The competitive logic in the Meme track is undergoing a noticeable shift. In the early days, the focus was on issuance speed and rapid expansion. Now, more and more platforms are starting to develop ecosystem incubation plans, which essentially represent a transition from purely traffic matchmaking platforms to industry incubators.
This shift has a more profound significance for project teams. By screening and providing long-term support to high-quality projects, it not only helps developers solve the most challenging cold start problems but also ensures the long-term lifecycle management of projects. In the current market environment, the cost of acquiring customers independently is exorbitantly high. Integrating into a systematic ecosystem resource network—whether for traffic support or strategic guidance—fundamentally helps project teams share costs and reduce risks.
Compared to a simple matchmaking transaction model, this deeper resource binding is indeed more effective in attracting and retaining truly capable Builders. Starting from infrastructure to support community development is a strategy worth paying attention to.
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GasGuzzler
· 1h ago
Basically, the traffic dividend is gone. Now you really have to put in effort to support projects in order to survive.
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LiquidityWitch
· 2h ago
so theyre finally realizing that speed-runs aren't sustainable... the alchemy of ecosystem building takes time, sacrifice, liquidity rituals. cold starts are the hardest part of any transmutation spell tbh. watching platforms pivot from pure arbitrage engines to actual incubators is *chef's kiss*—this is where real alpha gets brewed, not in the flash loans but in the infrastructure layer itself
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HallucinationGrower
· 19h ago
Basically, it's still a money issue; no one can afford the cold start costs.
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AirdropCollector
· 23h ago
In plain terms, it's that I can't keep up anymore and have started to focus on deep services... But to be fair, compared to those that run after taking the profits, platforms with incubation plans are indeed more risk-resistant.
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DegenWhisperer
· 23h ago
To be honest, platforms that only do matching should have been eliminated long ago. Ecosystem incubation is the real way out.
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BridgeNomad
· 23h ago
ngl, ecosystem incubation sounds good on paper but... who's actually vetting these projects? seen too many "strategic partnerships" turn into liquidity traps. the real test is whether platforms can maintain TVL when their portfolios inevitably tank.
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StakoorNeverSleeps
· 23h ago
Basically, the platform is also starting to compete, no longer relying on the aggressive model of riding the traffic dividend.
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NFT_Therapy
· 23h ago
To be honest, this kind of shift was long overdue. The previous approach of rapid issuance had already been played out. Now that someone is willing to support genuine builders, it is indeed the right direction.
The competitive logic in the Meme track is undergoing a noticeable shift. In the early days, the focus was on issuance speed and rapid expansion. Now, more and more platforms are starting to develop ecosystem incubation plans, which essentially represent a transition from purely traffic matchmaking platforms to industry incubators.
This shift has a more profound significance for project teams. By screening and providing long-term support to high-quality projects, it not only helps developers solve the most challenging cold start problems but also ensures the long-term lifecycle management of projects. In the current market environment, the cost of acquiring customers independently is exorbitantly high. Integrating into a systematic ecosystem resource network—whether for traffic support or strategic guidance—fundamentally helps project teams share costs and reduce risks.
Compared to a simple matchmaking transaction model, this deeper resource binding is indeed more effective in attracting and retaining truly capable Builders. Starting from infrastructure to support community development is a strategy worth paying attention to.