Was curious if this was true and looks like it Among projects that reached some pmf (>10m in tvl or >1m/mo in fees), those that launched a token were +50% more likely to die compared to those that didn't launch a token
Adam
AdamFeb 16, 2026
Crypto products don't scale as tokens complicate things and make builders stop thinking from first principle imagine Eliza 2 years ago when was the fastest growing GH if focused on real problems and not on "cloning" degenspartan to make coins go up crypto protocols do scale but no one is working on them anymore :( everything launchpad
The number is probably much higher when you include projects that had a token with high mcap but never generated any fees and then died, like eliza or tons of others But I don't have data on companies that started but then failed to launch (never listed them), so can't really crunch those numbers Still, I think if you included everything, the rate would go up, meaning that launching a token leads to way higher long term mortality
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