⚡️Coinbase gives token sales a second wind

For seven years, the market went without public sales for U.S. retail investors. After the chaos of the 2017-2018 ICO era and the loss of trust that followed, the format seemed dead. Now Coinbase is returning to the space that once overheated to show how it can be done differently.

The first sale is set for November 17-22, featuring Monad’s MON token.

For the industry, this isn’t just another product. It’s a test: can transparency and trust be rebuilt where hype once ruled? Coinbase is betting on structure, predictability, and participation instead of speed and insider access.

Here’s how it works:

⚙️ The “fill-from-bottom” algorithm favors the wider community. Smaller bids are filled first, larger ones only after, reducing concentration among funds and whales.

⏳ The request window stays open for several days. Anyone can place their bid anytime within that period, and once it closes, the algorithm decides the final allocation.

No race to click first. Participation becomes a process, not a sprint.

💎 Real supporters come first. Those who instantly sell after listing lose priority in future sales. The system rewards involvement, not impatience.

Coinbase is doing what the market has needed for years: turning token sales from a game of chance into a system of rules.

If the model works, the market won’t just gain new tools. It’ll gain new standards.

Web3 has become the new architecture for startups. Not everyone’s realized it yet 🌐

Ignoring Web3 today is like ignoring the internet in 2000. It didn’t feel urgent back then. People thought they could wait.
They couldn’t.

Now the same shift is happening again. Tokenization and DeFi have rewritten the rules of funding. Startups no longer need to wait for venture approval. They can build their own economies around people, not funds.

In Web3, users stop being an audience. They become owners. Tokens, NFTs, DAOs – tools that turn participation into partnership.

When people hold a piece of something, they act differently.

They build with you. Investors and partners already see it. The market now expects startups to experiment with Web3 just like it once expected them to go mobile. The difference is, this time it’s not optional. It’s the new norm.

🚀 Those who start now will set the standard. And not because they’re first, but because they’ll realize something simple: Web3 isn’t a risk. It’s a new kind of resilience.

🎯 If the token’s the answer, what was the question?

Before you launch a token, don’t rush to write a white paper just to check the box. Ask yourself one thing – why does your project need it?

The goal sets everything in motion: the economy, the mechanics, even how your community will grow.

▪️If the goal is growth, your token should attract new users and keep them around.
▪️If it’s monetization, the economics need to make sense. Investors should see potential, not risk.
▪️If it’s engagement, the token should give real influence, not just badges.

Simple as that: every goal has its own economy. And the earlier you define it, the less fixing you’ll have to do later.

If Web3 gave us freedom, what will Web4 bring? 🤔

When AI learned to write code and blockchain started to understand data, it became clear that Web3 wasn’t the final chapter.

Now everyone’s talking about Web4.

Some call it the smart internet. Others see it as a balance between humans and algorithms. Either way, the network is no longer just infrastructure. It’s starting to think.

Every era of the web has been about power.
Web3 put it in the hands of people.
Web4 gives it to the algorithm.

As data begins to interact and systems start making their own choices, the internet is turning into an economy with a mind of its own.

📖 Read the full piece on our Medium – we break down where Web3 ends, where Web4 begins, and how it’s reshaping crypto.

We share new insights there every week, so don’t miss out.

What will drive Web3 startups in 2026 🚀

2026 is when Web3 stops chasing noise and starts building value. The market grows up, and you can feel how the priorities shift.

There are three vectors already shaping what comes next:

1️⃣AI + Web3
AI stops living outside the system and starts working inside it. You see it in autonomous agents, in smart contracts that don’t just store rules but act, in models that learn directly on-chain.

All of this moved past the experimental stage. What we see now are the first working prototypes of a new economy.

2️⃣RWA and new infrastructure
Real assets move on-chain: property, infrastructure, commodities. The physical economy keeps connecting to the decentralized one, and that bridge gets stronger month after month.


3️⃣UX at scale
Modular chains, better wallets, shared standards… Web3 finally starts feeling simple enough for real adoption. And these aren’t just trends. They’re the moves that help teams break ahead.

💡Here’s the point for startups: pick one vector and build a small product around it. The next cycle won’t reward the ones who wait for the wave. It rewards the ones who create it.

💎 Telegram has officially made TON its native chain. And for games, that changes everything.

The crypto layer inside Telegram now runs on a single network: the built-in wallet, TON Space, Mini Apps. Telegram has already passed a billion active users, and TON gets direct access to all of them.

Here’s what changes.

If your product relies on Telegram for distribution, TON becomes the only real option. Other chains can’t enter Mini Apps or plug into Telegram’s crypto features. That’s why products like Notcoin and Hamster Kombat took off. It’s the Telegram effect: huge traffic, instant onboarding, and a frictionless entry point.

⚠️ But there’s another side. TON’s economic layer is still forming. It lacks experts, tested models, solid templates, and reliable auditors. And the hype around simple tap-games often hides that.

❓ So the question for any team is simple: where will you grow faster?

If your distribution depends on Telegram, TON gives you the shortest path to a user. If you need liquidity, mature tooling or battle-tested practices, Solana, Ethereum L2 or BNB Chain might be a better fit.

Everything after that depends on what you’re building.

How to choose a blockchain and what shapes your product’s future ⚡️

When teams pick a network, many start with TPS or whatever happens to be trending. But pretty numbers on a chart are just noise. Your product lives in the environment the network creates.

Here is what matters.

A blockchain affects how much every click costs, how fast a user reaches the outcome and whether the network holds up when things go wrong. And this is usually where teams stop looking.

▪ User acquisition often ends up more expensive than development.
▪ A fee that looks tiny turns into dollars once your product has dozens of internal actions.
▪ A network can run smoothly until a single halt freezes every transaction and your entire economy with it.

And the network you pick defines how many potential users you have, how much they can pay, and how many VC funds even operate in that ecosystem.

In the end, choosing a chain comes down to one simple question:
🔜 where will your product grow faster?

It grows where people understand how to pay. Where the fee supports the value instead of eating it. And where stablecoins, oracles, auditors and tools already exist.

And there is always a moment when a team realizes something important. The network does not choose the product. The product chooses the network.

What remains is the context, the goal and the environment where your product lasts the longest.

🪙 We’ve talked before about how TON became the engine behind Telegram’s gaming boom. But every strong narrative has a side that doesn’t make it into the headlines.

TON gives you reach, actual users, and instant distribution at a scale most chains can’t offer. What it doesn’t give you is a ready-made economic system to build on.

The economic layer is still forming. There aren’t many proven templates, auditors are limited. And a lot of core mechanics that feel “default” in ecosystems like Ethereum or Solana simply haven’t matured on TON yet.

The rise of Notcoin, Hamster Kombat and Catizen made the path look simple. But those wins sit on top of timing and hype, not stable economics. Copy the surface and the model breaks almost immediately.

So where do teams usually slip?
▪️They treat TON like Web2 and expect the token to behave
▪️They misjudge retention costs once real traffic arrives
▪️They copy mechanics that only worked in a hype window

And yet, TON remains a powerful entry point. Mini Apps, instant onboarding, a built-in wallet, a distribution channel no other chain gets. It works brilliantly for teams ready to navigate a fast-growing, still-maturing ecosystem. But it’s far less forgiving for those expecting polished frameworks and plug-and-play economics.

Another important update from Abu Dhabi🚀

ADGM has officially approved the use of USDT for licensed institutional companies. This means payments, transfers, custody services and lending with USDT are now allowed in Abu Dhabi across eight blockchains: Aptos, Celo, Cosmos, Kaia, Near, Polkadot, Tezos, TON, and TRON.

It pushes access to the world’s leading stablecoin even further and helps Abu Dhabi grow its role in the digital asset space.