ChainCatcher message: KOL Ansem (@blknoiz06) announced the launch of the first on-chain index z500 on Ansem.io. The protocol allows new project teams to airdrop part of their token supply to holders of $ANSEM at the time of token issuance, and to demonstrate long-term alignment by buying and burning $ANSEM—thereby improving their ranking on the z500 leaderboard. $ANSEM holders only need to hold a single token to gain exposure via automatic airdrops to multiple successful projects.

Ansem said that Pump.fun solves the token creation problem, but has not yet solved the filtering and curation problem. z500 requires teams to pre-invest value (e.g., buying and burning $ANSEM) to improve transparency and filter for long-term projects, reducing bundled dump-and-runs. The leaderboard will feature teams with the best performance in terms of both the amount of $ANSEM bought and burned and the market value performance of the airdropped tokens. Ansem said it will actively share projects at the top of the leaderboard and noted that after its takeover, the market cap of $ANSEM rose from about $200,000 to over $200 million.

This mechanism is designed to flip the creator-economy model: instead of paying KOLs who may sell off, brands directly deliver value to $ANSEM holders, thereby providing productized, alignment marketing for high-quality teams and strengthening network effects.