Nobody tells you this but designing tokenomics is 5% tables and charts, and 95% utility mechanics, incentives, policies, models, and everything in-between.

When we design tokenomics we make sure to calculate every detail and every numerical policy.

For this web2 telecoms company coming into web3, we calculated emissions in depth to ensure they align with growth projections:

- every starting and ending transaction
- how much gas is to be earned per tx
- how much is minted and when
- how TX fees compare to TX values
- how much validators should stake
- how long the hype loop actually lasts before you run out of tokens

And that's just some of it.


If your tokenomics provider doesn't understand economics or maths, you have a marketer.

At Simplicity, we have that covered.

Happy Monday ladies and gents!

A new category is forming in crypto infrastructure: Stablechains.

These are blockchains purpose-built for one asset type only. Gas, consensus, and design all centered on stablecoin payments.

In our latest research, our team mapped the early Stablechain landscape. Stablecoin activity is already outpacing Visa (>$2.8T in monthly transfers), and now issuers are building controlled ecosystems outside Ethereum/DeFi:


🔹Stable - Tether-backed, zero-gas USDT transfers

🔹Plasma - $75M raised, launching with $1B+ stablecoin TVL and a BTC bridge

🔹1Money - compliance-first, led by ex-Binance US + FinCEN regulators

🔹Circle’s Arc - USDC-native, built for institutional payments

🔹Stripe’s Tempo - payments-focused L1 designed for Web2 merchants


Read the full research here:
https://x.com/SimplicityWeb3/status/1962430485138731274

Solana is still leading in MAUs (monthly active users) at 61.2M but their lead is shrinking (-34% in 6 months)

NEAR has grown (+8%) to 51M MAUs, but BNB Chain surged considerably (+27%), now at 44.9M users


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→ March 2024: Stablecoins pass Visa in adjusted transfer volume

→ January 2025: $2.8T 30D transfer volume

Stablecoins are becoming much more than on-chain fiat. With current traction and regulatory approvals, are stablecoins going mainstream?

Read our latest article: https://x.com/SimplicityWeb3/status/1962430485138731274


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Why does everyone suddenly love stablecoins?

People act surprised when new chains raise millions only to generate low-hundreds in fees

Meanwhile, ETH is a proven fee machine with ~$44K mcap per $1 in fees vs. ~$823K for BTC and ~$3.5M for XRP

And that's just the top 3 L1s, our full research uncovers much more...

Binance generated $2.5T in futures volume last month. 2x more than its closest rivals.


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💡New research: Measuring Tokens’ Fundamentals with Ratios Across Narratives

In traditional finance, valuations rely on clear metrics like P/E, P/S, or EBITDA. In crypto, it’s different - projects are often (wrongly) valued by their token. What really matters? Liquidity, trading volume, and fees.

In this research, we blend traditional finance logic with crypto-native metrics to uncover which projects actually have strong fundamentals, and which are propped up by hype.

Read our new article:
https://x.com/SimplicityWeb3/status/1965002364189835628

Are small teams the secret to crypto’s biggest revenues?

The top 5 protocols run efficiently:

- Hyperliquid does $1.3B annualized revenue with just 11 people

- Circle needs ~990 employees to hit $2.2B

Other protocols raise $100M+ and have big teams to generate $24/day

Do you think massive trading volume is a good sign for a new token?

Then you’re missing the larger picture and here's what the charts don't show you.

BTC treasuries are considerably larger compared to ETH

The largest individual BTC holder is MicroStrategy with $71B+, while the largest individual ETH holder is BitMine Immersion with $8B+ worth of ETH

Supply owned by the top holder:

- BTC: ~3.2%

- ETH: ~1.5%

Binance carried 34% of all new token spot volumes in 2025 (with $133B YTD), but biggest volume doesn’t equate to best returns

Their volume dominance seems like a bullish indicator for new tokens... if you don't look at the charts.

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Ethereum’s validator exit queue hit a record 2.65M ETH (~$11.5B) on September 11th

The surge came mostly from Kiln (4.5% of all staked ETH, ~1.6M ETH/50k validators) exiting its validators after an infra security scare

Kiln is a major staker, the exit queue is doing its job

Fidelity ($6.4T AUM) launched a tokenized treasury fund ($FDIT) on Ethereum

The larger picture? BlackRock vs Fidelity, one of TradFi’s greatest rivalries, is now also happening on-chain

First it was BlackRock with BUIDL. Now, FDIT quickly surpassed $200M in value

Is Solana really beating Bitcoin and Ethereum in 2025?

What happens on Binance matters. After all, it accounts for ~39% of all crypto monthly exchange volume (Aug 2025)

This chart is interesting:

- Top 1/3: more green = inflows > outflows (potential sell pressure)

- Bottom 1/3: more red = outflows > inflows (investors accumulating)