2025 Version of the King of Fighters: In-Depth Comparison of 8 Major Launchpad Platforms

As the crypto market enters 2025, the Web3 launch platform (Launchpad) ecosystem has evolved into a diverse landscape, with various platforms engaging in differentiated layouts around different types of projects, users, and financing models. From issuance platforms supported by centralized exchanges to decentralized IDO mechanisms, and new solutions like LBP( liquidity bootstrapping auctions), Launchpad has become the core vehicle for early investment and project initiation in the crypto world. This article provides an in-depth comparison of the eight major Launchpad platforms, including DAO Maker, Seedify, ChainGPT Pad, Virtuals, CoinTerminal, Fjord Foundry, CoinList, and Binance Launchpad, covering their project profiles, issuance mechanisms, return performances, track positioning, and unique innovations.

DAO Maker: A Launch Platform Balancing Retail Friendliness and VC-Style Selection

platform positioning and vision

DAO Maker, with its innovative "Strong Holder Offering" mechanism (, connects retail users with a VC-like project selection system. Users need to stake $DAO tokens and have a long-term holding record to qualify for allocation, emphasizing the "loyalty staking" concept, thereby aligning the long-term interests of investors and projects. Since 2019, DAO Maker has facilitated over 179 token offerings, raising approximately $107 million, with representative projects including My Neighbor Alice and XCAD. The platform has gradually expanded from one-time sales to an "accelerator ecosystem," with new features like DAO Farms and Vaults allowing users to continuously earn token rewards during the staking period, with annual yields as high as 300-1500%, thereby extending the lock-up period of community funds. Its core vision is to create a retail-friendly Web3 launch platform with VC-level selection and continuous incentive mechanisms.

) 2025 representative project

DAO Maker has recently focused on projects with clear narratives and diverse types, including:

• SpeedThrone: A AAA racing project that integrates AI elements, supporting staking mining for 6-12 months.
• 0xFútbol: A football-themed blockchain fantasy sports platform that combines collection and prediction gameplay, aligning with World Cup trends.
• Kayen Protocol: Provides DeFi data verification and modular security services, suitable for re-staking and DePIN systems.
• Fusio: Enterprise-level DePIN platform, equipped with AI monitoring mechanisms, aimed at enterprise validator operation scenarios.

These cases show that DAO Maker is compatible with sports/fan economy and AI/infrastructure projects, covering a wide range of topics.

( Investment Return Performance

In the first half of 2025, the overall return of the DAO Maker project has been mediocre, with the average current ROI at about 0.14× the IDO price, and the highest historical average ROI at 3.65×. Most projects experience a rapid price drop after listing, although there are still a few breakthrough results. The platform mitigates losses from price declines through a staking mining mechanism, allowing token holders to continue earning returns even when prices fall. The SHO mechanism has somewhat suppressed selling behavior, but it is still difficult to fully hedge against the overall market weakness. It is noteworthy that DAO Maker has historically performed better, such as the Orion Protocol achieving several times growth, and the current low ROI is more a reflection of the overall market environment rather than a flaw in the platform mechanism itself.

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Mechanism Innovation Highlights

• Strong holders issue (SHO): Obtain allocation rights by staking $DAO tokens, rewarding long-term holders.
• Yield Mining / Vaults: New projects often come with several months of mining activities, distributing the sold tokens as rewards to DAO stakers or liquidity providers. This "staking to earn" model creates demand and liquidity after the IDO.
• DAO Token Binding: Participants in DAO Maker must hold $DAO to participate, thereby fostering loyalty. The "DAO Power" system records users' holding points to prevent quick sell-offs.

These mechanisms enhance the sustainability of the post-IDO phase while maintaining market enthusiasm, and also reflect DAO Maker's dual positioning of combining the breadth of retail investors with the depth of project review.

( Track Focus and Strategic Positioning

DAO Maker focuses on emerging narratives and practical projects. The project layout for 2025 includes 2.0)SpeedThrone###, sports/fan interaction(0xFútbol), DeFi infrastructure###Kayen(, and AI/business services)Fusio(. Compared to chasing trends with "Meme-type platforms", DAO Maker is more inclined towards building a project ecosystem that possesses real value and return mechanisms. Its strategy is to create a "community-driven accelerator" that attracts entrepreneurs who hope to balance retail traffic with long-term healthy development.

Seedify: The Next Generation Launchpad Driven by Community

) platform positioning and vision

Since 2021, Seedify( $SFUND) has been committed to promoting the incubation of high-quality projects in the fields of NFT, gaming, AI, and DeFi through a community consensus mechanism. As of now, Seedify has facilitated the issuance of over 100 tokens, raising a total of approximately $40 million to $55 million. The platform combines the advantages of CEX and DeFi, adopting a $SFUND staking tiered mechanism to ensure user allocation rights, and introduces community reviews to replace closed private placement screenings. In 2025, Seedify continues technological innovation, launching a permissionless bond curve issuance platform, a decentralized curation DAO, and an on-chain social distribution mechanism, becoming one of the most advanced Launchpads in the technology stack.

( 2025 Representative Projects

• Stable Jack)JACK###: A fixed/leverage yield protocol deployed on Avalanche, completed its IDO in April 2025, with an FDV valuation of $20 million, raising approximately $300,000, and the tokens will be fully unlocked after TGE, but the market response has been relatively weak.
• Aiki(AIKI): An AI×gaming prediction platform on the Solana chain, scheduled for release in May 2025, using the $SFUND+ public fundraising dual-channel model, raising approximately $175,000, with high early user participation, but the token price performance is average.
• P33L###P33L(: An AI satire meme project, issued via a bond curve method in April 2025, with a total valuation of $250,000, selling 28% of the supply and raising approximately $70,000, reflecting Seedify's strategy of supporting cultural innovation projects.

) Investment Return Performance

Despite the overall cooling of the market, Seedify project's historical average highest ROI remains around 8×. In 2025, several projects will have considerable heat in the early stages of listing, but there will generally be a price correction afterward. This phenomenon has become the norm for current IDOs. Seedify aims to avoid severe selling pressure and promote long-term value by introducing a bond curve and flexible unlocking mechanisms.

( Mechanism Innovation Highlights

• Smart Joint Curve Issuance: Token price dynamically increases with purchase demand, and after selling out, automatically generates the $SFUND - project token LP pool, ensuring liquidity available upon launch, and includes safeguards against "Rug Pull" and "Sniping": a 24-hour refund window and progressive pricing to prevent bots from snatching tokens and guarantee buyer rights.
• Layered Access Mechanism ) Staking + Social ###: In the early stages, $SFUND stakers and those with high "social scores" ( can gain user priority access through referrals, interactions similar to Kaito, and community activities. In later stages, access will be opened to the public, forming a gamified entry logic that encourages active contributors. This "social distribution layer" rewards community builders, not just whales.
• Investor-friendly unlocking/refund mechanism: Each project can choose a flexible vesting plan, Seedify offers instant unlock or short-term linear unlock )1-4 weeks ###, to balance trust and sales pressure. In addition, each token issuance has a 24-hour refund window, allowing buyers to choose a refund in case of uncertainty. This mechanism is similar to CoinTerminal's model of downside risk protection, providing users with additional confidence assurance.
• Decentralized Curator Program: A curator network composed of KOLs, VCs, guilds, and DAOs selects projects for the platform and can earn revenue sharing, allocation quotas, and community whitelists.
• $SFUND Incentive Flywheel: Each issuance activity injects new use cases for $SFUND. Staking Level → Token Distribution → Token Issuance → Liquidity Creation → Purchase Pressure and Token Destruction. As the issuance quantity increases, the inherent demand for $SFUND tokens also grows. Seedify's design ensures that its native token can benefit from the ecosystem it drives.

( Track Focus and Strategic Positioning

Seedify is gradually expanding from a core focus on gaming and culture into the AI and DeFi sectors. Its recent project line )Stable Jack, Aiki, P33L( covers multiple areas such as DeFi yields, AI gaming, and Meme culture. The platform prides itself as a leader in the "Web3 culture and gaming" space, and is progressively embracing cutting-edge trends such as on-chain AI and DePIN protocols. Seedify positions itself as a community-first alternative: more open than Binance, more fun than CoinList, and more organized than Virtuals. By integrating joint curves and refund mechanisms, it aims to enhance investor protection while providing new project upside potential.

) Unique Strategy Summary

Seedify integrates multiple mechanism advantages to create an "open yet protected" issuance model. Its permissionless bond curve platform, scheduled for launch by the end of 2025, will allow any team to issue tokens independently, combining automated liquidity with anti-sniping mechanisms, akin to the openness of CoinTerminal but with additional protections. The Curated DAO incorporates the "review spirit" of DAO Maker and enhances user activity through social incentive mechanisms like Kaito or Ethos points (, ultimately forming a synthesis of CoinTerminal's openness, Fjord's fairness mechanism, DAO Maker's interest binding, and community-oriented culture, heralding the prototype of a new generation Launchpad.

ChainGPT Pad: A Launchpad Focused on Artificial Intelligence

) platform positioning and vision

ChainGPT Pad is the preferred launchpad for AI-first Web3 startups. It is part of the ChainGPT ecosystem ###, known for its AI chatbot and developer tools (, providing technical support before project launch through smart contract audits and AI analysis ) for in-depth incubation. Participation requires holding or staking $CGPT tokens, which are supported by a portion of the platform's AI product fees ###, with some user fees being burned (. The vision of ChainGPT Pad is to become the primary DEAI ) decentralized AI ### issuance tool: any project launched on it can receive customized guidance for AI, while $CGPT stakers gain access to participate in token sales.

( 2025 representative project

The 2025 project portfolio of ChainGPT Pad integrates AI infrastructure and some:

• Omnia Protocol )OMNIA(: A privacy-focused blockchain access provider )RPC relay (, crucial for AI data feeding. ATH ROI is approximately 5 times.
• Arcade )ARC(: An interoperable, NFT-based competitive gaming platform, signaling a new trend.
• Flash Protocol )FLASH###: A DeFi utility token for ultra-fast DEX trading, equipped with AI predictive analytics.
• NextGem AI (GEMAI): An AI-driven cryptocurrency content discovery platform (, an "alpha feed" platform ). Issued via whitelist in April 2025.
• AdixAI (ADIX): An AI advertising optimization network. Uniquely, ADIX is distributed to eligible $CGPT stakers through the "Launchdrop" airdrop ( instead of a sale ), scheduled for May 2025.
• Matchain (MAT) & Blink Game AI (BLINK): Two Launchdrops in May 2025 -- one zk-rollup chain (MAT) and one gamified AI battle game (BLINK) -- provided for free to community members to promote adoption.

( Investment Return Performance

ChainGPT Pad is very active, having conducted about 35 IDOs in the past 6 months, raising approximately $10.2 million ) with each around $290,000 (. Most of these are micro-cap, early-stage projects.