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> be Monad > 2022 > initially founded by 3 friends > all came from Jump Trading > built because gas fees sucked > unlucky turn of events (ftx,luna) > bear market commences > and you have zero social presence > 2023 > secure $19m seed funding in February > from 70 investors at an unknown valuation > without any users, a test net, or revenue > just a claim of 10,000 tps > officially one of the best-funded L1s > start of team expansion > expand the team to 24 > summer is spent growing the Monad name > announce first big partnerships > founders speak on podcasts and events > community begins to form on Discord > still largely unknown publicly > 2024 > nft projects start popping up in Feb > community grows at insane speeds > release devnet in March > raise $225m in April at a $3b valuation > round is lead by Paradigm > best-funded L1 of the year > team quickly scales past 50 > nicknamed the "Solana K*ller" > announce Monad Madness > give out $1.2m to builders on Monad > invest $30m directly into the ecosystem > become the most hyped L1 > establish Monad Foundation in Dec > 2025 > launch testnet in February > with 50+ ready to use dApps > include names like Uniswap and OpenSea > achieve 9m+ active addresses on launch day > pay KOLs to talk about you > tease a potential airdrop > farmers start flooding the ecosystem > daily txns peak at ~35m in March > mostly were automated > insane hype builds up over summer > airdrop snapshot taken in Sep > everyone on CT shares their airdrops > announce public sale on Coinbase in Nov > offer 7.5% of the total 100b supply > raise $188m at a $2.5b valuation > pre-sale was 1.43x oversubscribed > the terms upset a lot of investors > btc drops to $84,000 > slowly entering bear market > MON is launched on Nov 24 > airdrop $83m to community > tvl spikes to $150m > hundreds of projects launch in Dec > but not a single one goes mainstream > memecoins quickly go to 0 > MON drops below presale price > fud begins > 2026 > btc drops below $70,000 > officially in a bear market > monad is at a $2.3b valuation > below the presale and seed round > daily chain revenue is $3k > dex volume reaches all time low > nfts are ded > not a single memecoin above $1m mcap > team members leaving left and right > every other headline calls you a scam > where did it all go wrong?

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