I usually ignore new Layer 1 launches because most of them promise the same thing. Fogo felt different to me. It is not trying to power games, NFTs, payments, and everything else at once. It is clearly built with trading in mind. That focus shows in how it talks about execution, order flow, and consistency instead of just TPS numbers.
Running on the Solana Virtual Machine also makes sense. Developers do not need to start from scratch. If trading is the main activity onchain, then optimizing for it feels practical. Whether it scales long term is uncertain, but the direction feels intentional and grounded.