Surgence Labs Clients ETHGas ($GWEI) and Lab Trades ($LAB) Deliver 400%+ Gains Post-TGE as Both Tokens Outperform in a Down Market

Surgence Labs, a leading crypto marketing agency and Web3 go-to-market partner, today highlighted the continued strong performance of two client projects that partnered with the agency for full-stack GTM execution: ETHGas ($GWEI) and Lab Trades ($LAB). Both tokens have delivered returns exceeding 400% from their respective TGE prices, with sustained trading volume and exchange expansion continuing into Q2 2026.

The performance comes during a broader market downturn where the majority of tokens launched in Q4 2025 and Q1 2026 have retreated significantly from their initial listing prices. ETHGas and Lab Trades stand out as exceptions, with both projects maintaining upward momentum driven by product utility, structured tokenomics, and the go-to-market infrastructure built in partnership with Surgence Labs.

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ETHGas is building the financial market for Ethereum blockspace. Founded by Kevin Lepsoe, a former financial engineering lead at Morgan Stanley, the protocol makes Ethereum transactions 100x faster through blockspace commoditization and pre-confirmations. The project raised $12 million in a seed round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Amber Group, BlueYard Capital, SIG, and Stake Capital.

The $GWEI token launched on January 21, 2026, and was immediately listed across Binance Alpha, KuCoin, Bitget, MEXC, and Bithumb. Coinbase subsequently opened spot trading for the GWEI-USD pair on February 24, 2026. In March 2026, Binance ran a $200,000 GWEI trading competition, further accelerating volume and visibility.

As of April 2026, $GWEI is trading at approximately $0.059, representing gains of over 400% from its initial TGE price. The protocol has secured $13 billion in TVL across its blockspace infrastructure and onboarded ecosystem partners, including Pendle, EigenCloud, Velvet Capital, and f(x) Protocol, through its Open Gas Initiative.

Surgence Labs partnered with ETHGas on full-stack go-to-market execution covering narrative positioning, community growth, KOL distribution, airdrop mechanics design, and post-TGE retention strategy. The community grew to over 300,000 members across Discord, Telegram, and X during the engagement.

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Lab Trades is a multi-chain AI-powered trading terminal founded by Vova Sadkov that unifies spot, limit, and perpetual contract trading across BNB Chain, Solana, Ethereum, and Monad. Prior to its TGE, the platform had already processed $700 million in trading volume within three months of launch, with over 30,000 active traders and 1 million+ monthly trades.

The $LAB token launched on October 14, 2025, as the 40th Binance Wallet Exclusive TGE, with Gate.io simultaneously listing LAB/USDT. The token operates on a deflationary model where 80% of platform revenue is directed to buybacks, burns, and trader reward pools.

As of April 2026, $LAB is trading at approximately $0.369, representing gains of over 700% from its TGE opening price. The token reached an all-time high of $0.50 and currently holds a market capitalization of approximately $96 million with a CoinMarketCap ranking of #248 and over 14,000 watchlist additions.

Surgence Labs partnered with Lab Trades on full-stack go-to-market execution, including pre-TGE narrative positioning, community infrastructure, two-season airdrop design, KOL activation, and post-launch exchange strategy. The engagement helped Lab Trades reach $500M FDV during its growth phase.

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Julian Stafford, co-founder of Surgence Labs, noted: “Kudos to the teams at ETHGas and Lab Trades for their performance, even during the bear market. Don’t overlook a founder whose mission is to build the real-time infrastructure for Ethereum’s economy, or a founder with a proven track record of successful launches who continues to show up with more intensity. Surgence was fortunate to have developed GTM for both ecosystems.”

Both ETHGas and Lab Trades engaged Surgence Labs for what the agency calls full-stack go-to-market execution; a methodology that integrates narrative positioning, community systems, creator and KOL distribution, on-chain incentive mechanics, exchange coordination, and post-launch retention into a single execution layer. The approach stands in contrast to the fragmented model, where projects hire separate vendors for PR, community management, influencer campaigns, and growth without coordination between them.

Surgence Labs has applied this methodology across 100+ Web3 projects, generating over $300 million in client revenue and more than $5 billion in total value locked across DeFi, infrastructure, gaming, and consumer crypto verticals. Other notable client outcomes include Falcon Finance ($2.1B TVL), QORPO World ($1B+ FDV), Fast Protocol (65,000 followers in 30 days), and Incentiv (1.5 million+ testnet users).

The agency is headquartered in Dubai with a globally distributed team of 40+ specialists and is trusted by portfolio companies backed by Animoca Brands, DWF Labs, Polygon, Immutable, Arbitrum, and Polychain Capital.

Surgence Labs is a crypto marketing agency and Web3 go-to-market partner delivering full-stack GTM execution for blockchain and crypto teams. The agency operates as an embedded growth partner across token launches, community growth, KOL activation, on-chain acquisition, and post-launch retention. Founded by Julian Stafford and Vinh Nguyen, the team has supported 100+ Web3 projects across DeFi, infrastructure, gaming, and consumer crypto.

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