Key Takeaways
- Clanker, the token launchpad on Base, said on October 22, 2026 that it "will be maintained by the @masknetwork / Firefly team moving forward."
- It is Clanker's third operator in about a year: Farcaster bought it in late 2025, Neynar took it over in January 2026, and now Mask Network's Firefly team runs it.
- $EAT, the WYDE: End Hunger token launched through Clanker in December 2025, ranks second on Clanker's Top Clankers list at a $18.1 million market cap.
- That puts $EAT ahead of Clanker's own token, CLANKER, at $12.0 million, and in the top two of more than 739,000 tokens Clanker says it has launched.
Clanker, the no-code launchpad that has put more than 739,000 tokens on Base and other chains, has a new operator. In a post on X on October 22, Clanker said the Mask Network and Firefly team will maintain it and asked partners to contact Suji Yan, Mask Network's founder. No price or terms were given. Mask Network had not posted about the deal on its own X account as of October 24.
The post added: "they have exciting plans and strong partners lined up to support clanker’s next chapter."
Who has run Clanker: Farcaster, Neynar, then Mask Network
- Late 2025: Farcaster, the onchain social network, bought Clanker, The Block reported.
- January 21, 2026: Neynar acquired Farcaster, and with it Clanker. Farcaster founder Dan Romero said Neynar would "operate Clanker," The Block reported. A day earlier, Lens, the social protocol created by Aave founder Stani Kulechov, had shifted ownership to Mask Network.
- October 15, 2026: Balaji Srinivasan's Network School bought Farcaster from Neynar. Clanker was left out. Hosts of the GM Farcaster show said Neynar co-founder Rish was considering "breaking Clanker apart and looking for a different acquirer," according to The Block.
- October 22, 2026: Clanker named the Mask Network and Firefly team as its new maintainer.
Mask Network builds Firefly, an app that pulls X, Farcaster, Lens and other networks into one feed. With Clanker, the team behind Lens now also runs one of the largest token launchpads on Base.
Where EAT sits on Clanker's Top Clankers list
On clanker.world on October 24, the Top Clankers list ranked tokens by market cap. BankrCoin (BNKR) led at $32.4 million. WYDE: End Hunger ($EAT) was second at $18.1 million. DebtReliefBot (DRB) was third at $13.0 million, and Clanker's own token, CLANKER, was fourth at $12.0 million. $EAT also appeared under Trending Now.
Clanker says its tokens have traded more than $31.0 billion in total volume. Two of more than 739,000 tokens is less than 0.001% of everything it has launched.
What the Clanker handover means for EAT
$EAT was deployed through Clanker v4 on Base. It has a fixed supply of 100 billion tokens and no mint authority on the contract. A new operator at Clanker cannot change that. What a new operator does change is the launchpad around the token: the clanker.world site where $EAT is listed and ranked, the tools creators use there and the partners Clanker brings in next. Clanker has now changed hands three times in about a year. The contract it deployed for $EAT has not changed once. For a token built to fund meals, that is the part that has to hold.
More on how the token works is in how EAT fights hunger with crypto for good.
People Also Ask
Who owns Clanker now?
Clanker said on October 22, 2026 that the Mask Network and Firefly team will maintain it going forward. Neynar had operated Clanker since buying Farcaster in January 2026. No terms were disclosed.
What is Clanker?
Clanker is a no-code token launchpad that launches ERC-20 tokens on Base, Ethereum, BNB Chain and other chains. It says more than 739,000 tokens have come out of it, with more than $31.0 billion in volume traded.
What are the top Clanker tokens?
On October 24, 2026, Clanker's Top Clankers list ranked BankrCoin (BNKR) first at $32.4 million, WYDE: End Hunger ($EAT) second at $18.1 million, DebtReliefBot (DRB) third at $13.0 million and CLANKER fourth at $12.0 million.
Does the Clanker handover change the EAT token?
No. $EAT's contract on Base has a fixed supply of 100 billion tokens and no mint authority, so a new Clanker operator cannot change it.
Sources: Clanker on X, October 22, 2026, Clanker on X, 739,000 tokens post, clanker.world Top Clankers list, October 24, 2026, The Block, January 21, 2026, The Block, October 15, 2026, Mask Network on X, WYDE Newsroom on EAT tokenomics.