Paul Spencer

We just burned 30,000,000,000 $RIPS, with a book value of roughly $60K. basescan.org/tx/0xc236c0f50… That’s 30% of the total $RIPS supply permanently removed. But why? When we launched $RIPS, 30B tokens were held in the RIPS treasury for potential future raises, partnerships, and long-term ecosystem support for @ripsapp. But after listening to traders and the community, we realized something important: That much treasury supply creates uncertainty. So we removed it. No selling. No dumping. No overhang. Straight to the burn address. We’re here to keep building, keep improving, and keep aligning $RIPS with the people actually using and holding it. And this is not a one time event. As more tokens unlock through vesting, there will be more burns and more actions designed to improve the long term health of the token. Always learning. Always improving. Always listening. Naz, @pagameba and the @CoinHeroFun Team (makers of @ripsapp & @Plinks_App)

BETRMINT was launched just under one year ago to help creators and founders find meaningful distribution on @base and @farcaster_xyz, and get rewarded for their creativity. When @nazimahmed and @pagameba launched @ripsapp last year, they were chasing the same goal. Different teams, different products. Same mission. Over time, that alignment turned into collaboration, with $BETR becoming a staple inside the Rips ecosystem and $RIPS being featured in BETR prize pools, etc. Both our teams have been obsessed with the same idea: turning speculative moments into positive-sum outcomes, and turning a little bit of dopamine into a lot of distribution. Rips is soon evolving into @CoinHeroFun, a new fully onchain arcade platform bringing together Rips, Plinks, and a growing lineup of games built around one idea: fun, viral gameplay that drives real distribution for tokens and projects in our ecosystem. Over the past few weeks, our teams have been deep in conversation about where this all goes next. The answer we landed on: It would be so much BETR if we could just build together. So today, we’re kicking off a brand new strategic partnership we’re calling… 🎲 RNG: The Rewards-Native Growth Alliance 🎲 (a joint initiative from CoinHero and BETR Labs) Here’s what that means: • Upcoming CoinHero games will automatically reserve token supply for BETRMINT rounds (starting later this week with @plinksapp TGE and a special $plinks round on @betrmint) • CoinHero game tasks will be integrated into the upcoming BETR Karma Quests on launch this week: Play Rips + Plinks to earn toward future $BETR airdrops • Joint co-marketing, token gaming spaces, and shared distribution pushes • A symbolic token swap of $BETR and $RIPS into our respective vaults …and we’re just getting started on this joint cook, so stay tuned. Two teams. Two communities. Two ecosystems. One goal… Use crypto-native rewards to drive distribution and growth in a way that’s fun and fulfilling for everyone involved. May the odds be ever in our favor! 🫡 Sincerely, Toady, @netnose, Naz & Paul The RNG Alliance

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Have you used @ripsapp yet? If you’re a user, it’s a great way to discover new collections on @base. If you’re a builder/dev, it an amazing method for sensible, wallet distribution. I’m gonna be talking about this a lot more - this is not a paid promotion!

Monday check-in, and the competition is heating up 👀 Big congrats to cemre holding down the #1 spot! Shoutout as well to the usual suspects near the top...you know who you are. Reminder: Rips Points determine your allocation of airdropped $RIPS in Airdrop 3, and you can stake your RIPS to earn Rips Points multipliers 💥