My buyback meta coins watchlist.. and where the buying comes from:

- $HYPE : trading fees fund HYPE purchases through Hyperliquid’s Assistance Fund
- $LIT: Lighter uses trading fees to buy LIT from the market
- $PUMP : revenue across Pump’s products funds PUMP buybacks and burns
- $RAY: 12% of swap fees funds RAY buybacks, with additional buybacks from LaunchLab
- $JUP: 50% of revenue from several Jupiter products goes into JUP buybacks
- $CAKE: a share of trading fees and other product revenue buys and burns CAKE
- $ASTER : platform fees buy ASTER, which is distributed to eligible stakers
- $NEAR: revenue captured from Intents swaps buys NEAR on the open market
- $PENDLE: 80% of V2 yield and swap fees buys PENDLE for eligible sPENDLE holders
- $SYRUP: a share of Maple’s lending revenue funds SYRUP buybacks
- $DBR: deBridge uses protocol revenue to buy back DBR
- $SKY: surplus protocol income helps fund SKY buybacks

two related names worth separating: