NFT Price Rises to 13 ETH, StonkBrokers Set to Launch New Platform

What’s the next step for StonkBrokers? Which ecological projects are worth paying attention to?

Written by: KarenZ, Foresight News

A month ago, 4,444 StonkBrokers pixel brokers made their debut on the blockchain. Now, the price of a single NFT has reached 13 ETH.

If we roughly calculate the total value of the entire NFT collection by multiplying the floor price of 13 ETH by the total of 4,444 pieces, the "floor valuation" exceeds 100 million USD. However, this is not the actual market value, as this calculation assumes that all NFTs can be sold at the current floor price, making it more suitable for observing market enthusiasm rather than measuring the realizable value.

The STONKBROKER token, which is part of the same product system as the NFTs, is also on the rise. According to GMGN data, its valuation once approached 100 million USD.

What the market is pricing is not just the 4,444 pixel avatars, but also the next layer of products that StonkBrokers is attempting to extend to—namely, the token launch platform Stonk Launcher and trading protocols.

Next Stop for StonkBrokers: Stonk Launcher

I previously introduced StonkBrokers in an article titled "Can NFTs Earn Stock Tokens? What Exactly is StonkBrokers?" on July 21. StonkBrokers is a set of NFTs, tokens, and DeFi products launched by Clutch Markets on the Robinhood Chain. Its core assets include the StonkBroker NFTs, totaling 4,444 pieces, and the ERC-20 token STONKBROKER, which can be transferred and traded.

Each StonkBroker NFT is associated with an ERC-6551 Token-Bound Account, which is essentially a wallet that comes with the NFT and can hold stock tokens and other on-chain assets. When ownership of the NFT changes, the bound account remains at the original address, but control of the account is transferred to the new NFT holder.

When the NFT is initially minted, it receives a one-time stock token injection. After that, holders can also pay STONKBROKER to activate the NFT and participate in Clock In rewards distributed based on tiered weights. The entire process can be simplified as follows:

In Anvil, trading NFTs incurs ETH fees → 70% of the fees go to StockBooster → Community users call Clock In → ETH is exchanged for stock tokens → Stock tokens enter the bound account of the activated NFT.

StonkBrokers initially aimed to solve whether an NFT could come with a wallet, receive token rewards, and further enter the trading and lending markets. The upcoming Stonk Launcher attempts to expand this system into a token issuance and liquidity infrastructure for other projects.

How Does Stonk Launcher Work?

According to the project page, Stonk Launcher will open at 8 PM Eastern Time on August 11, corresponding to 8 AM Beijing Time on August 12.

Stonk Launcher is essentially a token launch platform on the Robinhood Chain, allowing creators to deploy ERC-20 tokens and configure sales methods. Current information lists three main issuance modes:

• Fixed Price: Tokens are sold at a pre-set price during the sales phase.
• Joint Curve: Token prices change according to joint curve rules, depending on buying, selling, and curve status.
• Custom Issuance: Creators can further adjust parameters such as token supply and distribution.

Creating an issuance requires a payment of 0.00042069 ETH. Tokens can be paired with ETH, STONKBROKER, or Robinhood stock tokens.

The project documentation sets the default "graduation" threshold at 4 units of paired assets, but this number does not necessarily equal 4 ETH: if other paired assets are chosen for issuance, the threshold will be based on the corresponding asset, and specific parameters may also be adjusted in custom issuances.

The complete process of Stonk Launcher can be summarized as follows:

Create ERC-20 token and set sales parameters → Users purchase during the sales period → Conditions are met → Issuance enters Finalize phase → Create Uniswap V3 liquidity pool, LP positions, fee distribution contracts, and token staking vaults.

Each completed issuance will also have its own staking vault. According to the current project design, token holders can deposit the corresponding tokens into the vault and share LP fees imported by the fee distribution contract based on their proportion. However, public documents have not listed the specific distribution ratios of all fees, and actual income will also depend on trading volume, liquidity scale, and LP position operation, so it cannot be understood as fixed income.

Stonk Launcher also plans to connect with the yet-to-be-launched Stonk Exchange. Tokens that have completed issuance can apply to enter this vDEX for trading. Stonk Exchange is currently scheduled to open at 8 PM Eastern Time on August 29, primarily using Uniswap V3 architecture, with STONKBROKER holders participating in deciding the direction of some fees and liquidity incentives.

Before Stonk Launcher officially opens, on August 11, Clutch Markets introduced the native (3,3) trading and liquidity layer up on the Robinhood Chain and listed it as the latest "Special Projects" partner. According to the plan announced by both parties on August 11, up will provide trading and liquidity infrastructure for Stonk Launcher and Stonk Exchange; tokens issued through the Launcher will default to enter up's liquidity pool and trade on the StonkBrokers frontend.

Opening Bell: Redirecting Some Trading Fees Back to the Market

The most recognizable design of Stonk Launcher is the Opening Bell Buybacks, which are random market buys driven by joint curve trading fees.

According to the project documentation, each joint curve trade pays a Launcher fee, part of which enters an on-chain fund pool called Buyback Bar. Once the fund pool meets the conditions, the project uses a VRNG random mechanism to determine two outcomes: when to trigger the Opening Bell and which token still in the joint curve phase to buy.

However, Opening Bell only applies to tokens using the joint curve model that have not yet graduated. Projects that have entered the Uniswap V3 liquidity pool, as well as tokens using fixed prices or other issuance modes, are not included in this random selection range.

The probability of different tokens being selected is related to their contribution to the Buyback Bar fees. The more active the trading and the more fees contributed, the theoretically higher the chance of being selected, but every token still running on the curve has a chance to be chosen.

When Opening Bell enters a triggerable state, any user can pay Gas to call Clock In. The protocol will use the assets in the fund pool to buy the selected token in one go on the joint curve, and the trigger will receive a tip reward.

This design aims to redirect some trading fees back to the token market within the Launcher, rather than letting all fees leave the issuance system directly. However, the term "buyback" does not imply that the project commits to supporting the token price: funds will only execute market buys when conditions are met and selected by the random mechanism, and it is neither a fixed frequency buyback nor equal support for all tokens.

Current documentation also does not disclose what proportion of each joint curve trade enters the Buyback Bar. Therefore, whether Opening Bell can form a buy scale with lasting impact still depends on the formal contract parameters and the actual trading volume of the Launcher.

After DERP and MANCER, who else will join?

Although Stonk Launcher has not yet opened to the public, its page has already showcased the projects DERP and MANCER. The reason is that both are listed as "Special Projects" of StonkBrokers, meaning they are pre-connected independent incubation collaboration projects.

The project page specifically notes that DERP and MANCER are independently developed and operated by their respective teams, have independent tokens, and bear independent risks, and should not be regarded as proprietary products of Clutch Markets.

DERP corresponds to the product name StonkPit, which is an on-chain "mining" system that connects StonkBroker NFTs, PitBoy NFTs (MineBoy cross-chain from ApeChain via LayerZero), and browser-based proof of work, while integrating on-chain entropy and verifiable random number generation (VRNG).

Unlike ordinary token mining, DERP is designed not only to reward tokens but also to serve as an economic tool supporting on-chain randomness services.

Users can activate StonkBrokers and PitBoy NFTs and perform SHA-256 hash calculations through the browser to submit proofs; valid proofs verified by the contract will reward participants with DERP, and the corresponding results will be fed into the public entropy system of The Ticker. The Conductor is responsible for handling entropy requests from external applications and providing the generated random results to on-chain games or other contracts that require random numbers.

Thus, DERP is designed not only as a reward for calculations but also as an economic tool connecting mining areas, entropy demand, and random number services. The project has set up two mining areas: StonkBrokers participate in the green mining area, while bridged PitBoys participate in the blue mining area; the maximum supply of DERP is 4.444 billion, with 75% allocated to the green mining area, 15% to the blue mining area, and the remaining portion for partners, liquidity, and gaming funds.

MANCER corresponds to the Mancer trading protocol, MANCER token, and Chain Mancers NFT. According to the Mancer white paper, the team plans to build a decentralized trading protocol on the Robinhood Chain that supports token exchanges, limit orders, and periodic purchases. Users do not need to deposit all funds into the protocol vault when placing orders; instead, they sign an EIP-712 order; funds remain in the user's own wallet, and only when the order is actually executed does the settlement contract extract the required assets for that transaction.

Mancer also plans to have a total of 5,000 Chain Mancers NFTs, currently with a floor price of 1.3 ETH. According to the white paper design, during the initial phase of Mancer's launch, orders will be handled by licensed executors, charging a protocol fee of 10 basis points, or 0.1%, for each transaction, and paying a tip of 5 basis points, or 0.05%, to the executor. In the future, if the Keeper network goes live, already activated Chain Mancers will be eligible for order execution: the Keeper that completes the transaction will receive a 5 basis point execution tip, while the 10 basis point protocol fee is planned to be converted for distribution to activated NFTs.

In addition to DERP and MANCER, projects that have publicly confirmed plans to issue through Stonk Launcher also include Clock In.

Clock In defines itself as a "thematic token" derived from the StonkBrokers community culture, while emphasizing its status as an independent, community-operated brand. The project plans to create trading pools for ETH, STONKBROKER, APE, as well as stock tokens like TSLA, NFLX, and AMZN.

CLOCKIN itself does not set token trading taxes; its economic mechanism primarily relies on fees generated from the LP positions permanently locked by the project. According to the plan announced by the project, 20% of the related LP fees are planned to be allocated to participating StockBooster brokers, 20% for subsequent development, and 60% for buying back and burning CLOCKIN in the open market.

Additionally, CLOCKIN plans to reserve 2% of the total supply, or 20 million tokens, to reward activated StonkBroker NFTs in four rounds. Each round corresponds to CLOCKIN's market cap reaching and continuously meeting conditions of 1 million, 3 million, 5 million, and 7 million USD, with 5 million tokens allocated for each round. Except for the first round, subsequent rewards also require holders to hold a certain number of CLOCKIN for each participating NFT.

TickerYard needs to be handled separately. Its technical design document does not explicitly state that YARD will be issued through Stonk Launcher, but plans to use Anvil to establish a market consisting of 3,333 Yardkeeper NFTs and YARD tokens.

TickerYard aims to build a cross-chain asset routing interface: users specify the original asset, target network, and desired asset, and the system searches for available paths from external cross-chain protocols and liquidity channels, displaying fees, time, and security assumptions. The project focuses on tokenized stocks as its first key direction and later proposes a plan to lock eligible assets in its native network through a standardized vault and generate corresponding asset representations on other supported networks.

Yardkeeper NFTs are designed as transferable protocol participation seats. Current holders can only qualify for specific protocol tasks after reaching a designated Anvil activation level, completing Keeper Enrollment (which can be understood as Keeper task executor registration), and binding a local Runner.

Summary

StonkBrokers is attempting to complete a product boundary expansion: from a set of NFTs that come with wallets and can receive "stock token rewards" to a product system that includes token issuance, ecological incubation, and trading protocols.

If Stonk Launcher can deliver as planned, the use of STONKBROKER will extend from NFT redemption and activation to token pairing, platform curation, and subsequent vDEX ecology. However, before the product is officially launched and has been running for a while, all judgments about trading volume, fee income, and ecological flywheels can only remain at the mechanism level.

Meanwhile, the Robinhood Chain ecosystem is still in its early stages, and StonkBrokers NFTs, STONKBROKER, and tokens created through the Launcher may face risks such as insufficient liquidity, price volatility, and smart contract vulnerabilities. Collaborative projects like DERP, MANCER, and CLOCKIN are operated by independent teams, and the display or incubation relationship of StonkBrokers does not constitute a guarantee of their safety, liquidity, or token value. Participants still need to verify project information independently and assess risks cautiously.