A token’s first two weeks tell you almost everything you need to know about whether it’s going to build or fade. Meme coins spike and collapse. Hype-driven launches bleed out once the marketing budget runs dry. Serious infrastructure projects do something different: they ship. They expand access. They engage their community. They build the ecosystem that justifies the valuation. In its first week, $qONE has done all four.

Community AMA: Ada Jonuse and Andrew Cheung Go Live Tomorrow

Ada Jonuse, Executive Director of qLABS. Former MD at Binance and ChainGPT. Leading tomorrow’s community AMA on X. Source: qLABS

qLABS announced today that Executive Director Ada Jonuse and CTO Andrew Cheung will host a live Community AMA on X tomorrow at 1:30 PM UTC. The session will cover $qONE, the Quantum-Sig wallet, tokenomics, and what’s next on the roadmap. Community members are already dropping questions in the replies – the announcement post pulled 149 replies and 790 views within two hours.

This matters more than it might seem. In crypto, the projects that survive are the ones where the team actually shows up. Most founders go quiet after the presale ends. qLABS is doing the opposite — holding a public AMA with their Executive Director and CTO five days after launch, inviting unfiltered community questions, and doing it in a live format where there’s nowhere to hide. That’s confidence in the product and the roadmap.

Based App Integration: Buy $qONE With a Card

$4T in crypto assets vulnerable to quantum attack. Now accessible to card buyers through Based app. Source: qLABS

One of the biggest friction points for any new Hyperliquid token is access. Not everyone has a Hyperliquid account. Not everyone holds HYPE for gas fees. qLABS solved this in the first week by integrating with the Based app (app.based.one/QONE/USDC), enabling investors to buy $qONE with a card or deposit from other networks. As qLABS put it on X: “It just got way easier to get exposure to $qONE. Want to buy with card or deposit from other networks? Use Based app. Fast route. Simple flow. Same $qONE.”

This is a strategic move that dramatically expands the buyer base. Hyperliquid-native traders were the first audience. Now anyone with a debit card can participate. Combined with the CoinMarketCap listing (which drives 400 million monthly visitors to discover new tokens), the distribution funnel for $qONE is widening fast.

What the X Feed Reveals About the Team’s Focus

$qONE utility: QFA enablement, transaction verification fees, B2B bulk verification, staking, governance. Source: qLABS

A project’s social media activity in the first week is a leading indicator of its long-term trajectory. Here’s what qLABS has been posting:

• Utility-first messaging: “$qONE isn’t a narrative token. It’s security infrastructure.” This is the team explicitly telling the market that they’re building for protocol usage, not hype cycles.

• Tony G actively posting: The President of qLABS shared: “The goal is simple: bring liquidity onchain. $qONE trades exclusively on Hyperliquid.” His post pulled 2,000 views – significant for a project at this stage.

• Influencer organic coverage: Domicrypt (verified crypto analyst) published an independent thread: “Quantum computers won’t replace crypto. They will force crypto to upgrade. Most projects talk about future tech. qLABS is already building for it.” This is earned coverage, not paid promotion.

• CMC community engagement: qLABS actively encouraged their community to add $qONE to their CoinMarketCap watchlists and vote bullish – standard practice for building discoverability on the platform.

• 1,799 posts: The @qlabsofficial account has nearly 1,800 posts – this isn’t a team that spun up a Twitter account last month. The content history is deep and consistent.

The Flywheel Is Spinning

$qONE price evolution: from $0.00189 post-TGE low to $0.018+ today. Every access expansion has coincided with a new price level. Source: DEXTools

Each new access point creates a compounding effect. CoinMarketCap drives discovery. The Based app converts that discovery into purchases. The community AMA converts interest into conviction. The Nasdaq press release gives institutional credibility. The price – up 83% from public sale and climbing – validates the thesis for existing holders and attracts new ones. And through it all, the protocol roadmap advances: Phase 1 complete, Phase 2 (IronCAP™ integration) confirmed, L1 Migration Toolkit shipping end of March.

$qONE is one week old and already has more ecosystem infrastructure than most tokens build in a year. The AMA tomorrow is another opportunity for the community to hear directly from the team building the first quantum-resistant security layer for crypto. With the price at $0.018 and the FDV at $18.4M, the market is starting to pay attention. The question is whether it’s paying enough.