According to Bobby Ong, the ultimate goal for many tokens is to transition into tokenized equity, a vision he has held for over a decade. However, current regulatory frameworks prevent this due to securities laws, compelling token issuers to avoid equity classification. Ong remains optimistic about future regulatory developments that could enable this shift, potentially transforming the token landscape by integrating utility, equity-like attributes, and revenue sharing.

According to Eleanor Terrett, her blockchain course covered key legal considerations for companies during fundraising. Topics included the Howey Test, distinctions between utility tokens and security tokens, and the differences between ICOs and venture capital funding. These insights are essential for navigating regulatory landscapes in blockchain-based fundraising.

According to @ysiu, improving regulatory clarity and a friendlier crypto climate will allow web3 gaming projects with utility tokens to define value creation and value sharing more clearly, highlighting AXS, SAND, and PORTAL with AXS leading the way; source: @ysiu on X, Jan 18, 2026. Axie Infinity announced bAXS, a bonded token backed 1:1 by AXS, designed to keep value circulating within its ecosystem and reward participants; source: Axie Infinity on X, Jan 18, 2026. @ysiu stated that other web3 gaming tokens are expected to follow AXS, specifically mentioning SAND and PORTAL; source: @ysiu on X, Jan 18, 2026.

According to @borgetsebastien on X, Animoca Brands has expanded beyond gaming into a sector-agnostic digital assets flywheel spanning tokenomics, research, marketing, partnerships, liquidity, node operations, treasury management, and market making, positioning for an altcoin-focused strategy in 2026+ (source: @borgetsebastien on X). According to @borgetsebastien, the firm is a seed investor across infrastructure, DeFi, exchanges, and tokenization, concentrating resources around utility tokens and altcoins within its network (source: @borgetsebastien on X). According to @borgetsebastien, Yat Siu frames 2026 as the year of utility tokens and is discussing IPO plans, highlighting a roadmap that aligns treasury and market-making functions with token utility (source: @borgetsebastien on X). For traders, monitoring Animoca-linked utility tokens and portfolio projects for treasury actions, liquidity provisioning, and market-making activity referenced in the post can help assess liquidity conditions in associated altcoins (source: @borgetsebastien on X).

According to @ysiu, utility-focused altcoins he labels as PAN - Protocol, App and Network - are set to broadly outperform within the altcoin market due to their real-world utility. Source: Yat Siu on X, Nov 27, 2025. He states that no single altcoin will be larger than Bitcoin, while he expects the combined market value of altcoins to become larger than BTC over time because of utility and adoption. Source: Yat Siu on X, Nov 27, 2025. This frames a utility-driven rotation narrative across protocol, application, and network token categories that traders may monitor for relative performance versus BTC. Source: Yat Siu on X, Nov 27, 2025.

According to @AltcoinGordon, the author asked on Nov 8, 2025 what the community’s top three utility coins are, creating a public thread that surfaces real-time crowd interest in utility-focused altcoins for traders to monitor, source: @AltcoinGordon on Twitter, Nov 8, 2025. The post provides a timestamped prompt that traders can use to compile a sentiment-driven watchlist of utility tokens mentioned in replies, source: @AltcoinGordon on Twitter, Nov 8, 2025.

According to @milesdeutscher, multiple crypto runners appeared today as utility-focused tokens caught strong bids, signaling short-term momentum breadth in the market, source: @milesdeutscher on X. He attributes the move to three catalysts: oversold conditions driving short squeezes, $ZEC triggering a broader sector rotation, and a strengthening DePIN narrative, source: @milesdeutscher on X. The immediate trading takeaway is heightened squeeze risk and relative strength concentrated in utility and DePIN names, with $ZEC leading rotations, source: @milesdeutscher on X.