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In 6 weeks we helped 23 South Africans build new startups on @solana.
Today we're announcing our 3 local prize winners, while the global track results are still on the way.
Let’s meet the teams ↓
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GM
I’m bullish on what’s being built out of @ShipyardSA, real products, real founders, solving real problems.
Here are a few South African projects you should have on your radar 🧵🇿🇦
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So what exactly is @shipyard_ doing on @solana ?
We break down how we’re using Shipyard to discover South Africa’s top crypto talent.
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South Africa's top crypto talent are all coming together in Cape Town for the launch of Shipyard 🚀
→ 5:30pm mixer & whiskey tasting (Africa’s first tokenized whiskey)
→ 7:30pm dinner (chauffeured)
→ 9:00pm afterparty 🎉
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I literally think South Africa is about to take over the space. 🇿🇦
Masters in their own field all combining resources 🤝
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Great start to the @ShipyardSA Cypherpunk workshops and intros. Just a bunch of legends, talking and sharing insights.
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It's a big week in Cape Town 🇿🇦
If you're planning to enter the @colosseum hackathon, now's the perfect time to meet fellow builders, refine your ideas, and connect at our launch event this Thursday with top talent & investors.
RVSP to each event below 👇
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We’re excited to announce R100k cash prizes for South African builders submitting to the @colosseum hackathon!
Local teams will be judged separately from the global participants which means a dedicated prize pool regardless of the global outcome.
Apply with the link below 👇
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Introducing @capitalmarkets.
Your new home for institutional news, research, and experiments at the bleeding edge of digital finance.
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The Cypherpunk Hackathon is about to kick off with $2.5M in pre-seed funding on the line.
With @shipyard_, we’re putting South African builders on @solana’s global stage.
Here's how ↓
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most companies launching their own chain will be mostly used for issuance or redemption.
those assets will always migrate to where the liquidity and users are. unless we screw up, solana becomes the place that swallows all assets people want to trade.
launching a chain is like posting a video on your own website... you’ll get a few views, but the real volumes always end up on youtube.
I've got some hard news to share - I'm stepping down from @GoFundMemes.
I can't give the $GFM community my all right now, and I don’t want to stand in the way of it.
We launched on Jan 23 with one goal:
Build a community-owned launchpad where 100% of fees go back to the Solana ecosystem. No VCs. No insiders. Just a protocol for the people.
And somehow, we actually pulled it off… at least for a while. We generated over $1M in fees and lit a fire under the ecosystem to take back the value.
But we quickly ran into a hard truth:
Without support from trading terminals like Photon, BullX etc. new launchpads couldn’t compete no matter how good the idea.
So we fought to change that.
We made noise. We built. We rallied.
And eventually, the message got through.
@RaydiumProtocol and @MeteoraAG started building their own bonding curves with equal distribution. The playing field began to shift.
I genuinely believe GFM helped force that change.
We sparked the conversation and nudged the big players to move. That’s something I’ll always be proud of.
We also made some big mistakes:
At $120M market cap, we didn’t sell a single treasury token. Instead, we staked most of it, thinking the revenue would fund operations. A noble idea, but in hindsight, a terrible move.
Launchpads are capital-intensive. You need liquidity to chase momentum. You need whales, firepower, and cash to fuel the flywheel. We had vision and values - but not the war chest.
Massive shoutout to @bonkfun and @SolportTom for showing how powerful it is to give back to the ecosystem.
Thank you to all the partners who believed in us, and especially @The__Solstice who backed us hard when $GFM meant nothing.
He put his own capital and time on the line. He’s one of the best bag workers in the game and not enough people give him credit. He'll go all in for a project he believes in, even if it ends up costing him.
And finally to the $GFM community:
Thank you for letting me be part of something so raw, experimental, and unforgettable. The memes aren’t done. The mission’s not over. Just my chapter is.
$GFM is bigger than just memecoins
Go Fund Memes
Go Fund Markets
Go Fund Movements
Grassroots Funding Movement
Generational Finance Machine
You get the point... think bigger!
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I'll pay 100k$ bounty to the first person to get a project on @GoFundMemes to 10 mil mcap
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🚀 Why @GoFundMemes was the BEST choice for launching $Cypher 🧵
1/ When we launched $Cypher, we needed a platform that supported creators, traders, and stakers while offering transparency and tools. GoFundMeme checked all the boxes! ✅
Let’s break it down.



















