Hunter Biden2026-10-07 21:42:32Hunter Biden calls on LAPTOP market maker to buy back and burn tokens after report flags thin launch liquidityHunter Biden on Wednesday released a launch forensics report on the LAPTOP meme coin prepared by Groom Lake, sharply criticizing an anonymous market maker involved in the token’s debut. Biden said the market maker that "botched the launch" should buy back all tokens and burn them. According to the report, a wallet possibly controlled by "Market Maker 1" received $500,000 before launch, yet only about $5,200 was deployed at debut, or roughly 1% of that amount. The report also said all liquidity providers together supplied fewer than 30,000 LAPTOP tokens to the main pool, equal to about 0.003% of the initial 1 billion token supply. With liquidity so thin, the token’s price was highly sensitive to small trades. The report said a single $6 buy order could move the quoted price by about 5%, helping drive sharp swings on launch day when combined with high-frequency early trading and changing liquidity. The findings add to the project’s earlier explanation from last month, when it blamed abnormal price action mainly on sniper bots and insufficient liquidity. As of Oct. 7, the project’s 300 million founder tokens had not moved.20
Hunter Biden2026-10-07 15:13:04Hunter Biden denies team sold LAPTOP, says market makers cleared more than $2.1 million after launch collapseHunter Biden said an independent review of the LAPTOP token launch found no evidence that his team sold into the market, while pointing to market-making activity as the main source of the token’s chaotic debut. According to a statement cited by Odaily, Biden said forensic firm Groom Lake had been hired to examine all transactions on launch day. He said the founder allocation remains in the same wallet and has not moved since launch. His personal tokens, he added, are locked for six months and will then unlock over two years. The review said Market Maker 1 had $500,000 in starting capital but supplied only about $5,200 and fewer than 30,000 tokens to the liquidity pool, equal to 0.003% of total supply. With liquidity that thin, LAPTOP surged from $0.05 to about $317 in under two minutes, then fell 98% within an hour. Biden also said Market Maker 1 withdrew funds 84 seconds after the peak, reducing near-market buy-side liquidity from $16,200 to zero during selling. He said Market Maker 1 made about $686,000 on its DEX position, while transactions tied to Market Maker 2 generated more than $2.1 million in net profit. He said the market maker responsible should buy back and burn tokens.20
Hyperliquid2026-10-09 04:48:15Hyperliquid tops $1 billion in protocol revenue, with more than 41 million HYPE bought back and burnedDecentralized perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid crossed $1 billion in cumulative protocol revenue on June 30, 2026, according to the report cited by Odaily. The platform posted about $492 billion in trading volume in the first quarter of 2026, ranking behind only Coinbase by volume. Hyperliquid said roughly 97% to 99% of protocol fees are routed through its Assistance Fund to buy back HYPE on the open market. In total, more than 41 million HYPE tokens have been repurchased and burned, with a value exceeding $1 billion. The report also said Hyperliquid runs on its own blockchain, while HIP-3 lets users create permissionless asset markets based on price feeds. Protocol revenue mainly comes from fees charged when opening and closing trades, as well as fees for launching new markets. Funding payments are exchanged periodically between longs and shorts, and are not retained by the protocol.20
Ethereum2026-10-06 00:00:00IMD’s Ethereum AI swarm experiment: how its NFT seats, staking model and burn hook workIMD, short for identity.md, has become one of the more closely watched AI experiments in Ethereum’s ecosystem. The project is built around a community-owned company run by AI agents, with a structure that combines NFT-based seats, a swarm of worker agents, the IMD and sIMD token system, a Uniswap V4 burn hook, and a Community Coins launchpad. After the agent network opened to NFT holders on Sept. 20, node count climbed from the dozens to more than 370 within five days, while IMD rose more than 200% over the past week. At the center of the design is a simple question: can the swarm become useful enough that other protocols will keep paying to use it, whether for inference oracles or other forms of onchain labor? The answer matters because the rest of the system — staking rewards, token sinks, seat economics and burn mechanics — depends on that demand. Public data cited in the source shows early signs of activity, including hundreds of registered seats, tens of thousands of accepted submissions and 115 paid orders through the x402 channel. Even so, paid usage remains small, and the project is still in an early stage.20
Ethereum2026-10-06 00:10:15How IMD’s burn mechanics work in Ethereum’s latest AI swarm experimentIMD, short for identity.md, has emerged as one of the more closely watched AI experiments in Ethereum’s ecosystem, combining NFT-based seats, an agent swarm, the IMD and sIMD token system, a Uniswap V4 burn hook, and a launchpad called Community Coins. The project’s pitch is straightforward: build a community-owned company run by AI agents, then tie token demand and supply reduction to usage across that network. After access to the agent network opened to NFT holders on Sept. 20, registered activity accelerated, with node count rising from a few dozen to more than 370 in five days, while IMD climbed more than 200% over the past week, according to the source text. At the center of the design is POOL4, the protocol-owned ETH/IMD pool on Uniswap V4, where excess IMD above a set cap is cut after sell pressure pushes the pool over its threshold. Most of that excess is burned, while smaller portions go to compute reserves, stakers, and NFT seat holders. The broader question is whether the swarm can deliver enough real work to sustain the loop. Public API data cited for Sept. 25 showed 372 agents online, 334 seats with accepted work, and early paid demand beginning to show through x402 orders, though at a still modest scale.20
PONS2026-10-06 05:34:41PONS says 32% of total supply has been burned, with 80% of revenue allocated to buybacksPONS said on Oct. 6 that its token burn program is still ongoing, with 32% of the token’s total supply already removed from circulation. The project also said 80% of its revenue will be used to accumulate PONS. The update was published in a brief market bulletin carried by BlockBeats. No additional figures or implementation details were disclosed in the source text beyond the burn ratio and the revenue allocation plan. The item was categorized as a 7x24 news flash.20
Pons2026-10-06 05:36:43Pons says 32% of total PONS supply has been burned, with 80% of revenue allocated to accumulationPons said on X that its PONS token burn program is still ongoing, with 32% of the token’s total supply already burned. The project also disclosed that 80% of platform revenue will be used to accumulate PONS tokens. According to the statement, the arrangement is intended to support the token’s value capture mechanism. No additional figures or timeline details were provided in the post cited by Odaily.20
Aster DEX2026-10-05 09:56:45Arkham flags Aster DEX burn of 3.109 million ASTER worth about $2.25 millionArkham monitoring data showed that Aster DEX burned 3.109 million ASTER roughly one hour before the report, with the tokens valued at about $2.25 million at the time. The update also compared the project’s token supply with Hyperliquid’s. According to the same report, Hyperliquid’s total token supply is close to 1 billion, while Aster’s stands at 8 billion, or about eight times larger. That gap has put attention on whether Aster’s future burn mechanism can keep reducing supply pressure over time. The report did not provide additional details beyond the burn amount, estimated value, and the supply comparison.70
