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$1.56KBuyback funds
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| Period | Protocol income | Buyback funds | Burn funds | Buyback ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | $1.56K | -- | -- | -- |
| Sep 2026 | $3.02K | -- | -- | -- |
| Aug 2026 | $2.65K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jul 2026 | $2.22K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jun 2026 | $3.27K | -- | -- | -- |
| May 2026 | $6.98K | -- | -- | -- |
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About Manifold
Manifold is a platform and toolset for NFT creators, centered on letting creators deploy their own smart contracts rather than using platform-shared contracts. It offers a Studio interface and an SDK, supports ERC721 and ERC1155 tokens, and allows custom functionality via installable "extension apps," such as special minting rules, royalty settings, or pre-transfer checks.
Its core competitiveness lies in "creator sovereignty": contracts are owned by creators, upgradeable, extensible, and independent of any single marketplace, thus avoiding platform lock-in. It also supports on-chain royalties and permissioning, giving creators full control over their works.
Regarding market pain points, traditional NFT platforms typically use shared contracts, leaving creators unable to customize functionality and subject to platform rules and longevity. Manifold addresses these issues by providing flexible, composable infrastructure, enabling creators to build independent digital asset experiences.
As for developments in the past six months (2026-03-07 to 2026-09-07), no reliable information is available at this time.
Since its founding, Manifold has focused on advancing creative sovereignty, progressively building a complete creator-owned NFT infrastructure.
Key milestones include: the launch of the Manifold Creator contract, based on ERC-721/1155 standards, providing creators with ownable, extensible smart contracts supporting royalties and batch minting, open-sourced and free; the subsequent public opening of Manifold Studio, enabling no-code users to deploy their own contracts and mint NFTs with a single click, reducing deployment costs by over 10x; and later receiving investment from a16z, which validated the “creator as platform” vision and advanced cross-marketplace royalty lookup standards. Together, these milestones established Manifold’s long-term impact in creator-owned minting.
Over the past six months, Manifold has focused on expanding its product ecosystem. In June 2026, it launched official World Cup markets via @ManifoldSports, featuring auto-generating and auto-resolving markets for all 104 matches, with a redesigned dashboard supporting in-page betting and limit orders. This marks a strategic shift toward event-driven prediction markets. The company also refreshed its Community Guidelines, moving them to native site pages, and announced plans to develop a comprehensive User Guide covering best practices for market creation. On the developer front, Manifold continued maintaining its core SDKs (client-sdk, creator-core-extensions) and released an AI demo repository in March 2026, showcasing agent skills for NFT minting and frontend design, though this repo was later archived. The roadmap emphasizes refining dashboards as a template for user-generated markets and expanding the official sports market infrastructure.
Co-founders:
Wilkins Chung (Founder): Previously co-founded A Thinking Ape, a mobile game studio, and led engineering as CTO. He also worked at Amazon as a software development manager. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Eric Diep (Founder): Co-founded A Thinking Ape and served as CEO. He also held roles at Amazon as a technical product manager. He studied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo before dropping out.
Richerd Chan (Co-founder): Co-founded A Thinking Ape and later founded Poppy (Y Combinator W16), a childcare platform. He also worked at Hootsuite as a mobile lead and at Tenthbit as iOS lead.