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Boop.Fun leading the way with a new launchpad on Solana.
The problems with ICM (the term as claimed by the trenches) today:
1. Adverse selection is at work meaning currently most of the founders that choose to fundraise this way are probably tier 2 or 3. There are a few exceptions.
2. Adding a "flywheel" and "token buybacks" at the earliest stage of a startup is a monumentally terrible idea, because early stage companies specifically require capital to grow (and thus build the equity value of the company). It should never be going back to investors.
3. Even with a "flywheel" in place, 99.9% of startup investors that make returns do not get paid back with dividends, but rather through the sale of the company or at IPO, and we currently have no legally bonding structure in place that ties together these ideas
4. I strongly believe most founders should be highly communicative, but founders spending all their time communicating with token traders and speculators and attempting to build flywheels instead of actually building their business is a huge waste of time.
What could fix this:
1. Some thoughts below on transparency and tokenization structures
2. Better founder vetting from existing ICM launchpads
3. Launchpads that think through the whole lifecycle, not just the launch itself
4. Legal frameworks for bonding tokens and equity together that allows for non-flywheel strategies
5. Slowing down and publishing comms schedules to give founders space to cook

18.7.2025
Interesting to ponder what happens if & when every company can go public on @Solana early in their life
Today we think of tokenization as the defacto "going public" for a crypto entity but it fails to deliver on shared ownership, which is the original premise of public companies
There are a number of infra pieces that Solana delivers through Token Extensions, however mostly this will require new opinionated products around token launches and governance (yes, we actually do need more token launchpads!)
1) We need tools that make transparency easier. You see entities reporting on fees, but very few on balance sheet, vesting schedules, and there's 0 transparency around planned selling from founders & large stakeholders. In the absence of this, every single tokenized entity lives in a perpetual rumor mill which is hugely distracting.
The @JupiterExchange token holder report was a great step in that direction, I'd like to see more like this.
2) We could introduce dual class tokens, so that founders can maintain governance control even as ownership gets distributed (should be possible with TEs on Solana). Upon those tokens being sold, they would lose their voting power.
3) I would propose restricted trading windows, e.g. tokens are tradable once a quarter for 3 days. Yes, this probably hurts liquidity but it allows founders to cook. In these windows, we could also have staged token releases so that companies can progressively raise capital (e.g. 1% every quarter)
4) The big one here is economic rights; moving beyond buybacks to profit & revenue sharing rights. This one is blocked by regulation in most places unfortunately. I believe this will change with time
FWIW, when Solana official channels talk about "Internet Capital Markets," they are referring to the tokenization of all sorts of assets and the markets they drive, from startup equity to RWAs, stocks, etc.
It doesn't just mean "web2 founder tokenizing their vibecoded app"
@Kyzer if it worked*
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