It’s Sunday again — time to slow down and tune in. Welcome back to Notes from a Quiet Sunday.
The kind of Sunday where time slows down just enough to reflect on whatever’s been floating through your head all week.
If you’re reading this with a coffee in hand, or just letting your mind coast gently into Monday, welcome.
Let’s drift through a few notes, slow and easy.
Sundays aren’t for rushing, they’re for zooming out. A quiet day to catch signals before the noise returns.1. Signals I’m Watching
This week's narrative is mainly focused on the battle of launchpad platforms on Solana with the emergence of Launchcoin (@believeapp), whose token, Launchcoin, went dramatically from $4M to $300M in just 3 days, a 30x increase.
The surge of $Launchcoin has gained all attention from the crypto community, and its momentum continues with a total trading volume of $2.2B since its launch.
Besides that, Pumpfun has introduced revenue sharing for token creators after its dominance dropped from 90% to 57% this month.
Another strong competitor on the Solana launchpad is @boopdotfun, which recently airdropped $BOOP to early users and top Kaito yappers. To claim the airdrop, users must create a token on its platform and wait for a 30-day countdown. There have been over 30K tokens created so far.
Will Pumpfun regain its dominance, or will others surge to become the next big player? It’s still early to say, but it’s exciting to watch!
Virtual, an AI agent launchpad on Base, is also gaining attention these days with its new launching mechanism: Genesis launch, which only distributes allocations to real users and contributors through Virgen Points (Pts).
Users can collect Pts in multiple ways, such as yapping about Virtual, holding $Virtual, or staking recognized agent tokens.
The platform has also recently introduced veVirtual, which can be acquired by staking Virtual. veVirtual holders will earn a share of 20% of total Virgen Points.
2. Reading Table
TradFi Perps, Meet DeFi Rails
A crisp look at how Ostium is bridging TradFi and DeFi through perpetuals. Worth reading for the architecture alone.
Inside the Market Making Machine
One of the clearest write-ups I’ve seen on how crypto market makers really operate and how the game changes when you’re playing with long-tail assets, not BTC/ETH.
Ethereum’s Quiet Upgrade
LongHash breaks down the recent Ethereum upgrade in a no-fuss way.
Crypto Meets Capital Markets
Regulatory nuance meets crypto narrative. Great for understanding how capital market veterans are starting to speak crypto-native and what it means for asset issuance, custody, and beyond.
The Humanoid Era Begins
Apptronik’s Apollo robot isn’t just a flashy demo, it’s a real step toward general-purpose labor bots.
Why Real-World AI Needs a Human Shape
Great companion piece to the Apptronik post. Explains why humanoid form factors are the most flexible interface for physical tasks and why AI’s next leap may look eerily familiar.
On-Chain Betting is Just Getting Started
This one hits on the meme, the mechanism, and the movement.
The Hidden Costs of DePIN Hardware
Great post for anyone thinking beyond tokenomics.
3. New projects for watching
– YO: Yield Optimizer Vault
– Perpl: Perps DEX Perpl raised $9.25M from Dragonfly to build on Monad
– Dripster: Pump fun but for producing physical products
– Umi: A Layer-2 Solution for Secure and Scalable Move on Ethereum.That’s it for this week’s Notes from a Quiet Sunday — thanks for spending a little slice of your weekend here with me.
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Until next time — take it slow, stay curious, and enjoy what’s left of your quiet Sunday.
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