ICM Narrative Interpretation: Tweets as Tokens, Does Believe Make Venture Capital More Democratic?

Author: Pink Brains, Blockworks Research

Compiled by: Deep Tide TechFlow

The crypto market has never stopped redefining the way tokens are issued:

ICO / IEO → IDO → Fair Distribution / Launchpads → Points Farming Model → Bonding Curves

If you missed it, the new trend may be ICM (Internet Capital Markets).

@believeapp is disrupting project financing on Solana through its “Tweet-to-Token” model. This model allows anyone to issue tokens simply by replying to a tweet.

Currently, it has become the third largest memecoin issuance platform, following @pumpdotfun and @MeteoraAG.

What is ICM?

· 2017 - 2022: Anonymous users created Memecoins.

· 2023 - 2024: Anyone can issue their own tokens, but it’s more for entertainment.

· 2025: Everyone can tokenize their ideas and raise funds through the internet, just like a “decentralized Y Combinator.”

This is a hybrid model driven by blockchain that combines crowdfunding + structured markets + online communities.

What is ICM?

Suppose you have developed a really cool application that has become popular, and you want to raise funds for the next phase. You have the following options:

· Schedule a venture capital (VC) meeting, endure 50 rejections, and possibly lose control of the project;

· Work hard on Kickstarter and pray that strangers believe in you;

· Or directly “Tweet to Token”, receiving funding support from your community in real-time, without intermediaries. People who like your project become your early investors directly.

This is the charm of the Internet Capital Market (ICM).

@believeapp 如何实现这一切？

The answer lies in its “tweet-as-token” model and its flywheel effect:

· You send a tweet to create a token;

· Start trading on the bonding curve;

· When the market value of the token reaches 100,000 USD, it can “graduate” into the deep liquidity pool of Meteora;

· The service fee is shared 50% between the creator and Believe;

· If your project stands out, the Believe App will prominently recommend it on the platform;

Founders will receive funding in stages.

Unlike the points system or private sales, Believe’s model lowers the threshold for token creation to just a single tweet.

This unpermissioned capital forms a reflexive loop:

More creators → Better distribution → More traders → More fees → More creators.

What is the vision? To democratize venture capital.

Users only need to reply to a tweet, entering “@launchcoin + name”, to mint a new token, aimed at converting online attention into permissionless capital.

This greatly lowers the threshold for issuing tokens on Solana.

Over 5000 tokens have been launched on the Believe platform in the past 24 hours.

This achievement ranks it third in terms of the number of tokens issued, occupying 14% of the market share.

The new token starts with a bonding curve and has anti-sniping fees.

If the market value reaches $100,000, these tokens can “graduate” into the Meteora decentralized exchange (DEX) pool for deeper liquidity.

Creators can receive 50% of the transaction fees, which encourages more people to participate.

The adoption speed of @believeapp is very fast, aiming for “utility coins” and targeting Web2 developers.

There is a gap in the market for undervalued risk investment business, and Believe is expected to fill this gap.

However, the uncertainty of regulation remains high. Believe refers to the token as “digital merch” rather than equity, but the scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) remains a key uncertainty.

Market volatility is extremely high, similar to memecoins, which means there is potential for quick gains, but it also comes with a serious risk of losses.

Believe’s “Tweet-to-Token” is an intriguing SocialFi experiment that provides unprecedented convenience for token issuance.

However, its sustainability depends on whether it can create real value beyond the hype.

Why is everyone interested in this?

ICM is timely:

· This is the era of “vibe coding”; ICM fills the gap where undervalued internet creativity cannot adapt to traditional venture capital models.

· Social media has become a distribution engine;

· Memecoins have demonstrated the power of community.

· Solana is driving this new narrative.

@believeapp 的表现如何？

Performance is outstanding.

The Believe App is currently ranked third in terms of issuance volume, only behind @pumpdotfun and @MeteoraAG.

More than 13,000 tokens have been issued, accounting for 14% of the market share, with 24-hour transaction fee revenue exceeding 9 million dollars, which is astonishing.

ICM Project

Here are some popular projects launched through @believeapp’s Launchcoin:

Among them, $LAUNCHCOIN (launched by @launchcoin) reached a market cap peak of 352 million USD (growing 50 times in 3 days).

Data may vary while reading.

Other token issuance platforms on Solana:

· @pumpdotfun, @MeteoraAG, @RaydiumProtocol: The earliest meme coin factory on Solana;

· @boopdotfun: A newer KOL-centric issuance platform that offers structured rewards, including airdrops and fee-sharing for $BOOP stakers.

The things that Believe App is doing are full of SocialFi energy:

Can frictionless token creation build a real ecosystem? Or will it be crushed by its own hype cycle?

We are currently unable to determine.

But you should explore cautiously, as everyone is paying attention to the progress of all this.