Monad's venture capital buyers entered at $0.0087 per token and are now sitting on 2.7x returns at $0.0238, this despite a brutal 49% crash from the token's launch price. Meanwhile, Coinbase's ICO participants grabbed a 4x markup before the token even hit trading. Major investors like Paradigm and Greenoaks committed $431 million to the project—and their position structure suggests they profit regardless of whether the network actually succeeds. The token unlock schedule shows December 2026 as a key date worth monitoring. This pricing structure and investor mechanics raise questions about the gap between early VC entry prices and what regular traders pay at launch.