Introduction, who is Redd Banks Most people try to trade everything, I focus on structure and allocation. I’m a stocks and crypto investor building portfolios on a stock-heavy foundation, at least 80%, with Bitcoin as my primary crypto conviction. That framework shapes how I interpret markets, cycles, and risk. A strict 1% allocation of my total portfolio is reserved for low-cap trades where I can be highly active when opportunity appears, always prioritizing asymmetric setups without compromising portfolio stability. Here you’ll find HTF analysis, quality projects, market observations, low cap-trades and promotional posts clearly marked ✏️ for transparency.

A good bounce finally came through in the market, and I’m still positioned in this main portfolio, betting on the strongest narratives over the coming years. No need to chase every new meta, just stay focused on the bigger picture. Sidenote: $TORCH has outperformed a ton, value accrual for the win. Light the torch 🔥

The $TORCH flywheel, explained 👇 Every product feeds the same ecosystem. > Launchpad: Brings new projects, creators and traders. > Trading Bot: Makes trading accessible through Telegram. > Web Terminal: Offers charts, token discovery, limit orders and advanced trading tools. > Multichain: Opens access to more chains, liquidity and trading opportunities. More usage means more trading volume. More volume generates fees. And this is where the flywheel gets interesting. How the fee and burn system works: 1. Regular token trades Torch charges a 1% trading fee. Half goes into a cashback pool, with 20% to 40% of that half returned to the trader. The remaining funds are used to buy back and burn the token being traded. This means trading activity can fuel buybacks and burns for individual projects across the Torch ecosystem, not just $TORCH. 2. Referral rewards The other half of the 1% fee goes into a referral pool. Referrers receive 20% to 50% of that portion, while the remainder goes to Torch. 3. $TORCH trading $TORCH has its own separate 0.5% trading fee, allocated to the $TORCH burn wallet and treasury. This mechanism is separate from the cashback and referral system. 4. Launchpad tokens Newly launched tokens have a buy tax between 1% and 10%, fixed at launch. Of that tax, 30% goes to Torch. The creator determines how the remaining 70% is allocated, including to the creator, holders or burns, depending on the launch configuration. Why does this make the flywheel spin harder? More users create more trades. More trades generate more fees. Fees fund rewards, referrals, buybacks and burns. Burns reduce the supply of individual tokens and, through its own mechanism, $TORCH. More useful products and stronger incentives can attract more users and creators. The result is a connected ecosystem where trading activity can benefit both individual projects and the broader platform. The goal isn’t simply to launch tokens. It’s to build a multichain trading ecosystem where every product drives activity, activity generates fees, and those fees help fuel the next cycle of growth. More products. More usage. More fees. More burns. One ecosystem. One flywheel. Light the torch 🔥

$TORCH | Most @Torchpaddotfun metrics hit new ATHs yesterday. Let me reiterate, these are 24-hour metrics alone! $74,840 in fees generated $31,530 burned $21,418 in creator fees $319,633 in terminal volume 266 new users 162 token launches The flywheel is in effect. More activity, more fees, more value flowing back into the ecosystem. Study flywheel 🫡

Great day for the @Torchpaddotfun ecosystem. > Many projects hit new ATH's. > Volume on robinhood:0x000050e18ffa3f8f7ad170eb9cef160eb3ed1111 hit a new ATH. And the ecosystem keeps expanding. Just minutes after launching, @nglontorch graduated quickly and is already trending. Light the torch 🔥

The @Torchpaddotfun ecosystem is on fire today robinhood:0x000050e18ffa3f8f7ad170eb9cef160eb3ed1111 - hit a new ATH. $ANTI - hit a new ATH. $TORCHY - hit a new ATH. $ODDS - hit a new ATH. Meanwhile, the rest of the market is quiet, with most people sitting on the sidelines. Sometimes it pays off to stick around when others lose interest, get burned or move on.

some prominent KOLs are reaching out to me now, inviting me to join their paid channels! guys I’m not like them, I’m here for the people, sharing information as early as possible because I want everyone to win - just like I am trying to! light the robinhood:0x000050e18ffa3f8f7ad170eb9cef160eb3ed1111!

I think this robinhood:0x000050e18ffa3f8f7ad170eb9cef160eb3ed1111 post aged well

The growth of Robin Hood chain @RobinhoodCrypto is gaining traction, and I think the bigger picture is worth paying attention to. TVL is climbing, stablecoin supply is expanding, and DEX volume is already approaching Base levels, despite RH being a much younger ecosystem. The thesis goes beyond short term metrics. Robinhood already has a massive distribution advantage through its brokerage platform. The opportunity is to connect that distribution to onchain finance, bringing tokenized stocks, ETFs and other real world assets into an ecosystem where users can trade, build and access DeFi. If liquidity starts flowing beyond tokenized assets into lending, trading and other applications, the ecosystem could become much bigger than its initial use case. Of course, growth in TVL and volume alone doesn't guarantee long term adoption. The real test is whether activity sticks, liquidity deepens and useful applications emerge. But the early numbers are worth watching. Base, Solana and Robinhood Chain each have different advantages. I'm interested in seeing how RH develops its position as the bridge between traditional financial markets and onchain finance.

You can wait for a $TORCH dip, but the volume expansion alongside this breakout suggests it might not be easy for sidelined buyers to get their desired entry. Momentum is accelerating.

robinhood:0x000050e18ffa3f8f7ad170eb9cef160eb3ed1111 | Setting new ATHs while the ecosystem keeps growing. @Torchpaddotfun just set a new ATH, but what I find interesting is that it's not moving alone. The ecosystem is growing alongside it. • First utility, @tryantimatter, set a new ATH. • First mascot meme, @torchylabs, did the same. • Second utility play, @OddsEngine, just launched and graduated quickly and i aped a bag. Different projects, different use cases, but all growing within the same ecosystem. I keep repeating it, I'm bullish on robinhood:0x000050e18ffa3f8f7ad170eb9cef160eb3ed1111 and the entire ecosystem that's building around it.

I’ve always believed in revenue-driven projects where holders benefit from the revenue through rewards, buybacks or burns. That’s why I’m positioned in $HYPE, $LIT, $MET and $PUMP. Different projects, different strengths, but a similar focus on value accrual. Lately, I’ve added $TORCH to my portfolio. I was early on Robinhood Chain and took advantage of the ecosystem, with $PONS being one of those opportunities. But when I look at @Torchpaddotfun, I see something bigger than just another launchpad. A launchpad, trading terminal, liquidity pools and more, all working together within one ecosystem. I believe the next leg up on Robinhood Chain could be led by Torch rather than PONS. The market will decide, but I’m positioning accordingly.

What makes me comfy building @Torchpaddotfun is that quite literally all my network, people that I know from 1 or even 2 bulls back, are supporting torch. Not only by buying the coin, trading it, or using the actual platform, but also on X, in chats, in bd everything. They all know me for many, many years. They could’ve decided to buy or look at something else, but instead, apart from it being me, they are actually bullish on the technology and ideas. It’s not just 1 or 2 chads really , I see names coming back that I haven’t spoken to in years, checking the stuff out and quite literally lighting the torch. That, for me, is all I need to know. When the level headed folks who are seasoned in this industry are jumping on your stuff, that’s absolute pure and deep confirmation. Let’s build, fam, up and to the right.

$TORCH | Torch is much more than a launchpad. • Launchpad • Telegram trading bot • Web trading terminal • Cross-chain bridge and swaps • Token discovery and analytics • Liquidity pools Every product has its own role, but together they contribute to the same flywheel. More products, more users, more activity, more fees, more value flowing back into the ecosystem. One ecosystem. Multiple products. One flywheel. We all light the Torch 🔥

$BTC | This scenario could still play out. Seeing buyers stepping in at the upper grey box. Lose that and we will retest the lower one with potentially grabbing liquidity in the imbalance.

Sooner or later $TORCH is going to acquire all of FOMO’s customers. Better socialfi, cheaper fees and limit orders. PnLs on running on turbo.

The more I look at @dimitratech, the more I think people underestimate what they’re building. EUDR is a good example. It’s not just about collecting data, it’s about connecting farms, plot-level traceability, satellite monitoring and compliance into something businesses can actually use. 156 tonnes of coffee traced in Mexico, working with around 100 smallholder farmers. That’s real-world adoption, not just a roadmap. And with Connected Farmer and ESG Compass expanding the ecosystem, the value goes beyond one product or regulation. Personally, I think the market is still overlooking how much these fundamentals could matter for $DMTR.

Most launchpads compete on volume. But the real question is which ecosystem has the strongest fundamentals and the biggest potential to compound. @Pumpfun has the scale. $PONS has its creator-focused fee model and buybacks, but the launchpad is struggling a lot and their creator pools are getting undercut. $TORCH is playing a different game. 🔥 70% of launch trading fees go to creators, with flexible fee routing. 🔥 Multichain trading, token launches, wallet tracking and more, all within one ecosystem. 🔥 Buybacks, burns and holder rewards create direct links between platform activity and token-holder value. 🔥 Multiple products generating revenue, feeding into the same ecosystem. This is where I believe Torch has a serious advantage. A launchpad on its own can generate fees. But combine it with a trading terminal, a trading bot and other products, and you create more ways to attract users, generate revenue and feed the flywheel. More utility drives activity. More activity creates revenue. Revenue can feed back into $TORCH, strengthening the ecosystem and giving users more reasons to stay. Pumpfun and @ponsdotfamily have their place, but Torch is building something much more complete. I’m betting on the ecosystem that can make the flywheel spin the hardest > @Torchpaddotfun.