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Another one I want to update is $DELTA It just had a pretty crazy move, running from around $10–13M to nearly $30M MC before getting pulled back to the current range But after this pump, I actually find DELTA more interesting than before Not because the price went up But because this time, the market has more things to price in beyond just the “liquidity layer of Robinhood Chain” narrative The first thing is usage DELTA now has around 22.6K positions, compared to just over 5K at the end of August. Total fees have also grown from around $495K to ~$3.75M So in less than a month, positions have grown more than 4x while cumulative fees have increased more than 7x This is probably the part I like most about this update Attention can push a token from $10M to $30M very quickly, but it can't fake people actually using the product and consistently generating fees over time The second thing is that DELTA is slowly becoming less dependent on meme volume on Robinhood Chain Custom Pairs is probably the most interesting recent update for me The team is expanding its liquidity infrastructure into tokenized stocks, commodities, and other assets The timing makes sense considering how much of the Robinhood ecosystem is currently pushing the tokenized asset narrative If these pools start generating real volume, DELTA could have another source of demand instead of simply waiting for PONS, CASHCAT, or the next Hood Chain meme to run That’s what I’ll be watching over the next few weeks The third thing is that the token is finally starting to have a clearer path to capture value from the product The protocol currently takes 7.5% of LP fees, with 80% of that protocol revenue going toward buybacks and burns I like the direction, but I still think it’s too early to call this a strong flywheel Don’t look at the $3.75M in total fees and assume all of that is flowing back into $DELTA. It isn’t What matters is whether this loop starts working : usage => protocol revenue => buybacks => burns If usage keeps growing while buybacks remain relatively small, then the token still isn’t capturing much of the value created by the product And that’s also why I’m not getting overly bullish just because the chart pumped TVL is still sitting around ~$1.2M Fees and positions have expanded quickly, but TVL hasn’t really followed yet If the Custom Pairs hype cools down while fees remain healthy, TVL holds up, and stock/RWA pools start contributing meaningful volume, I’ll view this move very differently There’s also one major piece I’m still waiting for : the native AMM For me, this is the catalyst that could really change how the market looks at DELTA Right now, they’re still building a lot around existing liquidity. If the native AMM goes live, the Router starts seeing real flow, and liquidity actually begins migrating into Delta’s own infrastructure, then the story becomes much more interesting As for price, after a move to nearly $30M, I don’t think DELTA should be viewed as the same early low-cap bet anymore The market has already repriced part of the thesis After retracing back toward $17–18M, I’m more interested in whether it can establish a new range and keep attention after the initial pump fades DELTA has already shown that it can attract users The next test is much harder : Can it turn users into liquidity, liquidity into revenue, and revenue into demand for $DELTA? If it can, then the recent move might just be the first time the market has started looking at DELTA differently If fees cool down together with meme volume while TVL stays flat, then this was still mostly another Robinhood Chain rotation That’s what I’ll be watching from here, rather than simply waiting to see whether DELTA returns to its previous ATH 0xe8ffd7e24187F72afB08d75B1bb13088A989a791