Virtual Genesis: Virtual's Agent Launchpad - What You Need to Know
Virgen Redesigned Launchpad, VIRTUAL token flywheel, & More
Virtual Genesis (Virgen) is Virtual’s AI agent launchpad , designed to facilitate fair and transparent distribution of AI agent tokens.
It addresses common issues in most token launches, such as insiders or caballing, by implementing a point-based allocation system, Virgen Points. Participants earn Virgen Points through ecosystem engagement and stake $VIRTUAL tokens to gain access to new AI agent projects.
The launchpad operates on a 24-hour presale period, during which users pledge Virgen Points and $VIRTUAL tokens to secure allocations. These allocations are capped at 0.5% of the total token supply per user to ensure decentralization.
In today’s edition, we’ll take a look at Virgen’s redesigned launchpad, Virtual token flywheels, and more…
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Current Launchpad Landscape
Current launchpad ecosystems are plagued by insiders, bundlers and snipers that make it almost impossible for equitable participation. Traditional launchpads often allow early investors/insiders to secure large allocations at discounted rates, leading to immediate profit-taking once tokens bond. This behavior affects long-term project development and leaves most of retail as exit liquidity.
Traditional launchpads like Pumpfun, Launchlab, Fjord, etc. are also not built to support long-term participation in a project or coin that launches through them. Apart from preventing the common dev liquidity rugs, there are no protocol mechanics in place to incentivize holding.
Virtual Genesis’ Redesigned Launchpad
Virtual Genesis (Virgen) aims to address most of the challenges and gaps that most launchpads have today.
Insiders - Virgen caps individual allocation to 0.5% of total supply during a 24-hour presale period.
Bundling/Sybilling - Earning allocation (Virgen Points) can’t simply be cloned with just capital across multiple wallets as farming these points require meaningful (& difficult to bot) actions that is more efficiently farmed on a single wallet. Allocation is based on factors like community engagement, ecosystem activity, staking other recognized agents, etc.
Short-term participation - Most launchpads support tokens up to the liquidity bonding stage. Virgen goes a step further with mechanisms like the "Take Profit Cooldown," which discourages immediate sell-offs post-launch, and "Diamond Hand Bonuses," which reward long-term holding. These features are designed to stabilize token performance and encourage sustained engagement.
How Virgen Launches Work
An agent project looking to launch are able to share a thesis on what their project is about on the Virgen Alpha Hub, providing projects with the broadest possible holder base from Day 1 by increasing mindshare.
Generally, every agent token will have 2 fixed supply components (37.5% allocated for presale, and 12.5% allocated for the liquidity pool). Example:
Participants pledge Virgen Points to compete for a share of the 37.5% presale token allocation. The Pledging phase is a soft commit that signals interest, helping the project gauge demand and build public mindshare (0 capital is involved).
The Allocation phase tiers pledgers based on points they committed relative to the total points. Users are then prompted to commit $VIRTUAL to match the estimated cost of their maximum allocation potential (at a max of 566 $VIRTUAL).
VIRTUAL Staking Flywheel & Moat
The main moat Virgen has is that it handles the full lifecycle of an agent launch. Virgen handles the launch distribution, Virtual handles the trading and $VIRTUAL token captures the volume & fees. Agent tokens once graduated live on Virtual rails, route fees to Virtual stakers, and stimulate staking across the entire ecosystem.
Currently, a total of 34.1M $VIRTUAL is staked, and the average veVIRTUAL is just under 9.8M, with most of it being locked shorter term (<1 month).
Apart from $VIRTUAL tokens, other agent protocol tokens within the Virtual ecosystem can also be staked for Virgen Points. This creates secondary token sinks across the entire Virtual agent stack and creates added utility for agent tokens.
A full list of supported agents can be found on the website.
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