4 years ago, we created the ultimate fair-launch screw-the-vcs token $WISE which: -Trended #1 on Dextools for 2 weeks straight, reaching an ATH $350M mcap which made it a top 60 crypto -Still is the biggest Uni v2 pool today with $150M LP which amazingly is ownerless and un-ruggable Our team then went heads down during the bear to build our flagship DeFI protocol. We tweeted and posted videos far less during this time. Now seeing the rise of MEME coins, and watching @MustStopMurad's token 2049 vid, we now realize this was a HUGE mistake! We figured that creating the revenue-earning protocol to support $WISE was the only thing worth our time, and that time spent "shilling" $WISE would be pointless without a huge stream of revenue to back up the value. Boy were we wrong! We even turned up our noses at the gambling casino that is MEME coins, without realizing the nuance... MEME coins are actually a middle finger to predatory VC coins...which is the SAME REASON WE LAUNCHED $WISE, after experiencing the whole 2018 ICO phase! Are they morally wrong and gambling? We really don't think either of those things anymore. MEME coins are the fairest and most logical thing to invest in across crypto right now, and we don't see any moral difference between investing in $BTC to create wealth and financial sovereignty, or investing in MEMEs. But one thing we're super excited about is that $WISE did everything even BETTER than the top MEMEs. How? $WISE started off with $82 Million in liquidity on day 1 because of how our TGE was structured and has never had less than $82M in liquidity since then. It's not good enough to have a fair launch if you start with tiny liquidity, because this still allows the team, and lucky insiders to scoop up too much off the supply. $WISE has no whales...not even any dolphins (biggest holder has ~4% of supply) because of our massive un-ruggable liquidity! So it's time to build up our @Wise_Token community again. Join us, and let's rally the community around these aspects! We literally have the best, fairest, and biggest opportunity of growth of any token in crypto right now. A big revenue stream will just be the cherry on top of the amazing token we already created, so let's f-in gooooooooo!!!🦉

Memecoin craze: what we’ve learnedThere are 3 main reasons memecoins are outperforming altcoins and major opportunities hiding behind these issue.1) Investors are disillusioned with technology projects 💔For the last 7 years, the new cryptocurrency world cycled through a succession of buzzwords, and misunderstood and premature narratives like Blockchain for Everything, DeFi and NFTs.This buzz fed two bubbles (and crashes) of altcoins in 2017 and 2021, losing tens of billions of dollars for people who believed the stories. After being fooled twice, no one believes the crypto tech promises without proof.Memecoins are teaching this market a lesson about coin distribution, technology and hype. Beyond Bitcoin devotees, even popular trading podcasts like 1000x share their thesis that “nothing is real so you might as well buy memes.”2) SEC enforcing security laws 🚨On the other side of the spectrum, @Uniswap token represents a DEX with over $1 billion in daily volume with over $300,000 a day in fees to liquidity providers. However, there’s no link between the token and the protocol's popularity due to the issues around security laws. Profitable infrastructure like this is prevented from naturally sharing its profits with token holders. Speculators today take this into consideration.3)VCs’ easy profits in the spotlight 🖨️In 2024 the crypto space, at last is aware of “how the hot dog is made” when it comes to funding token companies. VCs and founders usually get a big part of the total market cap of a token, for dirt cheap compared to the public.The VCs and founders are fully incentivized to promote the project to the retail public while quietly selling their tokens for millions, hundreds of million and sometimes even billions. When the hype dies down they just move on to the next thing.Today the profiteering role of crypto VCs is scrutinized and analyzed on social media, projects are nicknamed ‘VC coins’ and pages like VC Printer track the unlock dates and amount of coins in the hands of founders and VCs.Memecoins on the other hand are usually being launched at tiny marketcaps with around 10% distribution to founders and 90% available to the public on launch. This doesn't necessarily lead to a fair distribution, but the very low market cap on launch offers a better opportunity to random people on the internet. Disillusioned speculators rather enjoy this pure casino atmosphere, especially when they don’t believe tech or utopian stories anymore.What are the opportunities?1) Welcome to the futuristic casino 🎲Today, the regular gambling industry generates 30% more revenue than the gaming, music, and movie industries combined.The cryptocurrency ecosystem represents part of the next generation of global gambling entertainment.Profitable infrastructure around this ecosystem continues to expand and presents many opportunities for those interested in being part of this futuristic casino. For instance, https://t.co/HPETkNMO3L allows users to generate memecoins on Solana, earning approximately over half a million dollars daily.Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and other platforms are also an integral part of these expanding activities.2) Crystal ball predicts success 🔮As usual the crypto industry herd is going too far, and have definitely thrown out the baby with the bathwater. Real crypto projects and tech do exist and can be built; for example @ArweaveEco, which happens to be one of our partners. Anyway, networks like Arweave are completely undervalued.The disillusionment with fake or useless tech and lack of profit models is a sign the industry is maturing. Energy and resources will start going in better directions. It’s no longer too early to build real infrastructure and applications for the cryptocurrency world. Builders will, of course, need to think carefully about what they're creating. The crypto industry isn’t used to thinking carefully about anything, so that’s probably the biggest challenge.Now is the best time to build a real innovative technology or service company in the Bitcoin and altcoin space. It’s no longer too early for the real use cases to shine so the next few years are going to be very interesting.cc:@jvb_xyz

Singapore-based cryptocurrency payment company Wind has completed a $3.8 million pre-seed funding round, led by Spartan Group and GFC.