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Launch a Token for Your Community

13 min readJanuary 13, 2026By Spawned Team

When it makes sense to create a token and how to do it. Benefits, risks, and steps.

When Tokens Make Sense

Tokens work when:

  • You have an engaged community
  • There's ongoing activity and trading value
  • Users benefit from being early
  • The token enables something (access, governance, rewards)

Tokens don't make sense for:

  • Projects with no community
  • One-time purchases
  • Simple tools with no network effects

Benefits of a Token

Aligned incentives - Holders want your project to succeed.

Community funding - Early supporters provide capital through purchases.

Engagement mechanism - Trading activity creates buzz.

Reward distribution - Pay contributors in tokens.

Risks to Consider

Regulatory - Token laws vary. Understand your jurisdiction.

Distraction - Token price becomes a focus instead of the product.

Expectations - Holders expect price to go up. That's pressure.

Scam association - Many tokens are scams. You'll need to prove you're different.

How to Launch on Spawned

  1. Build your app first - the token needs something to represent
  2. Go to token launch
  3. Set parameters (name, symbol, description)
  4. Launch on bonding curve
  5. Share with your community

After Launch

Keep building - The best token marketing is a great product.

Communicate - Regular updates to holders.

Create utility - Ways to use the token beyond speculation.

Manage expectations - Not financial advice, speculative, etc.

Economics to Understand

Creator fees - You earn a percentage of trading volume.

Holder rewards - Your supporters earn from trading too.

Graduation - When you hit milestones, token moves to DEX.

Common Mistakes

Launching too early - No community = no buyers = dead token.

Over-promising - Roadmaps you can't deliver destroy trust.

Ignoring after launch - Tokens need ongoing attention.

Only talking price - Focus on value creation, not speculation.

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