Why most Tokens DIE within a week (And how the survivors KEEP Holders around)?

Andre Costa
Publicado el:
3 mar 2025
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Strategy
Right now, there's a wild reality in the token market.
Want to guess how many new tokens launch every single day?
More than Five Thousand.
Not per month. Not per week.
Every. Single. Day.

Source: Coin Gecko
And here's the crazier part - most of them are already dead by the time you read this.
Sure, we've all seen the headlines.
PEPE casually hitting $4.04B.
BONK cruising past $1.23B.
Even WIF touching $600M like it's nothing.
But for every token that makes it big, thousands of projects end up dead in the water.
You know the ones - spamming "wen moon 🚀" on Twitter one day, ghost town the next.
Why?
Because they're all running the same tired playbook:
Launch token
Spam Twitter
Hope for virality
???
Profit
(Spoiler: That stopped working months ago)
Here's The Real Secret Behind Million-Dollar Tokens in 2025
Look, I've helped launch dozens of Web3 projects across every vertical.
Just to name a few- AIPEPE, which hit a $100M market cap in less than 24 hours.
And I'll tell you straight up-
What separates the winners isn't their marketing budget.
It's not their Twitter following.
And it's definitely not their "revolutionary tokenomics."
It's way simpler than that.
Because in 2025, you don't just launch a token.
You have to build something people actually want to stick around for.
Here Are The 4 Ways to Keep Your Token Holders Engaged and Active
While most founders are still playing 2021's greatest hits…
Cute mascot, generic roadmap, "utility coming soon",
Smart projects are doing something completely different.
They're giving their community stuff to do with their tokens.
So they keep coming back and keep investing in their projects.
Meme contests that pay out rewards instantly.
Custom characters you can play in games.
Merch you can earn and flex in real life.
And the best part is that…
We've already built these exact features for some of the biggest launches in the space.
Every single strategy below is tested, refined, and turned into a plug-and-play solution ready to plug straight into your project from day one.
1. From Begging for Memes to Running a Viral Content Factory
Think about it - what's the one thing that makes tokens go viral?
Memes. Always memes.
But here's the problem - most projects just hope their community will make memes.
Hope isn't a strategy.
Whereas smart projects are giving their communities actual tools to create viral content.
We built a meme generator dashboard that lets users:
Choose from project-themed templates
Generate AI-powered memes in one click
Share directly to Twitter
Earn tokens based on social engagement
Compete for weekly prizes through community voting
And we had projects using this go from a handful of Twitter mentions to hundreds daily.
And it makes sense -
When you give people the right tools and incentives to create content, they actually do it.
I've seen communities go from zero memes to flooding our Discord with fresh content every single day.
All because we made it easy and rewarding for them.
2. They're Building Brand Identity Through Personalization
Remember CryptoPunks?
They worked because people felt connected to their specific punk.
Now imagine giving every single holder that same feeling of ownership.
That's what our PFP generator does:

We give them a dashboard where they are able to customize and create their own project-related character/PFP.
They can then set this as their PFP on socials or simply post it.
And if YOU want to take it a step further, you can even allow them to mint it into an NFT.
Because it’s simple- people care more about stuff they helped create.
When someone designs their character, customizes every detail, and shows it off to others...
They're not going to dump their tokens and ghost your project tomorrow.
3. Keep Them Coming Back With Mini Casual Games That Are Addicting And Fun
Look, you already know this -
If people only check your project to see the price, that's a problem.
You need something fun that makes them want to come back.
Not because they have to, but because they actually enjoy it.
So we kept it simple.
Quick games that anyone can play and are weirdly addictive:
A runner game where you dodge obstacles and collect tokens
PvP battles where you can challenge your friends
Addictive tap games where you try to beat your last score
Fun arcade games like space shooters and brick breakers
And if you remember those custom characters I mentioned earlier…
You can play as them in these games.
Pretty cool when you're racing as your own creation, right?
We've seen it work too.
And here's what makes it even better - all these games are ready to go.
Pick one that fits your project's style, add your own twist to it, and you're set.
4. From Token Rewards to Crypto Merch That Sells Out
Look, merch isn't exactly a new idea in crypto.
Every project talks about it, but most never deliver or make it so complicated that nobody bothers.
We kept it dead simple -
A simple dashboard where users can connect their wallet, add the address, pay with tokens, and claim their merch.
That's it. And it worked.
Then we added some fun twists.
Post a photo with your new gear-Get bonus tokens.
Share it with friends- More rewards.
Some projects even turned it into a game - reach certain Discord levels, help spread the word, complete community challenges, and unlock special drops.
The best part is seeing how different projects use it.
Some do limited edition releases that their community goes crazy for.
Others use it to reward their most active members.
One project even got their merch trending because everyone was posting unboxing videos.
But Wait!! This is just the beginning-
There are so many other utilities that we’ve built and worked on-
Which you can plug and play into your project and save months and months of development and thousands of dollars.
These four features I shared above are just the tip of the iceberg.
We've actually built 13 different plug-and-play components that the most successful projects are using right now.
Think staking systems, inner circle groups, YAP rewards, and more that we can't even talk about publicly ;)
The Smart Way Forward
Look, building all these features isn't impossible.
But let's be real - it can take months of development, a serious budget, and a lot of trial and error to get right.
But once it does, it can bring serious traction.
We've built these exact features for dozens of projects like Madlab and Big Chungus.
Made the mistakes, learned the lessons, and refined everything until it just worked.
Now we've got a whole library of tested features ready to go.
Not just the four we talked about -
There are actually 13 different ways to add much more utility and features to your token.
Which will help you differentiate and really command attention.
So if you're working on a token project,
And want to skip the headaches of building everything from scratch, Let's chat.
Just shoot me a message on TG or grab a spot on my calendar and let’s see if any of these features make sense for your project.
-Andre Costa