8 days ago
After the euphoric highs of Q2, fear and doubt have crept back into crypto markets in recent months.
Amidst the uncertainty Solana’s DeFi ecosystem has shed layers of TVL (Total Value Locked), with the majority of protocol’s losing between 13-18% in USD value on a monthly time frame.
However, despite the market-wide pullback, outperformers have emerged. Which protocols created a liquidity vacuum and expanded their TVL despite ailing markets?
NX FINANCE, LULO LEAD MONTHLY TVL GROWTH
Solana’s DeFi scene has enjoyed newfound momentum and attention throughout 2024. However, the last 30 days indicate a charge in sentiment, with the bulk of Solana protocols suffering significant drops in their TVL.
Despite challenging conditions, several outliers have outperformed the wider market and witnessed continued growth in the face of adversity.
Lending aggregator NX Finance led the charge, enjoying consistent growth in the face of difficult markets. Courtesy of its incentivized rewards program, NX Finance TVL rose 65% in the last 30 days, leading Solana’s top 50 DeFi applications by TVL.
Meanwhile, fellow lending aggregator Lulo Finance continued to rise through the ranks, securing over $30M in Directed Liquidity (DL). With over 92% of its DL, a similar metric similar to TVL, held in stablecoins, Lulo-managed value has increased by 32.27% in the last 30 days.
At first glance, DeFiLlama data suggests that Jupiter’s TVL has risen by 47.22% in the last 30 days. However, this increase is due to the popular analytics platform integrating $jupSOL into Jupiter’s total TVL on August 16, adding approximately $300M worth of funds to the platform.
According to Step Finance data, $jupSOL supply has risen 0.36% in the last 30 days. Coupled with the 2.22% decline in Jupiter perpetual TVL in the same time period, it can be concluded that Jupiter’s total TVL has remained relatively stable in the face of challenging market conditions.
Kamino TVL Climbs Despite Falling Prices
Kamino Finance has been one of Solana DeFi’s most solid performers throughout Q3’s volatility. While lending aggregators like NX Finance and Lulo predominantly hold stablecoins, making them more resilient to market downturn, Kamino accepts deposits from a wider range of more volatile assets.
Despite falling asset prices across the industry, Kamino has emerged as one of Solana’s standout DeFi protocols.
While $SOL price has dropped over 36% since its March 18 high of $202 , Kamino TVL has increased by 12% in USD terms. Denominated in SOL, Kamino TVL has risen by 76% in the same time frame.
JUPITER DOMINATES PERPETUAL TVL ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
Jupiter’s perpetual DEX platform shows no sign of relinquishing its iron grip on derivatives dominance. One of Solana’s largest DeFi protocols, Jupiter’s perpetual DEX is currently the largest onchain derivatives market in the crypto industry.
Boasting over $657M in TVL, Jupiter dominates perpetual market share. According to DeFiLlama data, the Solana-based platform currently accounts for 18.82% of onchain derivatives TVL across the industry.
While Jupiter boasts the highest TVL across all perpetual DEXes, its closest rival still witnesses higher trading volumes. During August, Hyperliquid handled $34 .6B in trading volume compared to Jupiter’s $15 .1B. It’s worth noting that Hyperliquid’s high volume could attributed to its points program, which is expected to influence token allocations ahead of the protocol’s upcoming airdrop
Amidst the uncertainty Solana’s DeFi ecosystem has shed layers of TVL (Total Value Locked), with the majority of protocol’s losing between 13-18% in USD value on a monthly time frame.
However, despite the market-wide pullback, outperformers have emerged. Which protocols created a liquidity vacuum and expanded their TVL despite ailing markets?
NX FINANCE, LULO LEAD MONTHLY TVL GROWTH
Solana’s DeFi scene has enjoyed newfound momentum and attention throughout 2024. However, the last 30 days indicate a charge in sentiment, with the bulk of Solana protocols suffering significant drops in their TVL.
Despite challenging conditions, several outliers have outperformed the wider market and witnessed continued growth in the face of adversity.
Lending aggregator NX Finance led the charge, enjoying consistent growth in the face of difficult markets. Courtesy of its incentivized rewards program, NX Finance TVL rose 65% in the last 30 days, leading Solana’s top 50 DeFi applications by TVL.
Meanwhile, fellow lending aggregator Lulo Finance continued to rise through the ranks, securing over $30M in Directed Liquidity (DL). With over 92% of its DL, a similar metric similar to TVL, held in stablecoins, Lulo-managed value has increased by 32.27% in the last 30 days.
At first glance, DeFiLlama data suggests that Jupiter’s TVL has risen by 47.22% in the last 30 days. However, this increase is due to the popular analytics platform integrating $jupSOL into Jupiter’s total TVL on August 16, adding approximately $300M worth of funds to the platform.
According to Step Finance data, $jupSOL supply has risen 0.36% in the last 30 days. Coupled with the 2.22% decline in Jupiter perpetual TVL in the same time period, it can be concluded that Jupiter’s total TVL has remained relatively stable in the face of challenging market conditions.
Kamino TVL Climbs Despite Falling Prices
Kamino Finance has been one of Solana DeFi’s most solid performers throughout Q3’s volatility. While lending aggregators like NX Finance and Lulo predominantly hold stablecoins, making them more resilient to market downturn, Kamino accepts deposits from a wider range of more volatile assets.
Despite falling asset prices across the industry, Kamino has emerged as one of Solana’s standout DeFi protocols.
While $SOL price has dropped over 36% since its March 18 high of $202 , Kamino TVL has increased by 12% in USD terms. Denominated in SOL, Kamino TVL has risen by 76% in the same time frame.
JUPITER DOMINATES PERPETUAL TVL ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
Jupiter’s perpetual DEX platform shows no sign of relinquishing its iron grip on derivatives dominance. One of Solana’s largest DeFi protocols, Jupiter’s perpetual DEX is currently the largest onchain derivatives market in the crypto industry.
Boasting over $657M in TVL, Jupiter dominates perpetual market share. According to DeFiLlama data, the Solana-based platform currently accounts for 18.82% of onchain derivatives TVL across the industry.
While Jupiter boasts the highest TVL across all perpetual DEXes, its closest rival still witnesses higher trading volumes. During August, Hyperliquid handled $34 .6B in trading volume compared to Jupiter’s $15 .1B. It’s worth noting that Hyperliquid’s high volume could attributed to its points program, which is expected to influence token allocations ahead of the protocol’s upcoming airdrop
8 days ago
Phantom, Solana’s most widely used wallet provider, has drawn criticism from some users for charging fees on in-app token swaps.
While some disgruntled community members attacked Phantom, voices across the Solana ecosystem came to the wallet’s defence. Reigniting debate around business models in the Web3 world, Phantom’s supporters argue that the platform has a right to generate revenue.
In an industry where meme coin presales can raise over $40M , is it fair to attack businesses providing essential services for charging easily avoidable fees?
SOLANA COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPLAIN ABOUT 0.85% SWAP FEE
Frustrated Solana users have taken to 𝕏 to air their grievances about Phantom’s in-app swap fees. The public outrage came following circulation of data suggesting that the wallet provider generated over $30M in revenue through token swaps.
Comparisons between quotes between wallets and DEX aggregator Jupiter only added further fuel to the fire. Perhaps spurred on by stagnant market conditions, commentators on social media remarked that discrepancies between swaps provided by Phantom and Jupiter were “actually ridiculous.”
Eagle-eyed users remarked that the data wasn’t wholly accurate. Galactic Geckos founder Genuine Articles highlighted that the $30M figure was lower than expected, before Fabiano.sol, the influencer who originally shared the data, acknowledged that Phantom would’ve generated over $10M through in-app token swaps in 2021 alone.
While it’s obvious that traders can access better rates by using platforms like Jupiter directly, can Wallet providers be blamed for charging fees on value-added services?
Is the Slander Against Phantom Justified?
Content creator and former Phantom team member Seb Montgomery countered the attacks levied against Phantom. Arguing that every business has operational costs that need paid, Montgomery asserted that “Dapps, apps, wallets, etc. need revenue or they close up shop, and head home.”
Hammering his points home, Montgomery reminded Solana users of their double standards. The content creator highlighted how network participants were willing to provide over $40M to the $WATER memecoin presale, but criticized an 0.8% fee on services offered by one of Solana’s longest-standing products.
“You have probably lost $1000s on the pure rubbish. So don't be a clown and not support the wallets that make it all possible.” - Seb Montgomery
Montgomery also acknowledged that Solana owes much of its success to Phantom. Paying homage to Phantom’s position as Solana’s most widely used wallet, Montgomery asserted “Without Phantom, Solana's success would not have been anywhere near where it got to.”
WHICH WALLET GIVES THE BEST VALUE ON SWAPS?
While traders and users looking for the best rates should always go directly to decentralized exchanges or aggregators, it’s also worth knowing the various in-app swap rates of different wallets.
Fuse Wallet - 0%
Solflare - 0.8%
Phantom - 0.85%
Backpack - 0.85%
It should also be noted that all Solana wallets route their trades through Jupiter. Solana’s leading DEX aggregator typically offers the best rates on trades and allows third-party apps to add fees onto swaps.
Despite some traders expressing frustration, Phantom and other wallet providers have always been transparent and forthcoming about in-app swap fees. Using wallet-based swaps is completely optional and easily bypassed. Trader’s complaints are hardly unresolved.
While some disgruntled community members attacked Phantom, voices across the Solana ecosystem came to the wallet’s defence. Reigniting debate around business models in the Web3 world, Phantom’s supporters argue that the platform has a right to generate revenue.
In an industry where meme coin presales can raise over $40M , is it fair to attack businesses providing essential services for charging easily avoidable fees?
SOLANA COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPLAIN ABOUT 0.85% SWAP FEE
Frustrated Solana users have taken to 𝕏 to air their grievances about Phantom’s in-app swap fees. The public outrage came following circulation of data suggesting that the wallet provider generated over $30M in revenue through token swaps.
Comparisons between quotes between wallets and DEX aggregator Jupiter only added further fuel to the fire. Perhaps spurred on by stagnant market conditions, commentators on social media remarked that discrepancies between swaps provided by Phantom and Jupiter were “actually ridiculous.”
Eagle-eyed users remarked that the data wasn’t wholly accurate. Galactic Geckos founder Genuine Articles highlighted that the $30M figure was lower than expected, before Fabiano.sol, the influencer who originally shared the data, acknowledged that Phantom would’ve generated over $10M through in-app token swaps in 2021 alone.
While it’s obvious that traders can access better rates by using platforms like Jupiter directly, can Wallet providers be blamed for charging fees on value-added services?
Is the Slander Against Phantom Justified?
Content creator and former Phantom team member Seb Montgomery countered the attacks levied against Phantom. Arguing that every business has operational costs that need paid, Montgomery asserted that “Dapps, apps, wallets, etc. need revenue or they close up shop, and head home.”
Hammering his points home, Montgomery reminded Solana users of their double standards. The content creator highlighted how network participants were willing to provide over $40M to the $WATER memecoin presale, but criticized an 0.8% fee on services offered by one of Solana’s longest-standing products.
“You have probably lost $1000s on the pure rubbish. So don't be a clown and not support the wallets that make it all possible.” - Seb Montgomery
Montgomery also acknowledged that Solana owes much of its success to Phantom. Paying homage to Phantom’s position as Solana’s most widely used wallet, Montgomery asserted “Without Phantom, Solana's success would not have been anywhere near where it got to.”
WHICH WALLET GIVES THE BEST VALUE ON SWAPS?
While traders and users looking for the best rates should always go directly to decentralized exchanges or aggregators, it’s also worth knowing the various in-app swap rates of different wallets.
Fuse Wallet - 0%
Solflare - 0.8%
Phantom - 0.85%
Backpack - 0.85%
It should also be noted that all Solana wallets route their trades through Jupiter. Solana’s leading DEX aggregator typically offers the best rates on trades and allows third-party apps to add fees onto swaps.
Despite some traders expressing frustration, Phantom and other wallet providers have always been transparent and forthcoming about in-app swap fees. Using wallet-based swaps is completely optional and easily bypassed. Trader’s complaints are hardly unresolved.
10 days ago
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I start to hate solana but found potentialy a good play
$elonwukong
8Zoe1Z9HSDYFoP9RitDmZexsbnvWdWgmDy6XaxvZpump
Elon posted photo after the token was created - bullish
Wukong on tron was sent to 30m, but this is jeetlana, so will see
https://x.com/elonmusk/sta...
$elonwukong
8Zoe1Z9HSDYFoP9RitDmZexsbnvWdWgmDy6XaxvZpump
Elon posted photo after the token was created - bullish
Wukong on tron was sent to 30m, but this is jeetlana, so will see
https://x.com/elonmusk/sta...
15 days ago
Daily Memecoin Recap - September 2
The past week has been absolutely dead, but volume picked back up today
GameFi Coins
$explore -> ExploringOnSOL
, functioning game coming out, team is good, hope this starts a new meta
Ethereum Pump Fun
$vista -> hit $30m , ethervista
- Users are responsible for creating their own coin contracts, EtherVista only offers a "Launch" feature
- By supplying coins and ETH, users receive LP tokens for EtherVista's DEX, with the option to burn these tokens
- The DEX has a fixed-fee structure, distributing fees to LP providers, coin creators, and $VISTA developers
- This is more of a unique UniswapV2-style DEX rather than a typical pump-and-dump scheme
Fascist.eth Coins
$xd -> hit $9m , someone threatened that they would leak psyoptrick's past & nudes, instead she did it herself
$obama -> hit $552k , "Bitcoin Obama", pushed by
psyoptrick
Runners Of The Day
$yukie -> $150k to $630k , dog meme, launched in August heavily pushed today, ATH $1 .65m
$tommy -> hit $3 .2m, another cute dog, coordinated push
$gib -> hit $2 .5m, "A marketplace for work"
$ultra -> hit $800k , "UltramanGodzillaNebulaM78", good content
$look -> hit $800k , "Look bro...", viral meme on CT these past few days
$pin -> hit $730k , Post-It Note, memes on a post-it note
Wei Wu Trolls Ansem
$wisdom -> hit $580k , based on WuWei113
, who beefed with blknoiz06 recently
Dexscreener introduces new boosts & gold tickers
$abcde -> hit $850k , slow grind up since launch, based team
Fwog Is King
$fwog -> $45m to $91 .6m (2.03x from the low), one of the strongest memes despite the market downturn
$fwag -> hit $1 .3m, gay $fwog , " You missed $FWOG ? You must be a $FWAG "
Smoking Chicken Fish Betas
$dcc -> hit $2 .5m, "Drunk Chicken Centipede", $scf vibes
$btc -> hit $785k , "Big Titty Chicken"
Other Cooks
$bud -> hit $1m
$bullet -> hit $450k , functioning game
$gugu -> hit $396k , CTO
$frfr -> hit $340k , "Fref & frof"
$katana -> hit $309k , "First Blind Dog On Solana"
$fwc -> hit $258k , "Farting Whoopie Cushion"
Differentiate having a long-term outlook on your spot bags vs a short-term outlook when trading memes
The past week has been absolutely dead, but volume picked back up today
GameFi Coins
$explore -> ExploringOnSOL
, functioning game coming out, team is good, hope this starts a new meta
Ethereum Pump Fun
$vista -> hit $30m , ethervista
- Users are responsible for creating their own coin contracts, EtherVista only offers a "Launch" feature
- By supplying coins and ETH, users receive LP tokens for EtherVista's DEX, with the option to burn these tokens
- The DEX has a fixed-fee structure, distributing fees to LP providers, coin creators, and $VISTA developers
- This is more of a unique UniswapV2-style DEX rather than a typical pump-and-dump scheme
Fascist.eth Coins
$xd -> hit $9m , someone threatened that they would leak psyoptrick's past & nudes, instead she did it herself
$obama -> hit $552k , "Bitcoin Obama", pushed by
psyoptrick
Runners Of The Day
$yukie -> $150k to $630k , dog meme, launched in August heavily pushed today, ATH $1 .65m
$tommy -> hit $3 .2m, another cute dog, coordinated push
$gib -> hit $2 .5m, "A marketplace for work"
$ultra -> hit $800k , "UltramanGodzillaNebulaM78", good content
$look -> hit $800k , "Look bro...", viral meme on CT these past few days
$pin -> hit $730k , Post-It Note, memes on a post-it note
Wei Wu Trolls Ansem
$wisdom -> hit $580k , based on WuWei113
, who beefed with blknoiz06 recently
Dexscreener introduces new boosts & gold tickers
$abcde -> hit $850k , slow grind up since launch, based team
Fwog Is King
$fwog -> $45m to $91 .6m (2.03x from the low), one of the strongest memes despite the market downturn
$fwag -> hit $1 .3m, gay $fwog , " You missed $FWOG ? You must be a $FWAG "
Smoking Chicken Fish Betas
$dcc -> hit $2 .5m, "Drunk Chicken Centipede", $scf vibes
$btc -> hit $785k , "Big Titty Chicken"
Other Cooks
$bud -> hit $1m
$bullet -> hit $450k , functioning game
$gugu -> hit $396k , CTO
$frfr -> hit $340k , "Fref & frof"
$katana -> hit $309k , "First Blind Dog On Solana"
$fwc -> hit $258k , "Farting Whoopie Cushion"
Differentiate having a long-term outlook on your spot bags vs a short-term outlook when trading memes
30 days ago
Daily Memecoin Recap - August 18
Did you print or did you touch grass today?
Blinks Launch
$bgg1 -> hit $6 .9m blinks_gg
- Utility project
Davinci Community Coin
$early -> $115k to $2 .2m (19x), 20% of supply sent to Davincij15
Reddit Dog Pushes Over $10m
$snoofi -> $2m to $11 .5m (5.75x), $r /snoofi, community is on reddit, original idea
$limmy -> $50k to $450k (9x), $r /limmy, reddit cat
$reddit -> hit $900k
$mcdog -> hit $630k , "minecraft dog", dev made a minecraft server for the coin
$r /ape -> hit $445k , "reddit ape", CTO
Dog Meta
$ken -> $90k to $1 .95m (21x), $doge 's owner's first dog, KOLs leaked info
$joey -> hit $525k , dog meme, interesting people involved
$yuko -> hit $500k , shiba inu, CTO
More Cooks
$bub -> $2 .3m to $30m (13x from the low), good CTO team, viral cat meme
$taddy -> $600k to $3 .3m (5.5x), "Daddy Trump",
cobratate's $daddy + Trump
$phat -> hit $2 .1m, "party hat", RuneScape
meme, 73.5% of supply burned
$4chan -> hit $800k , "FSJAL"
$roastie -> hit $310k
Volume is going to pick up tomorrow as the weekend comes to an end
Really liking this reddit meta, brings some freshness to the market
Did you print or did you touch grass today?
Blinks Launch
$bgg1 -> hit $6 .9m blinks_gg
- Utility project
Davinci Community Coin
$early -> $115k to $2 .2m (19x), 20% of supply sent to Davincij15
Reddit Dog Pushes Over $10m
$snoofi -> $2m to $11 .5m (5.75x), $r /snoofi, community is on reddit, original idea
$limmy -> $50k to $450k (9x), $r /limmy, reddit cat
$reddit -> hit $900k
$mcdog -> hit $630k , "minecraft dog", dev made a minecraft server for the coin
$r /ape -> hit $445k , "reddit ape", CTO
Dog Meta
$ken -> $90k to $1 .95m (21x), $doge 's owner's first dog, KOLs leaked info
$joey -> hit $525k , dog meme, interesting people involved
$yuko -> hit $500k , shiba inu, CTO
More Cooks
$bub -> $2 .3m to $30m (13x from the low), good CTO team, viral cat meme
$taddy -> $600k to $3 .3m (5.5x), "Daddy Trump",
cobratate's $daddy + Trump
$phat -> hit $2 .1m, "party hat", RuneScape
meme, 73.5% of supply burned
$4chan -> hit $800k , "FSJAL"
$roastie -> hit $310k
Volume is going to pick up tomorrow as the weekend comes to an end
Really liking this reddit meta, brings some freshness to the market
3 months ago
Daily Memecoin Recap - June 27
The market is still struggling to find a concrete meta
In this market, the key is to adapt & be versatile
Trump vs Biden Debate
$usa -> $16 .6m to $43m (2.6x from the low)
$usacto -> hit $3m , "America CTO"
$bboden -> hit $583k , POTUS as a redacted baby
$joever -> hit $550k , "It's Joever"
$sloe -> hit $450k , "Sloppy Joe"
Gavin Newsom Replacing Joe Biden
$noosum -> $1 .1m to $9 .2m (8.36x), redacted Newsom
$newsum -> $440k to $3 .4m (7.7x), another redacted Newsom
$newsom -> $91k to $2 .3m (25.5x)
- After Joe Biden's poor performance, people are saying that democrats should replace him with GavinNewsom
Viral Meme "Daddy Chill" Launch
$chill -> hit $4 .75m,
Amber Rose Launch
$muva -> hit $8 .3m,
Kimi Reaches $300m +
$kimi -> hit $330m , heavily bundled, launched on pumpdotfun
$kimi -> hit $1m , "KIMI-burn"
Cat Memes
$sc -> $3 .5m to $9 .9m (2.82x), "Star Cat", strong CTO
$bobby -> $1 .4m to $6 .6m (4.71x), CTO
$tiny -> hit $1 .7m, dev is doxxed, using his own cat
Dog Memes
$spot -> hit $1 .8m, 180+ people in vc
$bullseye -> hit $470k , "Target Dog", CTO
Long-Term Cooks
$popcat -> $220m to $625m (2.84x from the low)
$ponke -> $131m to $232 .9m (1.77x from the low)
$michi -> $44m to $155m (3.52x from the low)
More Plays
$aura -> $4 .9m to $11m (2.24x), good team
$spike -> $595k to $1 .8m (3x), another $spike launched which seemed like a honeypot, people bought into the OG spike for a bounce
$moonwif -> $120k to $420k (3.5x), launched on dexscreener's moonshot
$otty -> hit $1 .8m, Otter Meme, CTO
CTO's are a meta in & of itself.
Most of these CTO coins would not have pumped as much if the dev never sold
The market is still struggling to find a concrete meta
In this market, the key is to adapt & be versatile
Trump vs Biden Debate
$usa -> $16 .6m to $43m (2.6x from the low)
$usacto -> hit $3m , "America CTO"
$bboden -> hit $583k , POTUS as a redacted baby
$joever -> hit $550k , "It's Joever"
$sloe -> hit $450k , "Sloppy Joe"
Gavin Newsom Replacing Joe Biden
$noosum -> $1 .1m to $9 .2m (8.36x), redacted Newsom
$newsum -> $440k to $3 .4m (7.7x), another redacted Newsom
$newsom -> $91k to $2 .3m (25.5x)
- After Joe Biden's poor performance, people are saying that democrats should replace him with GavinNewsom
Viral Meme "Daddy Chill" Launch
$chill -> hit $4 .75m,
Amber Rose Launch
$muva -> hit $8 .3m,
Kimi Reaches $300m +
$kimi -> hit $330m , heavily bundled, launched on pumpdotfun
$kimi -> hit $1m , "KIMI-burn"
Cat Memes
$sc -> $3 .5m to $9 .9m (2.82x), "Star Cat", strong CTO
$bobby -> $1 .4m to $6 .6m (4.71x), CTO
$tiny -> hit $1 .7m, dev is doxxed, using his own cat
Dog Memes
$spot -> hit $1 .8m, 180+ people in vc
$bullseye -> hit $470k , "Target Dog", CTO
Long-Term Cooks
$popcat -> $220m to $625m (2.84x from the low)
$ponke -> $131m to $232 .9m (1.77x from the low)
$michi -> $44m to $155m (3.52x from the low)
More Plays
$aura -> $4 .9m to $11m (2.24x), good team
$spike -> $595k to $1 .8m (3x), another $spike launched which seemed like a honeypot, people bought into the OG spike for a bounce
$moonwif -> $120k to $420k (3.5x), launched on dexscreener's moonshot
$otty -> hit $1 .8m, Otter Meme, CTO
CTO's are a meta in & of itself.
Most of these CTO coins would not have pumped as much if the dev never sold
4 months ago
The list (see pinned for more details):
$BOMP
Realistic expectation: 10x
Reasoning: hot meta right now and it should only get hotter until the US election. One of the few Trump coins that appear to be more serious and not simple pump and dumps. If it gets over 30M, might actually go much further. But for now, I am hoping it will make it to about 12-15M.
https://dexscreener.com/so...
$BOMP
Realistic expectation: 10x
Reasoning: hot meta right now and it should only get hotter until the US election. One of the few Trump coins that appear to be more serious and not simple pump and dumps. If it gets over 30M, might actually go much further. But for now, I am hoping it will make it to about 12-15M.
https://dexscreener.com/so...
