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Token Buybacks — New Trend or Real Power? In traditional business, buybacks have long been a weapon of corporations. Apple spent $83 billion on stock repurchases in 2024, reducing supply and boosting price. Now this phenomenon has made its way into crypto — and it seems to be becoming the “new meta” of the current cycle. Here are some projects actively using buybacks: — Hyperliquid ($HYPE) — up to $90M in monthly revenue, 97% goes to repurchases. Since January, $1.37B worth of tokens have been bought back (8.6% of supply). — PumpFun ($PUMP) — memecoin platform, 100% of revenue dedicated to buybacks ($25–30M per month). — Ethena ($ENA) — synthetic dollar USDe doubled in size within a month, with a $260M buyback program. — Raydium ($RAY) — Solana DEX, low issuance, 12% of fees spent on buybacks ($5.7M in July). — deBridge ($DBR) — cross-chain project, $10–12M annual revenue, all directed to token repurchases. It sounds appealing: less supply means higher price. But it’s important to remember that a buyback can serve either as a signal of strength (real revenue, competitive advantage, low inflation) or as a cover-up for deeper issues. The same has happened in traditional markets: companies bought back shares instead of investing in real growth. We’ve already discussed the trend of “financialization” in crypto — where DeFi protocols borrow mechanisms from the stock market. Buybacks are part of this process. What to watch for: — Does the project have sustainable revenue, or just temporary hype? — How is the token issuance structured? — Are large unlocks coming up that would negate the effect of buybacks? Buybacks may become an important filter for identifying strong projects. But it’s risky to blindly trust the mechanism — there must be real economics behind it, not just marketing.

2% of the total supply has been bought back by deBridge They've done this in just 2 months. There are very few teams doing this SUSTAINABLY which makes it easy to find the ones worth betting on @debridge is doing great work.

This pullback makes me unable to resist wanting to increase the position in $DBR. This part in hand has long become pure profit. So I prefer to hold until reaching a market value of 1B before considering the next move. A few friends around me didn't get on board, so I directly recommended it, after all, the underlying logic now is indeed worth it. The logic behind it is very straightforward: - The reserve mechanism is continuously accumulating. As of now, the fund has utilized 4.07 million USDC, repurchasing nearly 1.9% of the total supply. - The vault size has surpassed 30 million USD, and there is a stable cash flow being injected every day. - This long-term stable buying pressure determines that $DBR is a rare "bottom-supporting" asset among similar protocols. Recent updates are also continuously solidifying value: - TrustWallet integration launched, traffic entrance is larger, user base and liquidity will further expand. -Exact-output trades eliminate the most annoying slippage issues in cross-chain transactions, truly achieving the amount inputted equals the amount received. -Explorer tracks the inflow and outflow of funds in real-time, making market sentiment and on-chain funds transparent. These updates are not just about "adding features"; they systematically eliminate the pain points of cross-chain trading, significantly enhancing the actual user experience of the protocol. So my judgment is: In the short term, the market will continue to fluctuate with announcements and buyback disclosures, possibly continuing to oscillate in the range of 0.02 – 0.025. However, in the long run, after the closed loop of income - treasury - pullback runs smoothly, combined with a solid project foundation and future bull market Buff bonuses, 1B will be easily attainable. For me, This part of the position has locked in profits, So there's no reason not to wait for a bigger space. The target is to first look at a market cap of 1B, which is also the reason I am willing to continue recommending it to friends. $DBR, blue-chip stock.

Recently, the Fed has found itself in a dilemma between economic easing and the pressure to cut interest rates, with stablecoins and Bitcoin facing short-term fluctuation risks. Ethereum has shown strong performance, with a diversification of capital flows, but the market still has instability. Market trends indicate an increase in ETF inflows, and projects like CryptoPunk have attracted follow.