Otaku Quarterly Progress Report

This quarter marked a major transition for Otaku. We moved from a closed, early-stage build into a publicly accessible product, introduced the $OTAKU Seeder Token, and began scaling product, community, and infrastructure in parallel. Throughout this period, our priority remained consistent: ship continuously, listen closely, and reinvest directly into the product and community.

On September 27, we introduced the $OTAKU Seeder Token for the first time and launched it on Bags. From the start, our commitment was clear: fees generated through the token would be directed toward building the product and strengthening the community.

Since launch:

• Token-related fees have been used to support active development, infrastructure, and community initiatives.
• No resources were diverted away from shipping or user support.
• The token served as a coordination layer rather than a short-term promotional tool.

Following the public launch of the extension, the token reached an all-time high market cap of 180K+, driven entirely by organic, community-led participation.

On November 12, the Otaku browser extension launched publicly.

Early signals from the first week:

• 160+ active users, despite extension users representing an estimated ~10% of our total addressable audience.
• 1,000+ usage interactions, indicating real experimentation and engagement rather than passive installs.

Immediately after launch, we worked closely with our Seeders community across X and Telegram to:

• Identify issues surfaced by public usage
• Prioritize fixes and improvements
• Maintain fast feedback loops between users and builders

This phase reinforced the importance of community-driven iteration.

From public beta through December 15, we shipped progressive updates across multiple sub-versions of Extension v1. Every change was documented transparently via our public changelog.

Key improvements included:

• On-screen research and contextual intelligence
• In-platform trading and execution
• Faster and more reliable swaps
• Model upgrades for improved intelligence
• PnL tracking
• UI improvements and on-screen actions
• Refinements to features present at launch

Our focus during this period was not feature sprawl, but making existing workflows faster, clearer, and more dependable.

Community remained the primary driver of momentum this quarter.

Highlights:

• Ongoing collaboration with SuperteamNG, including a bounty for early product reviews through Superteam Earn.
• Partnership planning with Badchain / Roaster for an upcoming bounty designed to reward active community members while expanding reach.
• Increased engagement across Seeders, OGs, and testers on X and Telegram.

These efforts prioritized trust-based distribution, feedback quality, and long-term alignment over paid exposure.

In parallel with extension development, we continued building the Otaku mobile app, with the core team actively alpha testing day-to-day flows and performance.

Progress this quarter:

• Internal team alpha testing across core mobile workflows
• Preparation for a private beta with a small group selected from our existing waitlist
• Mobile launch scheduled for January 30

As of now, development focus has shifted primarily toward mobile stability, performance, and user experience, while gearing up for onboarding the first external private beta testers.

Over the course of the quarter, Otaku's waitlist grew from 25,000+ to over 30,000+ users. This growth occurred without aggressive marketing campaigns and was driven primarily by product visibility, community activity, and word-of-mouth from early users.

The expanding waitlist provides a strong pool for staged onboarding, private betas, and future releases, while allowing the team to scale access responsibly.

We introduced an early points system to recognize active contributors ahead of a planned Q1 airdrop.

Points are awarded based on:

• Product usage
• Participation and feedback
• Early community support

In addition, we began teasing upcoming collectibles aimed at recognizing and rewarding our most active OG and Seeder community members.

• Public usage exposes edge cases faster than closed testing.
• A smaller, aligned user base produces higher-quality feedback than premature scale.
• Transparent shipping builds trust.
• Community members contribute more when they see progress and follow-through.

Our next phase is focused on:

• Mobile launch and stabilization
• Continued extension optimization
• Growing the community responsibly
• Maintaining healthy token dynamics tied to real product usage

We remain committed to building first, reinvesting into the ecosystem, and scaling only when the foundation is strong.

This quarter validated our approach. We shipped, listened, and reinvested. We're grateful to everyone who tested early, gave feedback, and helped shape Otaku's direction. The work continues, and the next chapter begins now.