Author: Zen, PANews
In early August, FUNToken launched the "Growth and Decentralization" foundation, The FUN100x. As the FUNToken ecosystem begins to revive significantly, the foundation's launch clearly aims to maintain the long-term integrity, inclusiveness, and decentralization of the FUN protocol to continuously promote ecological growth.
In the past two months, the growth of the FUNToken ecosystem has been nothing short of rapid. Since mid-June 2025, FUNToken has experienced an astonishing surge: according to CoinGecko data, since June 17, the price of FUN has skyrocketed by 684%, with a monthly increase of 247%. This explosion is not only due to short-term speculative enthusiasm but also reflects the rapid implementation of the FUNToken ecosystem and a significant increase in community activity.
From an innovative token economic model to an AI-driven interactive incentive mechanism, FUNToken is gradually becoming the focus of industry attention. The following article will delve into its ecological structure, token design, and core competitive advantages to reveal the intrinsic driving forces behind its sustained growth.
Building an Ecosystem Integrating Gaming, Entertainment, and AI-Driven Incentives
As a GameFi platform focused on entertainment experiences, FUNToken has been continuously developing in three major areas: decentralized gaming, Web3 entertainment, and AI smart rewards, and has initially formed a diverse and interconnected ecological closed loop.
In June of this year, the FUNToken team launched the first AI smart reward bot, "FUN Token Official Bot" (@funmessagescoring_bot), on Telegram, marking the large-scale trial phase of its AI Agent system. This bot can scan user chat content in real-time within groups and automatically distribute FUNToken-related rewards based on quality and interaction frequency, all executed by smart contracts without manual review.
In subsequent updates, the project further upgraded the bot to reconstruct community participation and reward acquisition methods—introducing the "Wheel of Fortune" lucky draw feature, where users can earn chances to spin the wheel by speaking, taking quizzes, or completing interactive tasks, with each spin rewarding between 1 FUN and 100,000 FUN, and the highest chance to win FUN tokens worth $500.
By promoting a deep integration of social platforms and crypto incentives, the community scale of FUNToken has rapidly expanded, and the frequency of active interactions has significantly increased. As of August 1, 2025, the platform has maintained over 100,000 active users, with the number of users online in its official chat group typically exceeding 10,000. As the ecosystem gradually flourishes, the price of FUN tokens has also begun to surge correspondingly. According to CoinGecko data, since mid-June, the price of FUN tokens has risen from a low of $0.0033 to a peak of $0.0239 in mid-July.
In addition to the bot features, the team has planned over 40 lightweight Web3 mini-games, including trivia contests, pooled prize games, and social interaction games, aiming to establish an interconnected closed loop between content creation, social sharing, and entertainment experiences. These games are expected to be launched quarterly, with a target of adding more than 10 new games each quarter, and are anticipated to all be online by the first quarter of next year, which may further enhance the platform's appeal and user participation frequency.
"Multi-Functional" Native Token FUN
As the core that supports the entire FUNToken entertainment ecosystem, its native token FUN serves multiple functions within the ecosystem, covering on-chain payments, reward distribution, in-game betting, and staking dividends.
In the Telegram Bot, users can not only receive instant rewards by posting high-quality content but also participate in quizzes to win additional airdrops. The aforementioned lucky draw provides active users with opportunities to win substantial tokens, enhancing the fun of interaction and community stickiness.
Additionally, the platform offers flexible staking options, allowing users to deposit or withdraw FUN at any time and receive dividends in real-time. The annualized yield from staking can be checked at any time via the bot, and according to reports and real-time data as of August 1, it can range from 6% to 87%, with no lock-up restrictions.
In terms of tokenomics, FUNToken adopts a deflationary mechanism, with the project team committing to using 50% of quarterly revenue for the repurchase and destruction of FUN to reduce circulation and support the long-term value of the token. On June 24, the project team executed the largest token burn to date, permanently destroying a total of 25 million FUN tokens; additionally, on July 22, FUNToken burned another 12 million FUN tokens. As the ecosystem expands and revenue grows, these burns will proportionally increase, thereby gradually enhancing the token's scarcity over time.
Furthermore, to ensure the platform's security and transparency, the project team has relinquished administrative privileges over the smart contracts, with all bot rewards and staking logic executed automatically by on-chain contracts. Moreover, the relevant contracts have undergone comprehensive audits by CertiK and received an AA security rating. With the support of the CertiK Skynet monitoring mechanism, the ecosystem can monitor contract anomalies or suspicious activities in real-time, further ensuring the enforceability and transparency of supply reductions.
In terms of liquidity, FUN tokens have been listed on several mainstream centralized exchanges (CEX) and decentralized exchanges (DEX) such as Binance, Gate, HTX, and Poloniex, catering to global users and emerging markets, providing convenient access to tokens and participation in the FUNToken ecosystem.
Establishing Differentiated Advantages with Web3 Mechanisms and AI-Driven Approaches
Compared to traditional GameFi projects, FUNToken demonstrates significant differentiated advantages. Its AI-driven incentive model can assess user contributions in real-time, directly allocating rewards to content creators, fundamentally replacing traditional advertising or manual review distribution models.
Among similar competitors in the GameFi ecosystem, FUNToken utilizes AI bots as the ecological engine, establishing a deep connection between high-frequency interactions and entertainment experiences by combining chat interactions, quiz answering, daily mini-games, and lucky draws, significantly enhancing user stickiness. Additionally, leveraging Telegram, which has hundreds of millions of users, has proven effective in lowering the participation threshold for users, attracting traditional Web2 users, and allowing these Web3 newcomers to easily get started.
Moreover, compared to the GameFi tokens in the market that are almost all "in a downward spiral," FUN's deflationary token model further supports its value, and the multi-channel liquidity layout enhances its market depth and risk resistance. Additionally, the fully decentralized contract design adds to its security and trustworthiness. This series of differentiated layouts gives FUNToken a unique competitive position among similar projects.
The FUN100x Foundation for Growth and Decentralization, Expected to Invest $10 Million
The FUN100x Foundation, as a neutral non-profit entity, aims to maintain the long-term integrity, inclusiveness, and decentralization of the FUN protocol based on open and permissionless infrastructure.
The FUN100x Foundation has committed to investing $10 million to accelerate ecological development, with the use of funds to be decided by the community: if FUNToken ecosystem projects require financial support, they can submit funding proposals, and FUNToken holders' votes will determine whether to fund them. In this case, the most influential and community-supported proposals will receive funding.
It is reported that the foundation will focus on nine core areas:
● Core technology neutral custody: Protecting the protocol as an open, permissionless public infrastructure, funding R&D, formal verification, and security audits, and supporting independent contributors in co-building the roadmap.
● Open-source ecological growth: Encouraging innovation through grants, bounties, and hackathons, and providing SDKs, tools, and mentorship support.
● Promoting decentralization and governance: Building a transparent on-chain governance system, publishing governance principles, decision records, and progress reports, and strengthening the rights of token holders.
● Global inclusivity and economic access: Focusing on underdeveloped regions, supporting education, localization, and low-cost entry solutions, promoting fair access to digital financial tools.
● Public goods and social impact funding: Allocating part of the treasury revenue to support open-source projects and public research, extending the value of blockchain technology beyond the protocol.
● Security, risk, and resilience: Funding independent audits, vulnerability bounties, and fraud detection, and coordinating incident response mechanisms among wallets, dApps, and exchanges.
● Sustainable financial and environmental responsibility: Treasury operations follow transparent public policies, balancing long-term financial stability with environmental innovation.
● Policy, standards, and advocacy: Engaging in dialogue with regulators and standards organizations to promote decentralization, open standards, and user privacy, advocating for Web3 as a global public good.
● Education and community empowerment: Curating neutral learning resources, launching ambassador programs, meetups, and conferences, amplifying grassroots voices, and expanding global participation in the FUN ecosystem.
$5 Million Giveaway Event Leading the Way, User Count Expected to Reach 1 Million Next Year?
Since mid-June, the popularity of the FUNToken ecosystem has been continuously rising. To give back to platform users and attract new members, the project team has decided to seize the opportunity and will soon launch a giveaway event worth up to $5 million, which will be open exclusively to FUN token holders, with specific details to be announced soon.
Additionally, according to the roadmap released by FUNToken: the team will launch 10 new games in the third quarter, focusing on hyper-casual and viral gameplay to meet users' fragmented entertainment needs; another 10 games will be launched in the fourth quarter, along with the mobile application FUN Wallet (Android+iOS) featuring game rewards and rights functions, a built-in NFT module, leaderboards, and a dynamic incentive engine for community tasks, while deepening strategic cooperation with medium-sized game studios; in the first quarter of 2026, another 10 high-participation new titles will be released, bringing the total number of games to 40, and expanding FUN Wallet's functionality through multi-chain support and fiat entry, officially introducing FUN tokens into external game ecosystems.
If these plans are successfully implemented, FUNToken expects its game users to reach 10 million by the first quarter of next year, with wallet users surpassing one million. Considering the achievements of Telegram mini-games like Notcoin, Hamster Kombat, and Catizen last year, along with FUNToken's recent innovations and growth, once the user growth flywheel starts, this grand vision may not be out of reach.
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