The results for #SoSoScholar 2025 are officially out.

Huge respect to the 40 researchers who stood out this year. With the amount of noise in crypto right now, solid research matters more than ever — and these folks delivered real signal.

Some quick stats:

📊 4,279 submissions

🌍 15+ regions

💰 $33,000 distributed (upgraded from the original $30K pool)

If you’re curious what actually won — or want to read through the research itself — the full leaderboard and submissions are here:
👉 https://scholar2025.sosovalue.com/

From Research to Earn: Why We’re Building SoDEX

The competition is only part of the picture.

We’re using SoSoScholar as the foundation for something bigger: SoDEX, which we see as a “New Ark” for crypto research and value creation.

Instead of the usual trading-fee rebate or influencer-driven models, the goal is to align investors, researchers, and the platform in a way that’s actually sustainable.

The guiding idea is simple:
“Love one another inclusively, benefit one another mutually.”

Practically, that means enabling researchers (“Lookouts”) to turn insight into real, professional-grade assets:

💰 Direct incentives: $SoPoints & $SOSO rewards for delivering alpha

🛠️ Index Builder: build custom strategies using SoSoValue data

📊 Monetization: offer Pro-level research and services directly to global investors

What Comes Next

Our long-term mission is filtering noise and uncovering true value — and building infrastructure where research creates real economic impact instead of zero-sum games.

If you’re a researcher, analyst, or builder interested in shaping the SoDEX & ValueChain era, we’d love to collaborate.

Join the voyage here:
👉 https://forms.gle/pjEBkTG6MnUfXRJ58


Happy to answer questions or discuss how this model works in practice.
👉https://discord.com/invite/sodex