Flower Guys 🌼

The Path Forward for $SAHARA Last week we shared a complete breakdown of the June 9 market event. Today, we want to lay out where we go from here and the concrete steps we are taking to reinforce our long-term commitment to the $SAHARA ecosystem. We understand the community has been focused on the upcoming unlock schedule, the recent volatility, and what actions will be taken next. While the market event itself was driven by trading dynamics and broader market structure, we believe it is important to take clear steps that show the team’s continued alignment with the ecosystem. -- Extending our team and investor lockups -- The clearest step we can take is with our own tokens. That is why we are voluntarily extending our upcoming unlock schedule: • Investor unlocks pushed back by 3 months • Founder, core team, and advisor unlocks pushed back by 6 months We want to thank our investors for extending alongside us. Their decision to push back their own timelines reflects real conviction in the long-term future of $SAHARA, and we're glad to be building with backers who share that view. No one on the team or among our backers is looking anywhere but forward. We are here for the long build, and we want our token timelines to reflect that. Aligning our schedule with the long-term health of the ecosystem is the most direct signal we can give about where our conviction lies. -- On buybacks-- Buybacks remain part of our long-term treasury strategy, funded by revenue as our products scale. We understand why buybacks are being discussed, especially during a period of volatility. Our view is that buybacks are most effective when supported by a sustainable revenue engine rather than used as a one-time reaction to market conditions. Right now, the most responsible use of resources is continuing to invest in the products that can generate that revenue and create real demand for $SAHARA. As revenue grows, our ability to support the ecosystem through long-term treasury strategy grows with it. -- On a token burn -- $SAHARA is a fixed-supply token with no burn mechanism, and we do not plan to introduce one. We understand why burns are often discussed during periods of volatility, but we do not believe engineering artificial scarcity is the right path for long-term value creation. Our focus is on growing real utility, product usage, and demand for $SAHARA across the ecosystem. The strongest version of $SAHARA is one built around products people use, utility that compounds, and an ecosystem that continues to grow. -- What's next -- Our products have matured a lot since TGE, and that progress is what opens up this next phase for both the products and the community. On Sorin, a wave of new features is rolling out, including support for perpetual trading, strategy building and backtesting, advanced monitoring for alpha signals, and more. These bring the capabilities active traders have been asking for directly into Sorin. We are also expanding $SAHARA onto additional chains, with a major launch planned for next week that widens where and how the token can be used. Alongside this, we have new enterprise partnership announcements on the way that extend Sahara's reach beyond the community and into broader real-world adoption. The Sorin Paper Trading Competition goes live next, with up to $100K in $SAHARA in prizes. This is the first of several campaigns rolling out as Sorin and ClawApp hit their next milestones, including more competitions and incentives for active users across both products. Launching phase two of $SAHARA staking will also give holders more direct utility across Sahara products, including access to agents, models, rewards, and ecosystem experiences, while tying token usage more closely to real product demand. As these products grow, so do the ways for more people to participate, earn, and use $SAHARA. The team is fully operational and our roadmap is intact. To everyone who has kept building alongside us, thank you. The best of what we're working on is still ahead. Sahara AI Team