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Odaily News: Pons founder Ozzy posted on X in response to community questions about the PONS buyback and burn mechanism, stating that the burn rate has indeed not yet been adjusted, and that the "Claim" process is still not fully decentralized.He stated that an on-chain contract upgrade is currently underway. The new buyback mechanism plans to execute a Claim every 7 days, then use all claimed funds over the following 7 days to buy back and burn PONS, repeating this cycle to establish a more sustainable buyback and burn mechanism. All buyback and burn operations are now automated. Anyone can trigger the bot and receive a small reward for doing so.He further stated that the previously set buyback and burn rate was 2e per hour, which, combined with the Splitter (fund allocation contract) currently holding about $950,000, matches a 7-day buyback cycle. After funds are claimed, they will also be automatically executed on a 7-day cycle, so buyback funds will appear in two separate sections: one is the Active Buyback Vault currently conducting buybacks, and the other is the buyback funds reserved for the next week.Previously, crypto analyst yyy posted on X stating that Pons had not replenished funds to the buyback distributor for over 5 days, with about $440,000 in pending claimable funds in the escrow account. The analyst believed that untimely fund Claims led to the recent low PONS burn rate, and called for promoting decentralization of escrow account fund claims.
According to on-chain analyst Wazz (@WazzCrypto), an organized serial rug pull and fund-draining syndicate operates on the Robinhood blockchain. The group has been linked to 53 token launches in the past two months, with directly trackable extracted funds reaching $18.43 million, though the actual amount is likely higher. The syndicate's modus operandi is highly systematic: funds raised from each launch are routed to the deployment wallet of the next launch within seconds, forming a continuous funding pipeline. Each issuance is sniped via 70–200 bundled wallets to secure over 70% of the supply, primarily launched on the Pons V2 platform. Additionally, the group generates hype through "fake launches" before official drops to preemptively harvest market sentiment, only revealing the real contract address afterward to maximize extraction profits. Notably, $DEED, the trigger token for this investigation, did not even make it into the top ten highest-drained tokens.
According to an official announcement, Bybit has listed Pons (PONS) for spot trading.
Binance Alpha 2.0 now supports trading, deposits, and withdrawals on Robinhood Chain. Limit orders and instant orders currently support USDT pairs. Additionally, Binance Alpha 2.0 has added tokens such as Cash Cat (CASHCAT), up (UP), Artificial Inu (AI), and Pons (PONS).
Bitget will list Pons (PONS) spot trading. Deposits are now open, and trading will begin at 22:00 (UTC+8) on September 7.
Odaily News Trader Bonk Guy stated that the market is gradually recognizing the potential of PONS. He noted that PONS currently generates approximately $56 million in annualized revenue, with 80% used for buybacks and burns of PONS; in comparison, Pump.fun generates about $460 million in annualized revenue, with 50% used for buybacks and burns of PUMP, while PUMP is currently valued at approximately $2 billion.Bonk Guy believes that even if PONS were given only 10% of PUMP's valuation, its market cap should reach around $200 million. Additionally, Pons has contributed to roughly half of the on-chain activity on Robinhood Chain, with at least 5 tokens issued through Pons having a market cap exceeding $10 million and at least 20 exceeding $1 million.Regarding the market's recent expectations around Robinhood listings, Bonk Guy stated that as one of the main Meme coin issuance platforms on Robinhood Chain, a future PONS listing on Robinhood is, in his view, "inevitable," and the current rally is not solely driven by listing expectations.