs or coinbase evangelicals (which there aren't that many). This is why many tech stops are very precarious to invest in. 4 years and -47% return makes it a horrible investment. I think it may recover later this year but only time will tell.

diskowmoskow

VC rug.

MajestinoStario

Lol ... I respectfully disagree. I think you should say "VC backed Insurance is statistically not in your favor cause incentives are mis-aligned between maximum profit seeking sharks and policy holders".

namieorange

What the hell is going with Mantra? Was it all centralized? VC dumped for some reason? I'm Out of the loop in this one lol

HvRv

Many, like you are kinda not getting the point. Blockchain tech can evolve as much as we want...new chains are made every day and protocols are getting better and things from the technological standpoint are great....BUT... Why? A Blockchain can't be a purpose to itself. We can't just be making new Blockchains that are kinda, but not really better than some of the ones that we made 3 months ago. It makes no sense. The only way Blockchain technology gets better is by adoption, and not just constantly pimping new chains that will have no actual use cases and just be a target for grant farmers and VC pump and dumps. We have PLENTY of chains that are more then capable and good enough to handle big uses cases. We don't need to make more chains. We need to drive the use cases.

Dyler_Turden369

You think countries are gonna settle $200B arms deals on a network validated by 7 San Fran tech VC's? One that may or may not work when you need it?

LivePark

1. “It’s Still Super Early” Counterpoints: • Being early = opportunity. Many of today’s top crypto projects (like Ethereum) looked “unproven” in their early days too. Early adoption means high upside potential if the project delivers. • Impressive growth already. Kaspa has shown significant traction in hash rate, community growth, and exchange listings — all good signals for a project still in its early phase. • Stress-tested tech. While Kaspa hasn’t gone through multiple bear cycles, its core GhostDAG protocol has been studied academically for years and is designed to be robust under pressure. 2. “Inflationary Tokenomics (for now)” Counterpoints: • Predictable emission schedule. Kaspa’s emission curve is transparent and deflationary over time — meaning inflation decreases consistently every month, which helps mitigate long-term dilution. • Bitcoin started inflationary too. Early sell pressure from miners is common in PoW chains — and historically, strong projects grow past it as supply becomes scarce and demand rises. • Fair launch credibility. Unlike many VC-backed projects with pre-mines, Kaspa had a fair launch — making the tokenomics more community-driven and decentralized over time. 3. “Limited Real-World Adoption” Counterpoints: • Foundational tech first. Ethereum also didn’t have DeFi or NFTs at first — the tech stack must come before the ecosystem. Kaspa is focused on speed, scalability, and security, laying a strong foundation. • Builder momentum is growing. Developer interest is rising, and some tools like wallets, explorers, and SDKs are improving. Ecosystem development takes time, but traction is visible. • Use-case agnostic infrastructure. Kaspa’s speed and security could power future applications — it’s positioned to support real-world use once those layers are built out. 4. “Speculative Hype Cycles” Counterpoints: • Crypto moves in waves. Almost every coin experiences pumps and corrections — that doesn’t invalidate its long-term value. Hype can bring attention, devs, and capital. • Strong fundamentals underneath. Unlike many meme coins that pump on nothing, Kaspa has serious tech innovation behind the scenes — like its blockDAG and 1 block/second rate. • Organic community growth. A lot of the recent momentum wasn’t VC-driven — it came from miners, devs, and retail, which may reflect more organic interest and less manipulation. 5. “Competes in a Niche Crowd” Counterpoints: • Niche = focus. Fast PoW is a specific niche with room for differentiation — and Kaspa arguably has the most mature implementation of a blockDAG approach. • GhostDAG is unique. Kaspa’s tech isn’t just “faster PoW” — it’s a fundamentally different consensus model. Other projects like Litecoin or Ergo don’t offer the same scalability or latency improvements. • Growing differentiation. Kaspa’s mining algorithm, emission model, and developer ethos set it apart from other PoW plays. 6. “Centralization Risk (Maybe)” Counterpoints: • Fair launch + no pre-mine. That’s rare in crypto and suggests the dev team didn’t take a huge slice upfront. Anyone could mine from Day 1, which helps distribute power. • Open-source and community-driven. Kaspa’s devs are public, transparent, and active in the community. Governance is evolving, and the project is gaining contributors beyond the core team. • Mining centralization is improving. While some pools dominate now, more miners are joining as awareness grows — and pool centralization is a fixable issue via decentralization tools. Final Take: While Kaspa is indeed high risk (like most altcoins), many of its supposed “cons” are just reflections of where it is in the growth curve. If you believe in the tech and team, some of these risks could actually be early opportunities.

Rekit1987

Kaspa — interesting pick. It’s been getting a lot of hype lately for its tech and speed, but yeah, like anything in crypto, it’s not without risks. Here’s why some people might see Kaspa (KAS) as a bad investment — or at least a high-risk one: ⸻ 1. It’s Still Super Early • Kaspa is newer and relatively unproven in real-world use compared to projects like Bitcoin or Ethereum. • It hasn’t gone through major bear markets yet — no one knows how it’ll hold up long term. ⸻ 2. Inflationary Tokenomics (for now) • Kaspa has a high emission rate (lots of coins being mined) — this creates sell pressure. • Even though it’s deflationary over time, early investors may face downward pressure from miners dumping. ⸻ 3. Limited Real-World Adoption • Cool tech (DAG-based PoW) doesn’t mean much if no one’s building on it or using it. • So far, Kaspa lacks strong DeFi, NFT, or dApp ecosystems — which limits its stickiness and utility. ⸻ 4. Speculative Hype Cycles • KAS pumped hard in the last few months — and what goes up fast in crypto usually… yeah, you know. • A lot of buyers could be exit liquidity for early miners or VC whales. ⸻ 5. Competes in a Niche Crowd • It’s trying to solve the “fast PoW” problem, but so are projects like Nexa, Ergo, and even Litecoin with MWEB. • It’s not clear Kaspa will win that race, especially without major partnerships or institutional attention. ⸻ 6. Centralization Risk (Maybe) • Some critics argue the mining is concentrated, or that the dev team has a lot of control. • Not a major red flag yet, but worth watching. ⸻ Summary: Kaspa is cool tech, but high risk. It’s probably more of a speculative play than a long-term “blue chip” investment — at least for now. If you believe in the vision and don’t mind the risk, it might be worth a small moonbag. But if you’re looking for stability or utility-driven projects, it’s still early days. Want a pros list too? Or are you debating between Kaspa and something else right now?

barthib

Constant lies (same behaviour as Ripple): * Solana lied about the circulating supply, they hid millions of tokens for a few years until it got discovered. * Solana makes outrageously false statements about their speed (TPS). Solana's real TPS is around 300, the same as in the Ethereum ecosystem whose next upgrade in March will bring 600 TPS. Above 300, transactions start to fail. Any higher number is made up by Solana's marketing team by adding protocol communications so it becomes incomparable to other blockchains (and is meaningless). * Solana made dangerous trade-offs in design, putting everyone at risk. * SOL's yearly inflation is 5-10% (validators rewards + usual VC unlocks). That's the worst creation rate in the world of smart contract blockchains. * Hyper centralisation of the validators (only ~1000 validators, and history showed that most of them collude). Solana is an expensive database controlled by a group, not a secure blockchain. * All the research and progresses of the blockchain technology arise from Ethereum's researchers. Solana is constantly 2 - 4 years behind, the delay they need to copy (often in a shaky way) Ethereum's progresses. While they are behind, their representatives and investors spread lies about Ethereum in the media, pretending that Ethereum has worse flaws currently, when in reality Ethereum fixed them 2-4 years ago https://cyber-capital-amsterdam.webflow.io/news/a-solana-critique-lies-fraud-dangerous-trade-offs

MaximumStudent1839

NGL. I was probably too naive. As a libertarian, I thought this space embraced the principles of the free market and anti-authoritarianism. Damn..., I don't know what happened. Somehow, the VC tech bros have turned this space into a mega Trump cult. Fuck. It is so strange. During the bear market, we publicly made fun of how he farmed his followers with his infinite amount of NFTs. Ppl are also used to dismissing him for how he negatively viewed Bitcoin. Something really weird and fundamental has changed about this space.

No-Football9387

Honestly this is the most fun I have had on any crypto project , definitely check out our home base on the telegram and check out the VC

melonmeta

You people keep falling for the VC scams. Look at the tokenomics of 99% of cryptos, which are Inflationary and have Fees, with the sole objective to steal your money.

MaximumStudent1839

Wrong. Check my history. I have been calling out VC pushing BS in this space for a long while. I also said, a lot of crypto problems won’t get solved by Trump and he was bad. MAGA bootlickers told me, “I should suck it up and it won’t be the end of the world.” Good thing I trusted my instinct a bit and started exiting the market abut from last Nov/Dec. I tried to warn ppl about this VC BS about “crypto AI”nonsense and avoid these celebrity coin BS, like Trump coin or whatnot. Tried so hard and very few listened.

ReflectionCrypto

[MoonShot Alert] MoonPrime Games | $LUNAR — First Web3 Gaming Project with Social AI NPCs Most crypto games = basic mechanics + bad graphics. MoonPrime Games? They’re dropping actual AAA-quality PC games — with AI-powered NPCs that can talk, think, and interact with YOU and with each other. Think Skyrim, but smarter... and on-chain. What makes $LUNAR a hidden gem? No VC money – 100% self-funded during the bear (these guys GRINDED) Fair Launch – No presale, no insider pump and dump Deflationary – Already burned 9.4% of supply 2 PC Games LIVE – Not promises, real playable stuff In-Game AI Agents – NPCs actually hold conversations, evolve behavior AI Browser App + Web3 Gaming Magazine Still under the radar – but not for long Coming in 2025: Mobile + browser games Z-DAY Battle Royale Staking, Voting, Game Launcher eSports team & Web3 Accelerator This might be the first real shot at integrating AI into Web3 gaming in a way that actually makes the gameplay better, not just a buzzword. DYOR but this feels like it has 10x+ potential once the AI hype hits gaming full force. Ticker: $LUNAR Let me know what you think. I’m bullish.

robi_biggbosss

[MoonShot Alert] MoonPrime Games | $LUNAR — First Web3 Gaming Project with Social AI NPCs Most crypto games = basic mechanics + bad graphics. MoonPrime Games? They’re dropping actual AAA-quality PC games — with AI-powered NPCs that can talk, think, and interact with YOU and with each other. Think Skyrim, but smarter... and on-chain. What makes $LUNAR a hidden gem? No VC money – 100% self-funded during the bear (these guys GRINDED) Fair Launch – No presale, no insider pump and dump Deflationary – Already burned 9.4% of supply 2 PC Games LIVE – Not promises, real playable stuff In-Game AI Agents – NPCs actually hold conversations, evolve behavior AI Browser App + Web3 Gaming Magazine Still under the radar – but not for long Coming in 2025: Mobile + browser games Z-DAY Battle Royale Staking, Voting, Game Launcher eSports team & Web3 Accelerator This might be the first real shot at integrating AI into Web3 gaming in a way that actually makes the gameplay better, not just a buzzword. DYOR but this feels like it has 10x+ potential once the AI hype hits gaming full force. Ticker: $LUNAR Let me know what you think. I’m bullish.

robi_biggbosss

[MoonShot Alert] MoonPrime Games | $LUNAR — First Web3 Gaming Project with Social AI NPCs Most crypto games = basic mechanics + bad graphics. MoonPrime Games? They’re dropping actual AAA-quality PC games — with AI-powered NPCs that can talk, think, and interact with YOU and with each other. Think Skyrim, but smarter... and on-chain. What makes $LUNAR a hidden gem? No VC money – 100% self-funded during the bear (these guys GRINDED) Fair Launch – No presale, no insider pump and dump Deflationary – Already burned 9.4% of supply 2 PC Games LIVE – Not promises, real playable stuff In-Game AI Agents – NPCs actually hold conversations, evolve behavior AI Browser App + Web3 Gaming Magazine Still under the radar – but not for long Coming in 2025: Mobile + browser games Z-DAY Battle Royale Staking, Voting, Game Launcher eSports team & Web3 Accelerator This might be the first real shot at integrating AI into Web3 gaming in a way that actually makes the gameplay better, not just a buzzword. DYOR but this feels like it has 10x+ potential once the AI hype hits gaming full force. Ticker: $LUNAR Let me know what you think. I’m bullish.

MaximumStudent1839

One of the more interesting things to do in crypto is to watch VC podcasts. In their gobbledygook, you can figure what they will pump and dump on retail next. You can tell when they start acting and talking like high school drunkards or high on weed. If you have a year or more experience in this space, you can easily rip apart their thesis within a few minutes as pure theatre to fiddle fools. They are trying to tie stablecoin as a “master piece within Trump’s grand strategy to lower Fed’s interest payments.” As the great SPAC scammer Chamath likes to put it, “it is America’s internal passive bid for treasuries.” Then you have Bessent onboard to push for this gobbledygook. You simply can’t find a better timing to hype up Circle, when you can even get the govt onboard. However, in the long run, we all know how these price chart usually turn out in the end.

AnoAnoSaPwet

It's going to drop a lot more. Everyone who invests in everything, invests in crypto too. VC-funding is how a significant amount of these projects are as big as they are?  That funding and investment can be pulled easily. Even vested agreements can be broken in the event of a market crash, we've already seen it happen before. The richest get priority withdrawls before anyone else. 

YoungCapitalist95

Am I claiming that the entire crypto space is perfect? Absolutely not. Many utility tokens also fail to deliver meaningful value, often serving as fundraising tools without robust tokenomics or long-term viability. That said, it’s crucial to DYOR and focus on projects with solid fundamentals, clear use cases, and minimal risks of VC dumping. When it comes to meme coins, their speculative nature makes them particularly vulnerable during recessions. Unlike utility tokens that may offer access to services or governance rights, meme coins often lack intrinsic value or transparency. This amplifies their volatility and susceptibility to market manipulation. While they can generate short-term gains driven by social trends, the probability of investing in a long-term winner remains low. Ultimately, both utility tokens and meme coins require careful evaluation. Blindly favoring one over the other ignores the complexities of crypto investing—success depends on identifying projects with genuine potential rather than following hype = memecoins.

Jhadrak

Here we go again with the memes and utilities, 99% of "utility" tokens and coins are also garbage ffs, either for VC money, team members getting rich quick or something along those lines. People that keep going on and on about "memes bad" are just as insufferable as meme regards. You keep yapping about utility like if it makes a difference in the real world, oh MegaFastChain is slightly faster than VeryFastChain, game changer, bravo.

MaximumStudent1839

Ok. 1) So you sold your positions but you are encouraging ppl to go risk-on and buy alts? Doesn’t seem right. You should follow your own advice before giving them. 2) Implementation can be architecture specific. But the general idea and concepts are definitely copiable. Heck Cardano even copied Polkadot’s substrate design. I have yet to see an app or use case implementation not copiable on different chains. 3) Alts have longer period to establish network effect. But I often question their durability. Their entire marketing and branding are really off. They keep ppl around on hopium of finding a problem they can eventually solve with their tech. What if they realize their use case is no better than BTC’s game of store of value? Would that crumble their network effect and community formation? That question makes worry about adding more DOT. Architecturally, I don’t think Cardano is even good tech. So it makes me worry even more if its social network can hold together if their holders realize they aren’t invested in tech. Algorand seems so dead in building network effect wise. ETH does seem to have some part of the community understanding the tech acts subservient to propagating asset network effect growth. But it is still bloated with VC/KOL brainwashing on chasing dead ends. I am sure I am not alone. But being in this space just gives you trauma on investing in tokens where the community just crumbles when they realize they were chasing dead end tech and business visions.

MaximumStudent1839

> if you still want to hold onto your investments, at least reallocate them to projects with real utility and technology that contribute meaningfully to the space The reality is that most don't. Even if you are so bearish, the optimal strategy is to stable up, not rotate to alts who has proven very poor in building network effects, never mind building utility ppl want to buy and use. > Decentralized coins in particular stand to benefit the most in the long run,  It is inherently a public goods problem. What stands to benefit the space doesn't translate into a good investment for your portfolio. Why? Things are copiable once the VC start funding again. In the long run, buy things that can retain strong network effects more than anything else. That is a moat VCs can't easily copy with their enormous war chest. They can give airdrops, but most will fail to create any long-lasting network retention.

phi_curious

Kendu cars, kendu VC firm, kendu real estate

AnoAnoSaPwet

I'm pretty sure it's already here? There's really no boundaries to buy crypto? It's pretty much always been accessible globally for the last 4-5 years?  Are people really expecting derivative-level equity to just pour into crypto?  Everything is already VC-backed to the nines! 

AnoAnoSaPwet

The point of using BTC is to "use BTC". Whatever the price of BTC ends up being, it won't ever interfere with that function, unless the fees are enormous? Crypto has always been a VC-funded enterprise, they've just never really been too vocal about it.  Money just exchanged hands and now the same people who were rich in the previous world are richer in the new world.  I honestly don't get why everyone was so Pro-BTC Reserve? Idk what everyone is expecting to happen? 

SwingNMisses

The same could be said about Coinbase or any major exchange...Crypto.com and Kraken. They list whatever shitcoin will make them money. That's their only listing criteria despite their hypocritical criteria that they claim. Because Trump coin will have so much utility when Trump is dead in 5 years let alone 10 years from today. It's funny because Coinbase started out with some principles but then overwhelming VC (venture capitalism) pressure made them cave in like the bitch that they are. Yes shots fired at Coinbase but I feel the same way about all exchanges.

Swerve99

you want your founders to be slick VC grease balls instead?

kirtash93

One chain to link them all 

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Crypto fundraising rebounded in Q1 2025, reaching up to $7.3 billion across 550 funding rounds, according to Messari. March saw a surge in VC deals, raising $4.84 billion, with significant investments in AI projects, developer tools, and payment services. Animoca Brands and OKX Ventures led funding rounds, with GameFi and blockchain services gaining traction. Despite the recovery, funding remains below 2021 levels, and token-based fundraising has declined due to market saturation and token fatigue. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

uncapchad

*in tokens and VC, targeting blockchain-native models with a strong “French footprint*". LePepe, LeChien, LeFromage coming soon to a dex near you

mcbergstedt

Yeah this is like the 4th time this month I’ve seen a story like this. While I do think mining should be more than multi-million dollar VC-backed operations, it currently is overwhelmingly controlled by multi-million dollar VC-backed operations.

Jhadrak

No, no, you see there's also this one that does things slightly faster than those, and another one that connects to other chains that some VC injected money into, oh and L3 ones with cool names that do things slightly different but no one uses. Bro, there's a lot of choice man, utilities are so much better!

mrjune2040

Feel free- it’s all accessible lol. So much of crypto media in 2025 exists within a right wing echo chamber; but let’s not forget that it wasn’t like that even a couple years ago. Ultimately crypto isn’t that different from any other investment vehicle in the US (VC, equities or otherwise) - money flows from all political agendas. The only difference in crypto is that there is slightly more bias towards libertarians, but they still represent only a tiny portion of the population overall.

ShillBandit

no one knows anything but here's the rational for a bull there are "hidden rules" in crypto for several cycles now that indicate a top. These have not really happened (dominance dumping, alts running, eth doing final run) Now you can say: this time is different Here's the problem with that. If you go with that route, then bitcoin did a 30% pump off ATH, not a single alt except 5-6 got any good returns except losses. VC funding has been halted because of no returns, only joke coins like meme coins did good, but let's face it, nowhere near as good as 2021. so returns have been garbage for speculators and crypto is let's be honest here just speculation it means the complete END of the market Seeing institutions interested and a lot of otc bids, it makes me think they don't want this over yet. So leaning towards bull has higher chance than bear.

Aldhyabi

RNDR : early token DISTRIBUTION went to the team , VC dump

Aldhyabi

RNDR : early token DISTRIBUTION went to the team , VC dump

Aldhyabi

RNDR : early token DISTRIBUTION went to the team , VC dump

Aldhyabi

VC coin , high risk of dumping

Aldhyabi

VC stash

EmzeeNFT

I played basketball with one of the first people that started Coinbase when I was like 15 (I’m 39 now). I saw a post he made on Facebook about it in like 2013 and was very interested in the concept. Always thought the banking and monetary system were fucked up, and Bitcoin made a lot of sense to me. I remember when it was like $300 and couldn’t figure out how to get any for a long time. First time I got it was on coinbase, I bought 3 eth for like $33 and kept swapping it around for litecoin and btc cash 🤣 my buddy has basically always been a big eth and btc maxi, so I always believed in those. He’s gotta be worth more than $100 mill now, big time VC who invests heavy in crypto

maturewife66

sorry my ignorance what it means VC coin

Big_Spell_5303

You call ICP centralized and SOL is good to go? Didn’t the foundation release a cell phone? It’s got VC and centralized vibes all over it man. At least ICP is light years ahead tech wise.

yupgup12

How is SOL not a scam? Because of price action? It has just as much or more VC influence as SUI. Network drops alot. It's a very centralized coin that only has high TVL due to degenerate meme coin gambling

MaximumStudent1839

I will say it again, it is a stupid VC narrative. VCs' edge is to get deal flows, so they need to create fictitious problems to put their LP money to work and collect fees. Crypto can be a useful payment rail, that is true. But every payment rail needs adoption and human pulse on it for it to economically function. The blockchain user set would drastically decrease if the main purpose is to send stablecoins. No American want to come onto this horrible UX just to hold a tokenized version of their money they can sit on their bank accounts.

Aldhyabi

NEAR : centralized token distribution and insider control AVAX : token distribution heavily favors early insiders RNDR : early token DISTRIBUTION went to the team , VC dump

Aldhyabi

ICP, centralized Network Nervous System (NNS) where staked ICP votes are king CKP , VC dump and low adoption HBAR, already explained

cascading_disruption

Anyone telling you that MELANIA TRUMP and LIBRA are fair launches is factually right of course... Memes were made to stop the VC grifters but the grifters started to make memes so good luck with your emems and may the odds be ever in your favor.

threeseed

Who do you think funded all these crypto companies ? VC dollars backed by investment banks and hedge funds.

ICBanMI

> Not exactly, first-mover advantage allows you to capture a market before better alternatives come along. Even when the alternative is better, the benefits of the alternative often don't outweigh the cost of switching Stop wasting yours and my time. You didn't lose anything because jpg hyperlinks beat you to market. A hyperlink is not a hand tool or an electric vehicle that gobbled up most of the market. First-mover advantage doesn't apply here. NTFs were a billion dollar industry and the software was all opensource with VC and individual contributors putting millions towards anyone that proposed absolute dog shit. If you or anyone else had a valid idea, the market would already thought it up, implemented it, and be laundering their money through it. > Arguably, I can think of a few scenarios where crypto would be a better alternative. However, existing solutions are good enough, and crypto does not provide enough benefits where replacing existing solutions makes sense You and every crypto bro. You've got the solution, it's going to make you/everyone rich, but can't just find the problem. Let me just translate this smoke you blew up my ass. Every scenario that you would propose is replacing a database with crypto. A database does everything far more efficiently while having far more control and enforceable protections over it while being able to be hardened against malicious actors. Where as crypto you need a third world country to burn massive amounts of coal to function and has no backup. Any mess up in the code found (and it will be found) will cause the currency to be snipped or completely devalue the item or require you to spend transaction money to fix while offering zero protection for the user. Anyone with sense would just use a database. Good day.

gibro94

^ This. It's time to recognize that decentralization and token distribution matters. If a project is heavily owned by a VC firm you can not trust that the community formed around it is not manipulating the price and information somehow.

Fabulous-Alfalfa-622

Have you checked out $Dingo yet? 🔥🚀 Dingocoin isn’t just another memecoin—it’s a top-tier PoW payment blockchain in the making, with real security, real decentralization, no insider allocations, no VC unlocks, and a fair-mined supply....you don’t have to worry about sudden dumps or hidden agendas. 🚀 With predictable emissions, ultra-low fees, and the security of top-tier PoW mining, $DINGO is built for long-term resilience—not just hype. Fair launch, real decentralization, and no nonsense.💎💎💎

DiminishingHope

Their address is a PO box under a differently-named holding company in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which is a tiny obscure Caribbean tax haven nominally under UK governance but where it may difficult to properly apply the threat of consumer protection complaint. These are things to consider when selecting entities to invest 6-figure sums with. I would see if there is a UK regulatory body with the power to apply consequences in SVG or if SVG has any consumer affairs or offshore licensing agency you can file complaints with and name-drop in your next communication with them. Good luck, OP. Marella LLC P.O. Box 2897 Kingstown, VC0100 St. Vincent and the Grenadines

MaximumStudent1839

> Even if you don’t love ETH Let me be clear. I hold more ETH in $ value than any other top 10 alt L1 at this moment. I just can't stand how you all are butchering this asset. > from an investing standpoint? Ppl want to invest for the "future". They want a growth story, not a replication of TradFi story with shittier UX. They want to know, "hm, here is my TradFi portfolio, I got all the regular FinTech, Mag 7 tech, etc. ***So what am I missing if I skip crypto***?". When people look to diversify their investments, they want to know what ***new vector of future cash flow*** they are. But when you put up that poster, people would think, "Oh, so ETH is competing with Robinhood, Western Union, or what?" Why should I be confident ETH is a good competitor against those? That is why BlackRock even mentioned AVAX as a possible competition for ETH. All alt L1s can do it. That poster gives no differentiation. In fact, TRON probably does shit even better in those vectors, e.g. stablecoin transfers. Now imagine SOL ever gets an ETF. They can show the same shit and say it is also "faster". And investors would say, "oh shit, that makes sense. Faster stable coin transfer is good." Now you are fucked ETH hard, because the SOL ETF sellers can easily add more shit to make this thing look weak. If you hear TradFi's whisper, they like Bitcoin's digital gold, because they think the narrative is hip with "YOUNG PPL". The story is, "young ppl" will inherit their parents' generational wealth and they will vibe with "Bitcoin" more than gold. See? Now you have a narrative about future cash flow, aka the next generation. Now boomers with TradFi portfolio holding gold would think, "damn, maybe they are right, I should allocate some that to Bitcoin. Maybe gold wouldn't be as appealing to the younger generation and my gold portfolio might miss it." See the magic? ETH should do that too. It should be a story about ppl, especially about appealing to the younger generation, more than anything just vanilla tech related. This vanilla tech is just VC marketing pitch to sell more tokens at TGE.