Nick

Gotta give credit where its due… pretty badass that @virtuals_io is already set up and having stuff launch on the @RobinhoodCrypto chain. Ill be keeping a close eye on this

No wonder @virtuals_io is pivoting more and more to Ethereum

Who knew @virtuals_io entire agentic economy vision would self-develop from collaborative independent efforts. I did… and i warned.

I will not ape any more launches on @virtuals_io that have any tokens unlocked at TGE. “Market Maker” allocations should not be provided in the form of the projects token lol. Thats one of the most utterly stupid things ive ever heard of and it should not be tolerated. Basically they need to be dumped by the “MM” in order to obtain funds to support a floor? What a supremely retarded thing to do. Thats if there even is a “MM”… we dont know because there is literally never any transparency around these clandestine operations ever. If you want a market maker… fucking give them ETH or USDC so that they can actually support a floor without dumping on all our asses. Like what the fuck even is this lol. We cannot tolerate such an obviously flawed and likely corrupt practice. Need to start bringing solid standards back to @virtuals_io

If @tD_0101 says its true, then i believe it. One of the few honest good actors in the @virtuals_io space. Also when it comes to $Nothing everything he says is true. And it would have probably been worth more but virtuals changed the dev locked token bonus very shortly after he launched it. Had they not done that, it probably would have been worth much more. And he never made any money off it beyond maybe the initial trading fees which went to shit when the volume died. I know all of this because i was talking to him pretty much daily at the time.

I mean, 32k per day aint bad. Thats 11.7m annual revenue on trading fees annually. @virtuals_io needs to offer stuff that attracts devs The allure of trading fees isnt going to cut it. Its not “guaranteed”. you can launch a token… but youre not going to get much in fees unless you really have a whole team and machine behind the project. Even then… the attention span of the degen is that of a gnat, and if the coin isnt keeping their attention (price action is king) the next shiny object will take it. Theres not many big projects that can command such attention, and the ones that are probably dont want their liquidity locked into being paired with Virtual with no wiggle room… and/or they dont want to be contained or siloed into that ecosystem. So they’ve essentially decreased the market for their product considerably. In the old days, basically one guy.. or a small team with zero reputation could launch and still do well. The discovery process was very organic. Yes there were rugs… but tbh the winners made up for the rugs. You could get rugged 9/10 times and that 1/10 winner still put you up 10x lol. I think once you increased the complexity of launches, that organic process of discovery was lost. People started making decisions about whether to ape ahead of the launch… the volume on launches then decreased… the frenzy of discovery was quelled… and thus the signal was muffled. With that the excitement and allure was gone. The human psychology of launches and how various mechanics affect it is something that i spent a lot of time thinking about. Most changes were put in place to lessen the risk of rugs. They made sense at the time to a degree. The flip side is that this changes the psychology of how people trade and ultimately, i believe, flattened the upside. Classic case of trading freedom for security imo. There were other macro factors involved outside of Virtuals as well, but thats a given. I dont think you can have a perfect system of safe launches with high upside. I think by nature, increasing safety decreases upside. I think there are psychological mechanics behind this that arent well understood. I would wager that if Virtuals just literally scrapped every fancy launch mechanism and went back to the wild west of pure bonding curve… shit would probably start going crazy again. The increased risk is actually the astute degens best friend. The increased risk allows the degen to dive into the details and surface alpha that few whales are willing to devote the energy to find. It creates a foundation of small degen whale holders who finally got something good before the big insiders. You can see it on the blockchain. Of course you can rig the launch with insiders… but thats no match for 10k degens frantically analyzing every little detail tbh. There is nothing to analyze with meme coins like there is with utility. Why did utility focused developers flock to @virtuals_io in the beginning? Well, it all started right after we saw that Goat coin start posting on X back in late sept or early october 2024. This was right before Virtuals launchpad debut in mid october 2024. AI agents posting on X was new…. And a meta was born. Virtuals said… hey… the api to post on X is expensive. Launch here, and you can get it for free using our framework. This attracted many talented people and created a rich place for speculative aping that was different than the meme coins on pump fun in that you had some semblance of being able to evaluate the project from a technical standpoint… something non-existent with memes. The concept of trenches for AI focused utility coins came to be. It was not really meant to be that at first (was a bunch or waifu shit), but the rails were there and people started coming. See my old videos if you want to see the early launch pad. (See next post)

I bet if @virtuals_io just went back to solely bonding curve launches shit would go crazy again

Whoops @virtuals_io https://t.co/4t0JezGPEc

I think @virtuals_io needs to change its entire ethos 1. Capitalize on everything opensource (this shit is already largely popular and you ride that hype… see @openclaw) 2. Zero in-house development of anything that is not related to distribution… and maybe the occasional quick contribution to some repos. You guys should already have FOMO app… People need to realize that there are very specific things their efforts and resources need to be allocated to…. If you dont laser in on that, youre really fucked. You will absolutely waste lots of time and money and watch your entire endeavor crash.

“@virtuals_io is dead” https://t.co/dyCeMMG85a

I think @virtuals_io would do a lot better if they had shit that applies to a broader audience of AI enthusiasts and innovators I dont want to launch a coin. I dont want to build a robot I dont want to rely on trading coins as a way to make money I dont want to enter a trading contest that takes my focus away from current AI projects I dont give a flying fuck about x402 or whatever… im trying to make real money via conventional payment channels. So… what is there for me other than the occasional trade? Crypto + AI is cool… but yeah thats not really where the majority or opportunity is with AI right now. AI has barely penetrated businesses in the USA. Basically non-existent in small businesses in any sort of innovative implementation. @AskVenice is successful because i can use it to experiment and innovate in my small business and my start up. Regular businesses are ripe for AI implementation. My clients dont give a fuck about crypto. The vast majority of normal retards walking this Earth dont. What does @virtuals_io have to offer me? Currently nothing. Thats the problem.

just found an unclaimed genesis launch on @virtuals_io lol https://t.co/xQ5TR5FVKd

Who just aped 15k into @arlinson11 on @virtuals_io https://t.co/gGfpK88cxI

I think @virtuals_io should just go back to bonding curve launches and scrap all the elaborate launch mechanisms tbh. There is no better way to get a mindshare foothold than a buying frenzy. https://t.co/rXTv9R5x8O

The history of @DegenAI_0x by @Daab1rD… one of the longest running and most powerful AI Agents on @virtuals_io

People should know there were/are AI agent protocols before @virtuals_io Many people invested in these because they naively think first = best The vast majority of the time its not the case and hasnt been the case after 2017 Some stuff that launched pre 2017 sort of got “made” like in the mafia… even tho it sucked ass, like Cardano So people often think the first to a meta is “made”. Very not true. Virtuals was NOT first to the AI Agent meta In crypto… and basically no one foresaw their rise. So if there ever is a crypto/robotics token that nails PMF, I pretty much expect it to go like that. But its also a completely hypothetical use case at this point. Even Virtuals isnt like actually used by agents… it just became a launch pad primarily. Totally not what they first envisioned in any way whatsoever… used totally different than what it was originally built for. The rise of openclaw and hermes, vastly superior and non-tokenized Agents, makes me think this will likely be the case for robotics. Most of this shit doesnt need a token. I mean like 99.999% of it is all complete bullshit. People opensource projects all the time… and if they tokenized it it would probably hit millions…. And we are here speculatively buying the token… but its often even shittier than stuff thats just free. So yeah dont be a supreme retard and actually believe in it. This isnt pessimism. Its just reality. Believe in usage metrics and products that dont make money off transaction fees. If people use it, and it cant be easily copied… its valuable. Thats really the alpha. If the project talks about their token all the time or makes that even remotely the main thing, its a load of bullshit. It should just be a mechanic that is there, but not broadcasted or marketed that way. If they mention the token in their marketing or anything crypto related its bullshit that will die. Theyre just marketing to crypto people at that point, and thats not a big market… its a market of speculating degens and thats really not sustainable at all. Take note founders. Be willing to abandon your shitty project before you launch a token that will inevitably fuck a bunch of naive people.

Didnt the @virtuals_io team invest in this

Good idea @virtuals_io poor execution

Did @virtuals_io remove the "claim all" button from this page? https://t.co/ICyBGVDDjh

40m @virtuals_io tokens locked in pools

I had no idea zcash basically makes no money? @virtuals_io makes this in like a week…

If you missed out on @AskVenice the next AI related crypto you should be looking at (that has not pumped yet and is far off its ATH) is 100% @virtuals_io Check it out here: https://t.co/S6SrXl5NTl https://t.co/zisrbcKj2D

Bring back the bonding curve, but only your @openclaw bot can launch from it. Tokens automatically locked for 6 months. @virtuals_io

Good alert @virtuals_io https://t.co/UUKrALmJLN

Pay attention @virtuals_io

Great launch on @virtuals_io by @0xhyperbet

Oh shit! Extremely bullish on anything from @wasabi_protocol. Amazing team…. Have worked with them a lot. Will be my first ape on @virtuals_io of 2026

lol whatever happened to Primo on @virtuals_io https://t.co/wbKANB0jQp

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