Neo Tokyo News: 16 - 22 Aug 2025

The Best Way to Deal With Competition Is to EAT THEM

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Neo Tokyo News
August 22, 2025

Neo Tokyo News: 16 - 22 Aug 2025

In this issue:

  • The Cycle of Max Extraction (by Flower83)

  • This Week in Neo Tokyo: The Best Way to Deal With Competition Is to EAT THEM (by PhoenixxDown)

The Cycle of Max Extraction

Well, there you go, it finally happened.

I remember a while ago when people leaked “rumors” or … alpha? Or “unspoken truth” that Ye (Kanye) will launch his own memecoin “soon.”

This “soon” turned out to be on par with our own in-house “soon” of Two Weeks™ in NeoTokyo. But still, we finally got there, and on the same exact day as Libra unlocked $57 milly of vested tokens, no less. How's that for a conspiracy theory?

It went about as good as one would expect, too.

A classic pump and dump from zero, to slightly above 3 billion, and down again to 1, unleashing chaos and destruction along the way.

Many people lost money, some got lucky, insiders were profiting again, bad liquidity pools, high fees, and the most retarded tokenomics and distribution mechanism we’ve seen in a while.

Like, what does it matter if you deploy 25 contracts if you are still going to snipe the right one with your other wallets and tell your inner circle friends about it?

Also, you probably don't even get rid of the bots, at least not the smart ones when they see a volume surge into just one of the 25 contracts. Furthermore, keeping 70% of the supply for yourself is just criminally greedy, no matter how long it is vested for.

The game is rigged, man I tell you.

While this price action could be predicted to some extent, I am still quite worried about the future of “trenches” to be honest.

The overall vibe has shifted noticeably since the early days and it seems there were no more “organic” runners and the PvP aspect of it all was turned up to the max. It definitely isn't "easy mode” anymore, even if the markets are now picking back up and many alts aiming for or even surpassing their ATH’s.

Also, Ye is big, but he is not Trump-level big, so I’d say that the biggest wave or celebrity coins is already over. And even if this sparks or “inspires” a new wave of washed out celebrities fading into oblivion and wanting to try and stay relevant by launching their own coins, it’s not going to be profitable for the average person trying to make it with “clicking.” I’d actually argue that it is more likely to lead to losses.

So until something shifts, this is what we have to deal with, and it's not pretty.

I am bearish on Solana, memecoins, influencer launches, celebrity rugs, all of it.

Bearish.

Absolutely bearish, and also not participating.

Let me leave you with few words of wisdom I agree with.

Cya next week.

This Week In Neo Tokyo:
The Best Way to Deal With Competition Is to EAT THEM

“From the heart of Neo Tokyo, a new protocol goes live.”

The greatest mall in this dimension, and all others, has undergone another renovation, and it’s way more than just a few licks of paint!

Shibuya Mall now offers B2B services, meaning you can reach out to Crasher and the team to handle all your merch needs for your project or company.

But if you’re a Citizen or Meatbag just looking to rep your favorite NFT community, there’s a bunch of new items available now, ready for your perusal.

Check out the updated Shibuya Mall here!

A double header of huge announcements next up.

First, Rengo, the official partnered crypto investor network of Neo Tokyo, has joined the Circle Alliance Program - a global network of like-minded companies and teams focused on the future of finance!

Congratulations to the team, always doing The Citadel proud. We look forward to what’s next!

And yesterday, the Guardians of The Citadel, Kerberus, announced they have made their second acquisition of the year in Pocket Universe, proving that the best way to deal with your competition is to simply EAT THEM.

Congratulations to you too, and if you haven’t got a Kerberus Lifetime Pass yet, you should make it a serious consideration.

Scammers are ramping up their operations again as we trundle through the most long, drawn-out, and painful alt bull market conceivable.

And here’s something to keep on your radar.

I’ve slipped in a few hints in previous issues, but now I’m brazenly telling you to put notifications on for Grid Phantoms. 

Two of The Citadel’s finest — Ktrap, esteemed Council member, respected OG, and NT data king, along with TVD, who’s spoken with Elon Musk more times this year than I’ve had hot dinners — are behind it, building something novel and fun that meets a need in the space.

The portal is opening and closing brief periods, but the next one is likely not far way. Don’t be late.

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Until next next week, citizens.

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