2026-01-10 13:26:56

From $257M Fundraising to This—What Went Wrong? A case study that's getting harder to ignore in the crypto space. When a project secures a quarter-billion dollar funding round, expectations run sky-high on every exchange. Investors, traders, and the broader community watch closely. Yet somewhere between the press releases and mainnet launch, things derailed spectacularly. The gap between fundraising valuation and current market performance tells a story that resonates across the industry. Whether it's execution challenges, market headwinds, or misaligned tokenomics, these funding-to-floor collapses are becoming textbook examples of why due diligence matters. It's a sobering reminder that even substantial capital doesn't guarantee success in the Web3 ecosystem.

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UncleLiquidation

· 20h ago

250 million in funding, what's the current status? This is the daily script of Web3.

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GateUser-c799715c

· 01-12 20:48

250 million USD for this? Laughing out loud, it's another story of big funding and big failure.

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GasWrangler

· 01-10 13:57

ngl if you analyze the data on these $257M fundraising disasters, the tokenomics were demonstrably broken from day one. nobody ran the actual gas optimization calcs before launch lmao

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GweiWatcher

· 01-10 13:56

250 million in funding ultimately turned into this, I really can't smile about it --- Once again, a major funding recipient dives, and this time it's again the tokenomics fault? --- Basically, they took the money and don't know how to spend it. This has become a common practice in the crypto world --- Looking at that funding number and the current price, I just want to vomit blood --- Poor execution and blaming the market, typical self-deception --- That's why I will never chase projects with high funding rounds, lessons learned the hard way --- A quarter-billion level project can still collapse like this, who is making the decisions? --- With tokenomics design at this level, it's embarrassing to raise so much money. Truly incredible --- Every time, funding news is everywhere, but diving news is not reported. Completely out of proportion --- This is Web3. Even with money, you can't save trash projects

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InscriptionGriller

· 01-10 13:56

250 million in funding ultimately became a textbook example of failure; this trick is as old as the hills, and the little investors still can't learn.

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GasFeeNightmare

· 01-10 13:40

250 million dollars in funding directly hit the floor, I just want to ask how this tokenomics is designed? Checking gas tracker late at night is more diligent than this project's management.

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MevTears

· 01-10 13:31

This is the usual operation in the crypto world. The larger the fundraising number, the more likely they are to run away, really.

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