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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"ff053e4d-9131-4362-8c19-689007576d76","kind":"publish","page_slug":"honeyland","published_at":"2026-06-01T13:19:43.345Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Honeyland","sections":[{"content":"Honeyland is a free-to-play, mobile-first blockchain strategy game developed by Hexagon Studios PTE. LTD., a Singapore-incorporated company founded in 2021. Players assume the role of a beekeeper, managing bee-colony NFTs across multiple in-game universes to harvest the HXD token and hunt consumable in-game items. The game launched its playable alpha in November 2022 and released publicly on iOS and Android. By the time of its July 2025 acquisition, the project reported over 300,000 registered users and a peak of 25,000 daily active players. Honeyland is built on Solana, using its NFT standards for bee and land assets traded on secondary markets including Magic Eden and Tensor.","heading":"Project Overview","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"GAM3S.GG — Bravo Ready Studios Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://games.gg/news/bravo-ready-studios-acquires-honeyland/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Compass — Honeyland Project Page","type":"other","url":"https://solanacompass.com/projects/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"GAM3S.GG — Honeyland Game Profile","type":"other","url":"https://gam3s.gg/honeyland/"}]},{"content":"The core founding team has disclosed real identities publicly, which is a positive signal relative to many anonymous web3 gaming projects. Corey Wright is CEO and co-founder; he describes himself as a lifelong serial entrepreneur who has launched, scaled, and sold more than half a dozen businesses, including a stint as part-time MBA professor at PLNU in San Diego, and pivoted into web3 in 2021 when he founded Hexagon Studios. Justin Barr is co-founder; he joined Tracking202, the original affiliate marketing analytics software, in 2009, which was subsequently acquired in 2010. Apoorv Soni is identified as creator and co-founder; he is an ad-tech entrepreneur with over a decade in mobile advertising, reporting to have built ad platforms serving over one billion impressions daily and to have acquired a mid-sized game development studio in 2020 as the technical foundation for Honeyland. LinkedIn profiles and public personal websites corroborate these backgrounds. No law enforcement records or regulatory disclosures were found naming any founder. The parent company Hexagon Studios maintains a public LinkedIn presence registered in Singapore.","heading":"Team Transparency","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Corey Wright personal site — Entrepreneur, Builder & Solana Game Studio Founder","type":"official","url":"https://coreywright.com/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Hexagon Studios LinkedIn","type":"other","url":"https://sg.linkedin.com/company/hexagonstudiosweb3"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Honeyland Medium — Office Hours AMA with CEO Corey Wright","type":"other","url":"https://medium.com/@playhoneyland/office-hours-ama-with-our-ceo-d90205bb41f1"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Apoorv Soni — Crunchbase Person Profile","type":"other","url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/person/apoorv-soni"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Justin Barr — LinkedIn","type":"other","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbarr/"}]},{"content":"Hexagon Studios raised a cumulative $4 million USD at a stated valuation of $20 million prior to the July 2025 acquisition. Documented investors include Fractal (the Solana gaming NFT marketplace co-founded by Twitch co-founder Justin Kan), byt.io, and F1.VC. The project conducted public token sales across multiple IDO launchpads in March 2023: StarLaunch ($80,000 at $0.035/HXD), TrustPad ($142,502), and Solanium and SolRazr for additional tranches, bringing documented public round proceeds to approximately $372,500 at a fully-diluted market cap of $35 million at launch. Hexagon Studios also reported partnerships with Magic Eden (for NFT trading infrastructure), Samsung, and Mastercard, though the nature and financial terms of the Samsung and Mastercard arrangements are not independently confirmed by Tier 1 sources. The acquiring company, Bravo Ready Studios, was itself backed by a $3 million seed round (July 2022) from Solana Ventures, Shima Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Sino Global Capital, and Fractal CEO Justin Kan, which demonstrates institutional-grade Solana ecosystem alignment for both entities.","heading":"Funding and Backers","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"EGamers.io — Bravo Ready Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://egamers.io/bravo-ready-acquires-honeyland-to-enhance-its-web3-gaming-ecosystem/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BusinessWire — Bravo Ready Acquires Honeyland (press release)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250710089376/en/Montreal-based-BRAVO-READY-Acquires-Honeyland-to-Expand-Real-Money-Gaming-Ecosystem"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BusinessWire — Bravo Ready $3M Seed Round","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220711005877/en/Gaming-Pioneer-BRAVO-READY-Announces-$3M-Seed-Round-and-Development-Partnerships-with-Solana-Ventures-6th-Man-Ventures-Justin-Kan-Sino-Global-Capital-and-Shima-Capital"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Chain Broker — Honeyland Price, Investors & Funding","type":"research","url":"https://chainbroker.io/projects/honeyland/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"TrustPad — Honeyland IDO Pool","type":"official","url":"https://trustpad.io/pool/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"StarLaunch — Honeyland IDO","type":"official","url":"https://www.starlaunch.com/honeyland"}]},{"content":"HXD is a Solana SPL token with a total supply of 1 billion (contract: 3dgCCb15HMQSA4Pn3Tfii5vRk7aRqTH95LJjxzsG2Mug). Approximately 400 million tokens were in circulation as of the data reviewed. The token reached an all-time high of approximately $0.35 on December 30, 2023, giving it an implied fully-diluted valuation of around $350 million at peak. As of April–June 2026, CoinMarketCap reported a market cap of approximately $77,000–$194,000, representing a decline of roughly 99.9% from the all-time high in dollar terms. The 24-hour trading volume at the time of review was approximately $703, indicating near-zero liquidity. The ICO price was $0.035; investors who participated at the public IDO have seen nominal returns decline to approximately 0.5% of their entry cost. CoinMarketCap's CertiK Security Score for HXD is reported at 3.4 out of 10, though the methodology behind that score was not independently verified. The deflationary token model includes burn mechanics and staking incentives, and Honeyland claims a Verified by Machinations seal for its game economy, though this verification predates the observed price collapse and its ongoing validity is unclear.","heading":"Token Metrics and Price Performance","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinMarketCap — Honeyland (HXD) price and market data","type":"other","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/honeyland/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko — Honeyland price chart","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Chain Broker — Honeyland tokenomics and market cap","type":"research","url":"https://chainbroker.io/projects/honeyland/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Honeyland Whitepaper — Tokenomics","type":"official","url":"https://docs.honey.land/whitepaper/honey-token/tokenomics"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinCarp — Honeyland tokenomics and ICO info","type":"other","url":"https://www.coincarp.com/currencies/honeyland/project-info/"}]},{"content":"Honeyland employs a single-token model (HXD), contrasting with dual-token designs used by many play-to-earn games to separate governance and utility functions. The token distribution allocates 16% (160 million HXD) to the core team, subject to a 12-month lockup from token generation event followed by 18 months of linear vesting — a structure the project describes as ensuring founder commitment. Seed investors hold 7% with a three-month cliff and 6.67% monthly release; Private A investors hold 5% with 6.67% monthly release and no cliff. The public IDO allocation featured 25% at TGE with the remainder released monthly. Token emissions are tied to gameplay activities (harvesting, breeding, PvP), and sink mechanisms include breeding fees, upgrade costs, marketplace fees, and tournament entry costs. The project asserts a deflationary supply trajectory through burn mechanics. Despite the Machinations economy verification, the token experienced the trajectory commonly associated with play-to-earn collapse: a spike driven by speculative demand in late 2023, followed by a sustained decline as early investors and players sold emissions faster than new demand was generated. The near-zero current liquidity ($703 daily volume) indicates the HXD market has effectively become illiquid and is no longer viable as a functional in-game economy without structural changes under new ownership.","heading":"Tokenomics and Play-to-Earn Sustainability","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Honeyland Whitepaper — Tokenomics","type":"official","url":"https://docs.honey.land/whitepaper/honey-token/tokenomics"},{"credibility":2,"name":"SwissBorg Academy — What is Honeyland?","type":"research","url":"https://academy.swissborg.com/en/learn/honeyland"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Coins.ph Academy — Honeyland Guide","type":"other","url":"https://coins.ph/academy/coins-wiki-honeyland/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ICO Analytics — Honeyland token sale analytics","type":"research","url":"https://icoanalytics.org/projects/honeyland/"}]},{"content":"On July 10, 2025, Bravo Ready Studios, a Montreal-based web3 gaming company, announced the acquisition of Honeyland from Hexagon Studios. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed in public announcements. Bravo Ready cited Honeyland's 300,000+ registered users, 4,000+ daily active players, and proven traction as the strategic rationale. Under the acquisition, Honeyland is integrated into Bravo Ready's READY! platform, which supports Solana and USDC payments alongside NFT rentals. Corey Wright, Honeyland's CEO, publicly endorsed the deal. The acquisition represents a change of control and operational responsibility, meaning prior representations about the project may not reflect how it will be managed going forward. As of the date of this investigation, the current operational roadmap for HXD tokenomics under Bravo Ready has not been publicly detailed.","heading":"Acquisition by Bravo Ready Studios (July 2025)","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"BusinessWire — Montreal-based BRAVO READY Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250710089376/en/Montreal-based-BRAVO-READY-Acquires-Honeyland-to-Expand-Real-Money-Gaming-Ecosystem"},{"credibility":2,"name":"EGamers.io — Bravo Ready Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://egamers.io/bravo-ready-acquires-honeyland-to-enhance-its-web3-gaming-ecosystem/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"PlayToEarn — Bravo Ready Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://playtoearn.com/news/bravo-ready-acquires-honeyland-to-expand-web3-gaming-ecosystem"}]},{"content":"No SEC enforcement action, CFTC complaint, DOJ investigation, or court filing has been identified in connection with Honeyland, Hexagon Studios, or any of its named founders. The HXD token was sold via multiple IDO launchpads (StarLaunch, TrustPad, SolRazr, Solanium) to public participants; the regulatory classification of HXD as a security or commodity under U.S. law has not been publicly tested or adjudicated. No hack, smart-contract exploit, or theft of user funds has been identified in public records or blockchain analytics sources as of the time of this investigation.","heading":"Regulatory and Legal Standing","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"ICO Drops — Honeyland token sale overview","type":"other","url":"https://icodrops.com/honeyland/"}]},{"content":"DappRadar lists Honeyland as an active Solana application, and the project maintains a presence on Discord and X (@PlayHoneyland). Solana Compass, which aggregates community reviews for Solana ecosystem projects, recorded no rated reviews for Honeyland at the time of the investigation, making a formal community sentiment score unavailable. The project has an active help center and documentation site at docs.honey.land. No major public community scandal, exit-scam allegation, or coordinated fraud complaint has been identified in indexed sources. The general reputation of GameFi projects that underwent comparable token drawdowns has historically led to inactive or near-abandoned Discord communities, and independent verification of Honeyland's current Discord engagement was not available at investigation time.","heading":"Community Reputation and User Feedback","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"DappRadar — Honeyland Blockchain Game Overview","type":"other","url":"https://dappradar.com/dapp/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Compass — Honeyland (no community reviews found)","type":"other","url":"https://solanacompass.com/projects/honeyland"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinMarketCap — Honeyland (HXD)","type":"other","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/honeyland/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinGecko — Honeyland","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BusinessWire — Bravo Ready Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250710089376/en/Montreal-based-BRAVO-READY-Acquires-Honeyland-to-Expand-Real-Money-Gaming-Ecosystem"},{"credibility":2,"name":"EGamers.io — Bravo Ready Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://egamers.io/bravo-ready-acquires-honeyland-to-enhance-its-web3-gaming-ecosystem/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"GAM3S.GG — Bravo Ready Studios Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://games.gg/news/bravo-ready-studios-acquires-honeyland/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"PlayToEarn — Bravo Ready Acquires Honeyland","type":"news_article","url":"https://playtoearn.com/news/bravo-ready-acquires-honeyland-to-expand-web3-gaming-ecosystem"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Compass — Honeyland project page","type":"other","url":"https://solanacompass.com/projects/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Chain Broker — Honeyland funding and market data","type":"research","url":"https://chainbroker.io/projects/honeyland/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Honeyland Whitepaper — Tokenomics","type":"official","url":"https://docs.honey.land/whitepaper/honey-token/tokenomics"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Honeyland official website","type":"official","url":"https://www.honey.land/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ICO Drops — Honeyland token sale","type":"other","url":"https://icodrops.com/honeyland/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinCarp — Honeyland tokenomics and ICO info","type":"other","url":"https://www.coincarp.com/currencies/honeyland/project-info/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"StarLaunch — Honeyland IDO","type":"official","url":"https://www.starlaunch.com/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"TrustPad — Honeyland IDO launch","type":"other","url":"https://trustpad.medium.com/honeyland-is-launching-on-trustpad-85bb052463d2"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinCodex — Honeyland price prediction and historical data","type":"other","url":"https://coincodex.com/crypto/honeyland/price-prediction/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Corey Wright personal site","type":"official","url":"https://coreywright.com/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Hexagon Studios LinkedIn","type":"other","url":"https://sg.linkedin.com/company/hexagonstudiosweb3"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Honeyland Medium — Office Hours AMA with CEO","type":"other","url":"https://medium.com/@playhoneyland/office-hours-ama-with-our-ceo-d90205bb41f1"},{"credibility":2,"name":"DappRadar — Honeyland Blockchain Game Overview","type":"other","url":"https://dappradar.com/dapp/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"SwissBorg Academy — What is Honeyland?","type":"research","url":"https://academy.swissborg.com/en/learn/honeyland"},{"credibility":2,"name":"BusinessWire — Bravo Ready $3M Seed Round announcement","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220711005877/en/Gaming-Pioneer-BRAVO-READY-Announces-$3M-Seed-Round-and-Development-Partnerships-with-Solana-Ventures-6th-Man-Ventures-Justin-Kan-Sino-Global-Capital-and-Shima-Capital"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ICO Analytics — Honeyland token sale analytics","type":"research","url":"https://icoanalytics.org/projects/honeyland/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"GAM3S.GG — Honeyland game profile","type":"other","url":"https://gam3s.gg/honeyland/"}],"summary":"Honeyland is a mobile-first, play-to-earn blockchain strategy game built on Solana by Hexagon Studios (Singapore), where players manage bee colonies to earn the native HXD token. The project raised $4 million prior to its public token launch in March 2023 and was acquired by Montreal-based Bravo Ready Studios in July 2025. No confirmed fraud, hack, or regulatory action has been identified; the primary risk factors are severe token price depreciation (approximately 99.9% from all-time high), low trading liquidity, and the structural sustainability challenges common to play-to-earn game economies.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-01-01","event":"Hexagon Studios founded by Corey Wright and Apoorv Soni in Singapore; Honeyland concept initiated.","source":"Corey Wright personal site; Apoorv Soni Crunchbase profile","source_url":"https://coreywright.com/"},{"date":"2022-01-01","event":"Honeyland incorporated and early development begins; initial seed and private rounds conducted, raising a cumulative $4 million at a $20 million valuation.","source":"EGamers.io acquisition article","source_url":"https://egamers.io/bravo-ready-acquires-honeyland-to-enhance-its-web3-gaming-ecosystem/"},{"date":"2022-11-01","event":"Honeyland playable alpha launches on Solana with over 4,500 connected wallets at debut.","source":"Solana Compass project page","source_url":"https://solanacompass.com/projects/honeyland"},{"date":"2023-03-07","event":"HXD public token sale (IDO) opens on StarLaunch, TrustPad, SolRazr, and Solanium. Public round raises approximately $372,500 at $0.035/HXD.","source":"Chain Broker; TrustPad pool page","source_url":"https://chainbroker.io/projects/honeyland/"},{"date":"2023-12-30","event":"HXD token reaches its all-time high of approximately $0.35, implying a fully-diluted market cap of approximately $350 million.","source":"CoinMarketCap — Honeyland","source_url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/honeyland/"},{"date":"2024-04-04","event":"CoinCodex records an alternative all-time high data point of $0.367 for HXD in early April 2024 before the extended decline begins.","source":"CoinCodex — Honeyland price prediction page","source_url":"https://coincodex.com/crypto/honeyland/price-prediction/"},{"date":"2025-06-07","event":"HXD token hits an all-time low of approximately $0.003, representing a greater than 99% decline from peak.","source":"CoinCodex — Honeyland price history","source_url":"https://coincodex.com/crypto/honeyland/price-prediction/"},{"date":"2025-07-10","event":"Bravo Ready Studios (Montreal) announces acquisition of Honeyland from Hexagon Studios. Financial terms undisclosed.","source":"BusinessWire press release","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250710089376/en/Montreal-based-BRAVO-READY-Acquires-Honeyland-to-Expand-Real-Money-Gaming-Ecosystem"},{"date":"2026-04-02","event":"HXD token records an absolute all-time low of approximately $0.000055 per CoinMarketCap data.","source":"CoinMarketCap — Honeyland","source_url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/honeyland/"}]},"v":1}