^ Oof... They could've timed their announcement better imho. This sort of thing is good when the sentiment is slightly bullish - full on bullish.
I mean buy backs are good but looking at Hyperliquid, the HL community is starting to learn that buy backs don't really matter as far as price goes. Hyperliquid is buying back with 97% of fees that the protocol generates but it still is down more than 50% from the highs.
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The problem is lacking of innovation. It makes people are so reluctant in holding their HL even there was burning mechanism that is still going on. Burning mechanism is good, but it must not be the only thing that the token relied with.
Let's take a look at BNB. They did burn mechanism quarterly, yet they also develop so many utilities for their own coin. The innovation such as Launchpad, Launchpool, Hodler airdrop and many more makes holders keep staying.
I hope these perp developers will learn if utilities are things that makes people keep believing in the token.