123 Days In.
Building What's Next.
Let's look at what @MattVisser and the @SonicLabs team have been building, changing, and setting in motion. 🔍
When the new leadership took over on June 19, Sonic was entering a period that called for more than technical progress.
Rebuilding trust, bringing more structure to the organization, and giving the ecosystem a clearer direction were all part of the challenge.
Four months later, several meaningful developments have taken shape:
1️⃣ Leadership & Operations:
The leadership transition is complete, responsibilities are becoming clearer, and experienced people are joining across finance, compliance, and regional business development.
2️⃣ Technical Progress:
The engineering team has continued to deliver.
Sonic V2.2 went live, bringing bundled transactions, expanded gas sponsorship, larger smart contract limits, and a new execution engine.
These improvements give builders more flexibility and help make onchain applications more accessible.
3️⃣ Tokenomics & Transparency:
There's been a significant shift in how $S tokenomics are being approached.
Sonic has committed to ending discretionary token minting, leaving automated validator rewards as the exception.
An independent third party has been commissioned to audit $S supply, treasury holdings, historical minting, token burns, and circulating supply.
And on October 15, 5.9M $S from unclaimed airdrop allocations were permanently burned through the previously scheduled process.
4️⃣ Network Security:
@TheSpartanGroup has joined Sonic as an independent validator, contributing to the network's security and decentralization.
Another established Web3 organization participating in Sonic's next chapter.
5️⃣ Community Engagement:
Community engagement has also received renewed attention.
The decision to shut down Fantom Opera was reversed, and dedicated town halls are being organized to hear directly from protocol builders, app developers, and memecoin and culturecoin creators.
Because building a stronger ecosystem also means listening to the people who make it possible.
6️⃣ Business Development:
Beyond the network itself, Sonic's leadership has been meeting founders, businesses, and potential partners across Seoul, Singapore, and the UAE.
The focus is on exploring real-world applications and building relationships that could eventually translate into meaningful commercial opportunities.
7️⃣ A Clearer Commercial Direction:
Sonic is also sharpening its commercial focus.
The team has identified four core commercial areas:
▫️Payments & FX
▫️AI & Autonomous Agents
▫️RWAs & Tokenization
▫️Prediction Market Infrastructure
Alongside these, Sonic is exploring commercial licensing opportunities for SonicVM and SonicDB.
The bigger picture is about turning technical capabilities into useful products, broader adoption, and sustainable revenue.
8⃣ Market Performance:
And the market has had its own story to tell.
Since the leadership transition, $S has climbed from around $0.028 to briefly trade above $0.07, representing a gain of more than 150% at its peak.
Price doesn't tell the whole story, and market movements can't be attributed to leadership alone, but it's another development worth noting.
Of course, 123 days isn't enough to measure the success of an entire transformation.
There are still partnerships to turn into business, products to bring to market, and revenue to generate.
It's the combination of a team continuing to ship, leadership working to rebuild trust, and a clearer vision of how Sonic can turn its technology into a sustainable business.
And none of it happens without the builders and community members who continue showing up for the ecosystem.
123 days in, and we're beginning to see what 1% better every day can build.
But the work doesn't stop here. There's always another 1% tomorrow.
The next 100 million Sonic users may never even know they’re using Sonic.
CEO @MattVisser breaks down the four areas where he sees adoption coming from next and how Sonic plans to capitalize on them.
Rebuilding Sonic starts with a clear strategy.
CEO @MattVisser joined @cryptomanran in Korea to discuss what’s changing, where the focus is now, and how Sonic is approaching revenue, adoption, and the S token.
Watch the full interview below 👇
📢 NAKAMOTO GAMES | MONDAY BUILD UPDATE! 📢
A new week. New games. Major upgrades. Big announcements. And a massive opportunity for #NAKAFAM! 🔥
The $NAKA ecosystem continues to expand across browser gaming, mobile, Steam, and Web3 infrastructure. Here's what's happening! 🚀
🎮 PLATFORM & ECOSYSTEM
✅ 3 games added: Zombie Outpost, NAKA Revival & Crashy Chasy
✅ Shop System design finalized
✅ Notification Center & API delivered
✅ Party System upgraded with Party Owner functionality
🔄 3D Store, push notifications, in-app purchases & economy integration progressing
🔄 Continued platform optimization and infrastructure improvements
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The next zombie outbreak is coming!
Following the success of Dawn of the Damned, we're bringing another action-packed survival experience directly to your browser.
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🛡️ Base fortification, weapon switching & Scrap economy
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🎬 Official trailer dropped!
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📱 NAKA MOBILE 2.0 - SPEED BOOST INCOMING!
⚡ Up to 60% faster app performance targeted for October!
✅ Major improvements across navigation and accessibility
🔄 Android QA, authentication, parties, chat & notifications
🔄 Performance testing, optimization & gameplay stability
Less waiting. More gaming. A completely upgraded mobile experience is on the way!
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✅ Full API integration completed
✅ New fish, hazards, effects & improved audio
🔄 Mobile optimization and gameplay refinements
🎯 Continued balancing and performance improvements
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✅ Item Shop & Wave Modifier systems implemented
✅ Core gameplay validated through playtesting
✅ Major improvements to scoring, towers & UI
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🧟♂️ ZOMZOM DEFENDER
✅ Core movement, health & Grid Build systems completed
🔄 Enemy pathfinding and animation improvements
🔄 New gameplay mechanics and prototype development
⚔️ HELLSING
✅ API integration completed
✅ New skills, animations & visual effects
✅ UI and save-system improvements
🔄 Additional gameplay polish and testing
🏺 L.O.S.T - STEAM
✅ Expanded environments, rooms & gameplay systems
✅ Relic Quest and lobby functionality
🔄 Ongoing QA, optimization and bug fixes
🌸 NEW SAMURAI GAME
✅ Three game zones populated
✅ Steam Login & Skill System implemented
✅ New Samurai animations and VFX
🔄 Additional items, mechanics and gameplay systems underway
🏆 BLOCKCHAIN GAME AWARDS 2026 - NAKAFAM, THIS IS OUR MOMENT!
Nakamoto Games has been pre-selected for the @playtoearn Blockchain Game Awards in THREE major categories!
🌐 Best Ecosystem
🖥️ Best Browser Game
📱 Best Mobile Game
We build every day. Now it's time for the strongest community in Web3 gaming to make its voice heard!
🗳️ VOTING OPENS OCTOBER 23!
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💎 $NAKA ECOSYSTEM & MARKET OPERATIONS
An additional 30,000 $NAKA tokens have been allocated to each exchange partner to support ongoing market-making operations and liquidity management.
🚀 WHAT'S NEXT THIS WEEK?
🎮 Continued rollout and development of new gaming experiences
⚡ Accelerated Mobile 2.0 optimization and performance testing
🛒 Further progress on the 3D Store and in-game economy
🔔 Push notification and platform integration improvements
🧟 Zombie Raze development updates
🏆 Community preparations for the Blockchain Game Awards voting
🔧 Continued QA, bug fixes and infrastructure upgrades across the ecosystem
300+ GAMES. ONE ECOSYSTEM. ONE UNSTOPPABLE COMMUNITY. 💎
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