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Fantom Cofounder Mulls Idea for 'Safer' Meme Coins

Fantom's Cronje is the latest in a line of blockchain teams that are open to directly engaging with meme coins.

By Shaurya Malwa|Edited by Omkar Godbole
Updated Apr 9, 2024, 11:30 a.m. Published Apr 9, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
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  • Andre Cronje proposed a plan to issue meme coins on the Fantom network, addressing risks such as team dumping tokens and removing liquidity.
  • The plan includes allocating tokens for team expenses, marketing, and liquidity pool support, focusing on fair distribution and investor safety.

Fantom Foundation co-founder Andre Cronje on Tuesday proposed a plan to fairly and safely issue meme coins on the network, aiming to sidestep risks associated with buying non-serious tokens.

Issuing and trading meme coins has become a fun and multibillion-dollar sector among crypto investors in the past year. An ongoing meme coin frenzy on Solana and Base networks has netted millions in profits for platform owners and users, but it comes with risks for the community and investors.

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Some risks include teams dumping tokens after creating social media hype, early investors selling large amounts, removal of liquidity, and developers having access to change code for tokens, Cronje said.

Safer community / meme coins on Fantomhttps://t.co/OumQRHojOi pic.twitter.com/MpXihI435C

— Andre Cronje (@AndreCronjeTech) April 9, 2024

The proposed plan is to issue tokens with the Fantom Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to Fantom blockchain's development and maintenance, as one of the signers controlling the token’s liquidity pools.

“Up to 5% of the tokens to support the meme team expenses. This will be locked in a multisig requiring signatures from 2 project members and at least 1 foundation member,” Cronje said.

“The remaining 85% of the tokens will be put up in a FTM/token LP in foundation multisig. An amount of 100,000 FTM will be provided. Any Fantom-based exchange can be nominated for LP,” he added. LP refers to liquidity pool, a smart contract on an exchange that holds two or more tokens and facilitates trading.

Up to 10% of tokens can be allocated for marketing-related expenses, such as exchange listings, and will be locked in a multisig requiring signatures from two project members and at least one Foundation member.

“Should the FTM in the LP token reach at least 2,000,000 FTM, the original provided 100,000 FTM (5%) will be removed to cover the initial cost and the rest of the LP will be burned,” Cronje added.

Fantom’s Cronje is the latest in a line of blockchain teams that aren’t shying away from engaging with meme coins directly – marking a clear departure from previous cycles in which such tokens were treated as mere tradeable assets.

Avalanche Foundation, a similar body for the Avalanche network, earlier this year announced a fund that invested directly in and supported the growth of meme coins (which it termed culture coins). In March, it invested in five tokens.

Last week, BNB Chain developers unveiled a $1 million prize pool that attracted submissions from developers behind meme coins. The pool aimed to award projects it deemed unique for investing in their future growth.

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He provides over $1,000 to liquidity pools on Compound, Curve, SushiSwap, PancakeSwap, BurgerSwap, Orca, AnySwap, SpiritSwap, Rook Protocol, Yearn Finance, Synthetix, Harvest, Redacted Cartel, OlympusDAO, Rome, Trader Joe, and SUN.

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