{"investigation":{"slug":"noxa-launchpad","entity_name":"Noxa Launchpad","trust_score":38,"severity_base":null,"score_modifier":0,"confidence":0.62,"status":"draft","content_type":"investigation","summary":"Noxa (also referred to as NOXA Fun, noxa.fi, and fun.noxa.fi) is a hybrid token launchpad and DEX built by a solo developer known as AmunPhantom (@AmunPhantom on X). The platform deploys on emerging EVM-compatible chains before or at their launch, and achieved its highest-profile activity on Robinhood Chain in July 2026, where it processed over 60,000 token deployments and collected approximately $12 million in fees before abruptly halting new launches on July 11, 2026. The team subsequently lost control of its primary domain, raising questions about continuity, though no verified evidence of direct user fund theft has emerged.","sections":[{"content":"Noxa is a token launchpad and decentralized exchange (DEX) that operates on newly launched EVM-compatible blockchains, typically deploying before or at the time of a chain's official launch. The platform uses a hybrid model combining single-sided Uniswap V3 liquidity pools with bonding-curve graduation mechanics, allowing tokens to be immediately tradeable without LP migration. According to the project's own documentation (docs.noxa.fi), liquidity is permanently locked in a locker contract and cannot be withdrawn by the team.\n\nThe platform was built by a single developer operating under the pseudonym AmunPhantom (X: @AmunPhantom). According to reporting by WEEX Crypto News, AmunPhantom originally launched Noxa as a DEX on DBK Chain (built by DeBankDeFi) in January 2025, then pivoted to include a Pump.fun-style token launchpad in October 2025. Early deployments on Monad, Plasma, and MegaETH gained limited traction. Noxa also deployed a native $NOXA token on DBK Chain in early 2025, which remained largely inactive until mid-2026. The project operates without disclosed venture capital backing and does not name additional team members in any public-facing materials.","heading":"Overview and Background","sources":[{"url":"https://docs.noxa.fi/launchpad/overview/","name":"NOXA Fun Documentation — Overview","type":"official","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.weex.com/news/detail/noxa-surpasses-pumpfun-for-five-consecutive-days-the-lone-wolf-developer-amun-phantom-makes-a-comeback-os196f7j46uofs1pz8tgm4qc","name":"NOXA Surpasses Pump.fun for Five Consecutive Days — WEEX Crypto News","type":"news_article","credibility":3},{"url":"https://x.com/OnchainLens/status/2076396620623855650","name":"OnchainLens X post on $NOXA DBK Chain history","type":"social_media","credibility":3}],"severity":"medium"},{"content":"When Robinhood Chain (a blockchain product by Robinhood Crypto) launched on July 1, 2026, Noxa was positioned as one of its first launchpads. The platform quickly dominated activity on the network, accounting for approximately 75% of all token deployments according to multiple crypto news outlets. On-chain analytics attributed over 60,000 token launches and 267,642 unique wallets to the platform.\n\nFor at least five consecutive days in early July 2026, Noxa's protocol fees exceeded those of Solana's Pump.fun — reportedly reaching a single-day peak of approximately $2.33 million versus Pump.fun's $575,500. CoinDesk reported total cumulative fees of approximately $12 million over roughly two weeks of peak operations. NOXA's most prominent launch was CASHCAT (an ERC-20 memecoin), which reached a peak market capitalization of approximately $226 million.\n\nThe platform's stated fee model directed a share of trading fees to token creators, with the remainder retained by the protocol. The team burned 40% of the $NOXA token supply during peak activity in conjunction with announcing fee redirections to creators.","heading":"Robinhood Chain Activity and Peak Operations","sources":[{"url":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/15/the-launchpad-that-fueled-robinhood-chain-s-memecoin-boom-just-gave-away-all-its-revenue","name":"How Robinhood Chain's biggest launchpad made $12 million and disappeared — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://crypto.news/cashcat-noxa-launchpad-outage-226-million-question/","name":"CASHCAT's $226M question as NOXA launchpad goes dark — crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.bittime.com/en/blog/noxa-launchpad-robinhood-chain-kalahkan-pump-fun","name":"NOXA Launchpad on Robinhood Chain Beats Pump.fun in 24 Hours — Bittime","type":"news_article","credibility":3},{"url":"https://x.com/tomwanhh/status/2076327451853050019","name":"Tom Wan X post — 60k tokens, CASHCAT launch","type":"social_media","credibility":3}],"severity":"low"},{"content":"On July 11, 2026, Noxa announced it would immediately stop accepting new token launches, citing bot-driven spam and a flood of low-quality copycat tokens overwhelming its infrastructure. Two days later, on approximately July 13, the platform's primary website went offline. The team attributed the front-end outage to a Cloudflare infrastructure failure.\n\nBy July 16, 2026, the team announced via X that it no longer controlled its original domain name, stating the registrar had allegedly resold or taken over the domain. The exact circumstances of the domain loss were described as unclear. According to Bitget News reporting on the team's statement, Noxa clarified it had not been acquired by or transferred to any other entity and was not affiliated with any successor launchpad or token using the Noxa name.\n\nThe platform's documentation and a reduced interface remained accessible via ENS (fun.noxa.eth) and alternative domains. The shutdown had significant market consequences: CASHCAT lost more than 33% of its value within 24 hours of the halt announcement, and Robinhood Chain's daily token creation volume collapsed. According to crypto.news, successor launchpads that emerged — including Vlad.fun and Pons — also encountered operational problems shortly after launching.\n\nCryptoTimes noted the incident exposed Robinhood Chain's reliance on a single protocol for approximately 75% of its token deployment activity.","heading":"Shutdown, Domain Loss, and Operational Disruption","sources":[{"url":"https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605509526","name":"Robinhood Launchpad Noxa states it no longer has control over its original domain name — Bitget News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605531912","name":"Robinhood Launchpad Noxa Denies Acquisition or Transfer — Bitget News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/07/18/noxa-goes-dark-after-12m-in-fees-exposing-robinhood-chains-single-point-of-failure/","name":"NOXA Goes Dark After $12M in Fees, Exposing Robinhood Chain's Single Point of Failure — CryptoTimes","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptonews.net/news/altcoins/33151550/","name":"CASHCAT and the $226M question — cryptonews.net","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://crypto.news/noxa-vanishes-after-robinhood-chains-4b-memecoin-boom/","name":"Noxa vanishes after fueling Robinhood Chain's $4B memecoin boom — crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Following the platform's abrupt shutdown, some participants alleged the team had conducted a soft rug pull by shutting down after collecting fees without continuing service obligations. The site exposed.fun published allegations that Noxa had seized creator fees, though the specific claims and evidence on that site could not be fully verified at the time of this investigation.\n\nThe team disputed rug-pull characterizations. Per crypto.news reporting, on-chain mechanics appear to support the team's position in material respects: liquidity positions for launched tokens are locked in smart contracts and cannot be withdrawn by the platform operator, and tokens themselves remained tradeable via direct interaction with Uniswap V3 pools and aggregators regardless of the Noxa front-end being unavailable.\n\nHowever, creator fee claims — revenue owed to the individuals who deployed tokens — reportedly became temporarily inaccessible while the front-end was offline. Whether all outstanding creator fees were ultimately claimable has not been fully documented in available sources. No verified reports of direct user fund theft (as distinct from front-end inaccessibility or market losses on tokens) have been found in Tier 1 or Tier 2 sources as of this investigation.\n\nNo court filings, regulatory actions, or law enforcement investigations related to Noxa have been identified. The platform has not been cited by the SEC, CFTC, DOJ, or any other regulatory authority in publicly available records.","heading":"User Fund Safety and Rug Pull Allegations","sources":[{"url":"https://crypto.news/cashcat-noxa-launchpad-outage-226-million-question/","name":"CASHCAT's $226M question as NOXA launchpad goes dark — crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605500571","name":"NOXA suspends new token launch functionality — Bitget News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://exposed.fun/","name":"Exposed.fun — NOXA creator fee seizure allegations (unverified)","type":"community_report","credibility":3}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"The Noxa launchpad's business model — enabling permissionless token deployment on new chains with minimal friction — inherently facilitated the creation of large numbers of speculative and low-quality tokens. The team's own shutdown statement acknowledged that bot activity was spawning copycat tokens at a pace that overwhelmed the platform. Multiple secondary sources noted that many tokens launched via the platform were short-lived, with a high proportion described as clones or tokens 'built to fail fast,' though no formal third-party audit of token quality has been identified.\n\nThe platform's primary product, CASHCAT, reached a peak market cap of approximately $226 million with no disclosed utility, roadmap, partnerships, or exchange listings, according to crypto.news. Its value was described as deriving entirely from speculative attention. Purchasers of CASHCAT and other Noxa-launched tokens faced the full range of memecoin risks, including rapid price collapse following the launchpad shutdown.\n\nThe platform also attracted phishing risks from third parties. Multiple sources warned of fake versions of the Noxa launchpad, counterfeit Telegram bots, and scam browser extensions targeting users of the platform. These impersonation attempts are attributable to malicious third parties rather than Noxa itself, but represent an elevated risk environment for users.","heading":"Token Quality and Platform Risks","sources":[{"url":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/15/the-launchpad-that-fueled-robinhood-chain-s-memecoin-boom-just-gave-away-all-its-revenue","name":"How Robinhood Chain's biggest launchpad made $12 million and disappeared — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://crypto.news/what-is-cashcat-robinhood-chain-memecoin/","name":"What is CASHCAT? Robinhood Chain's memecoin — crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://tools.malwaretips.com/url-scan/noxa.fun","name":"Noxa.fun URL scan — MalwareTips","type":"research","credibility":3}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"The platform was built and operated by a single developer using the pseudonym AmunPhantom. No real names, corporate registrations, or jurisdiction of operation have been publicly disclosed. The project does not list any legal entity on its documentation site. AmunPhantom has maintained a public X account (@AmunPhantom) and communicated through the @Noxa_Fi account during key events, which represents a baseline of accountability relative to fully anonymous projects, but falls well short of the disclosure standards associated with regulated financial services or exchange operators.\n\nThe single-developer structure, combined with the absence of legal entity disclosure, means there is no identified responsible party for contractual obligations to token creators or platform users. This structure is common among DeFi launchpads but represents a meaningful risk factor, particularly given the platform's abrupt cessation of operations after collecting $12 million in fees.","heading":"Team Transparency and Pseudonymity","sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/Noxa_Fi","name":"NOXA X account — @Noxa_Fi","type":"social_media","credibility":3},{"url":"https://www.weex.com/news/detail/noxa-surpasses-pumpfun-for-five-consecutive-days-the-lone-wolf-developer-amun-phantom-makes-a-comeback-os196f7j46uofs1pz8tgm4qc","name":"NOXA Surpasses Pump.fun — WEEX Crypto News (sole developer confirmation)","type":"news_article","credibility":3}],"severity":"medium"},{"content":"As of the time of this investigation, Noxa's primary domains (noxa.fi, fun.noxa.fi) have had uncertain status since mid-July 2026 following the reported registrar domain loss. The team indicated that an ENS-based interface (fun.noxa.eth) remained accessible. No verified reporting on a full platform resumption, formal wind-down announcement, or continuation of token launch services on Robinhood Chain has been identified in available sources dated after July 2026. The $NOXA token continues to exist on-chain but had been largely inactive prior to the Robinhood Chain activity. No regulatory proceedings have been announced.","heading":"Current Status","sources":[{"url":"https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605509526","name":"Robinhood Launchpad Noxa states it no longer has control over its original domain name — Bitget News","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/07/18/noxa-goes-dark-after-12m-in-fees-exposing-robinhood-chains-single-point-of-failure/","name":"NOXA Goes Dark — CryptoTimes","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"medium"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2025-01-08","event":"Noxa launches DEX and native $NOXA token on DBK Chain (DeBankDeFi). 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Noxa deploys on the chain and quickly captures approximately 75% of all token deployment activity.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/15/the-launchpad-that-fueled-robinhood-chain-s-memecoin-boom-just-gave-away-all-its-revenue"},{"date":"2026-07-07","event":"Noxa's protocol fees surpass Pump.fun for the first of five consecutive days, with peak daily fees reportedly reaching approximately $2.33 million.","source":"crypto.news","source_url":"https://crypto.news/cashcat-noxa-launchpad-outage-226-million-question/"},{"date":"2026-07-11","event":"Noxa announces it will stop accepting new token launches, citing bot spam and low-quality token floods overwhelming infrastructure. Cumulative fees at approximately $12 million. Team also announces fee redirection to token creators and burns 40% of $NOXA supply.","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/15/the-launchpad-that-fueled-robinhood-chain-s-memecoin-boom-just-gave-away-all-its-revenue"},{"date":"2026-07-13","event":"Noxa's primary website goes offline. Team attributes outage to Cloudflare infrastructure failure. CASHCAT loses more than 33% of value in 24 hours.","source":"CryptoTimes","source_url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/07/18/noxa-goes-dark-after-12m-in-fees-exposing-robinhood-chains-single-point-of-failure/"},{"date":"2026-07-16","event":"Noxa announces via X that it no longer controls its original domain name, stating the registrar allegedly resold or took over the domain. Team clarifies it has not been acquired by or transferred to any other entity. 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