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.

Prices may be down, but Grayscale's making bull market bets if you know where to look.

These are the assets that have caught the attention of Crypto's Wall Street whisperer 👇

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When Grayscale announces a new Trust for a particular asset, the market often reacts with a mix of excitement and skepticism.

It's a bit like a double-edged sword: a signal of saturation for some and a beacon of hope for others.

Some might interpret the launch as a sign that the market for that asset is reaching saturation or at least limited upside potential in crypto terms.

On the one hand, it’s a stamp of approval from a major player in the crypto space. It can lend legitimacy to the asset, potentially attracting institutional investors, and, at the very least, boost media coverage.

Grayscale has been adding new investment products at a faster clip, showcasing their conviction that we’re in the middle innings of a crypto bull market fueled by a grand slam of bullish signals: #Bitcoin ETF inflows, the long-awaited $ETH ETF launch, increasing stablecoin adoption, and steady growth in TVL across DeFi.

As a quiet giant in the industry, investors continue to watch what Grayscale is backing and what that says about their impressions of which direction the industry is headed. What assets have caught their attention lately? Let's find out. 👇

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Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund (FIL, NEAR, RNDR, LPT, TAO)

Grayscale Bittensor Trust (TAO)
Bittensor envisions a world where AI isn't a tool in the hands of a few corporations but a resource democratized for all. It aims to create an "Internet of AI" where everyone can contribute and benefit from AI models. $TAO incentivizes participants to contribute to the network by providing rewards for tasks like validating models and running AI computations.

As the AI race among big tech companies heats up, Grayscale believes that Bittensor offers a compelling alternative approach towards AI development, one that encourages a wider range of participants and ideas.

Grayscale SUI Trust (SUI)
$Sui boasts a novel blockchain design that prioritizes scalability and user experience. It allows for parallel processing, tackling multiple transactions simultaneously.
SuiNetwork
's competitive edge comes down to its custom-built programming language, Sui Move, which streamlines smart contract development and execution.

As the need for blockspace and faster execution in crypto increases, Grayscale believes that Sui opens the door to a new wave of decentralized applications that were previously limited by existing blockchain infrastructure.

The Grayscale Effect
Overall, the impact of a Grayscale Trust launch is highly subjective to the specific asset. By no means does it signify that the asset is destined for greatness. Take the Grayscale Decentraland Trust (MANA), for instance.

The key takeaway is that Grayscale's bullish outlook on crypto is evident in its recent product launches. They believe we're currently in a bull market and are positioning themselves accordingly.

Analysis by arjunnchand

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Mercuryo, a Web3 payments provider, has announced the rollout of Spend, a virtual debit card promising to streamline crypto payments.

Complete with Apple Pay and Google Pay compatibility, Spend facilitates payments directly from Solana wallets to over 90M Mastercard merchants across the globe.

WHAT IS SPEND??
Mercuryo’s Spend allows wallet apps to integrate virtual Mastercard debit cards directly into their applications. Through the Spend Card, Mercury promises to enable the crypto community to use their crypto assets to “spend on anything. Anytime. Anywhere.”

Spend aims to provide a fast and cost-effective method for crypto users to convert and spend their digital assets from their wallets. Beyond the simplicity of Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay integration, Spend also offers card customization, meaning wallet providers can incorporate their logos into virtual cards.

Spend is fully self-custodial, meaning users have full control over any assets deposited into the card account. Additionally, the platform offers multi-chain support, including Solana, Ethereum, and PolkaDot.

As part of the announcement, Mercuryo teased that several leading Web3 wallets will be adding Spend in the near future. SolanaFloor engaged Mercuryo for comment on the matter but is yet to receive a response.

Why Web3 Needs Better Off-Ramps
Since the birth of the industry, crypto companies have focused tirelessly on streamlining the flow of funds into decentralized economies. According to Mercuryo, “on-ramping is now a user-friendly process, and users can purchase crypto with ease.”

While onboarding has become easier with exchanges and third-party apps readily available, bringing funds back into the real world still poses significant barriers. Mercuryo argues that the biggest struggles facing crypto off-ramping are:

1. Poor UX of existing solutions - Users need to jump through a variety of hoops to withdraw funds. Many platforms are only available in certain regions and popular offboarding platforms offer limited support outside of mainstream cryptos.

2. Bank restrictions - Traditional banks often block payments from crypto-related companies and freeze accounts suspected of interacting with cryptocurrency.

3. Extortionate fees - Third-party apps and intermediaries can charge high fees on crypto-to-fiat withdrawals, discouraging users from transferring funds.

Slow processing times - After becoming accustomed to rapid, permissionless transfers onchain, crypto-to-fiat withdrawals can feel slow and cumbersome.

While the industry loves to discuss and promote progress and efforts toward crypto onboarding, finding seamless methods of getting funds off-chain is equally important.

Mercuryo’s commitment to simplified crypto off-ramps helps to legitimize digital currencies as meaningful financial tools. Through the Spend card, millions of crypto users may be able to enjoy improved access to their funds in real-world contexts, solidifying the role of cryptocurrency in the Web2 world

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🇺🇸 Donald Trump was "orange plundered" by 3 friends from Puerto Rico.

Amanda Fabiano, Bitcoin miner, Tracy Hoyos-López, former California prosecutor, and David Bailey, CEO of BTC Inc. media group and organizer of the conference in Nashville, spent months secretly teaching Bitcoin to Donald Trump.

In the bitcoin language, Trump was "orange-pilled" at that time.

An expression that dates back to 1999 in the film Matrix, where Neo must choose between the red pill, which gives access to the disturbing truth about the world, or the blue pill, which will leave him in his ignorance.

The orange pill therefore refers to the official color of bitcoin.

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BIG SUPPLY, BIG PROBLEMS AS SOLANA’S NFT MARKET REJECTS LARGE COLLECTIONS

Fresh minting mechanics are bringing greater security to Solana NFTs, but new mints and large collections struggle to garner attention and are trading below mint price.

New NFT collections have learned a painful lesson this week. If it wasn’t obvious due to stagnant floor prices and diminishing trade volume, launching a fresh collection in these conditions is a difficult task.

Despite commentators claiming these hyped collections will usher in a “new era” and whitelist spots selling at over $50 apiece on open markets, launches from Pathfinders and Hermans have failed to meet expectations.

Will Solana’s NFT market ever witness another successful 10,000 NFT collection? Or are small supplies the only way of conserving value?

ONLY 21% OF PATHFINDER'S RISK-FREE NFTs MINTED

Despite proposing a new, risk-free method of launching Solana NFTs, the Pathfinders collection faces difficulty minting out. At press time, only 2,125/10,000 NFTs have been minted, falling well short of expectations.

Pathfinder’s novel LST-backed NFT collection launched with noble intentions. Providing an alternative mechanic that aims to protect minters, the collection has launched Solana’s first un-ruggable NFTs.

Unlike standard NFT mints, Pathfinders NFTs are minted using pathSOL, the project’s native liquid staking token. Holders reserve the right to redeem their NFT for the underlying pathSOL used to mint the asset, essentially securing the NFT’s value at a minimum of 2pathSOL.

Regardless, Solana’s NFT community has largely ignored the project’s novel approach to minting. Supporters of the new mechanic took to social media to express their disappointment with the NFT community’s apparent apathy. 

Commentators noted that network participants have collectively poured thousands of SOL into extractive and malicious actors, but are unwilling to support builders providing meaningful alternatives.

‘Hyped’ New Mint Immediately Under Floor - Are Presales to Blame?

Boasting a sold-out presale that constituted 55% of the total supply, the Hermans NFT collection suffered a similar fate. Priced at 1.5 SOL per NFT, Hermans struggled to attract interest during the public mint, forcing the team to take drastic action.

Hermans trading on secondary marketplaces like Tensor and Magic Eden was locked until the mint was complete, meaning holders were unable to list their assets. The team took it upon themselves to buy all unminted assets. The Hermans’ treasury now holds over 1,600 NFTs, roughly 33% of the supply.

Almost immediately, the collection began trading beneath mint price as presales and regretful minters clamored to liquidate their holdings for SOL. Hermans currently exchange hands at 0.84 SOL, down 44% from the original mint price.

While poor NFT market conditions are a significant contributor to the recent slew of disappointing NFT launches, social media commentators have argued that NFT presales are also to blame.

Low Supply NFT Collections Retain Value

In recent years, NFT markets have witnessed countless large supply collections suffer devastating downtrends. 

Top Solana collections like Mad Lads, Tensorians (pictured), and Claynosaurs have all endured significant drawdowns, while dozens of less-resilient projects have effectively plummeted to zero.

Comparatively, low supply and 1/1 NFT collections have retained their value remarkably well. Limited supply art collections like Boogles, Dead King Society, and The SixNine are typically only available through OTC deals and have maintained comparatively stable floors, regardless of SOL price fluctuations.

Arguably, this suggests that the most valuable utility NFTs offer is access to exclusive communities. Alternatively, it could also indicate that low-supply collections with low market liquidity create an elite sense of perceived value, which has supported the valuations of these co

Tokenized US Treasury Bonds Surpass $2 Billion!

Does this sentence (and its implications) seem incomprehensible to you?

Let's break it down together

1. US Treasury bonds

These are securities issued by the American government, purchasable by anyone on traditional financial markets.

You are literally lending money to the US government and in return for this nice gesture, you are promised a return (currently 3.8 %)

Treasury bills are simply acknowledgements of debt.

The US government is indebted to you (congratulations, you have a superpower in your pocket!)

2. “tokenized”

Literally: injected into a blockchain

Treasury bonds are transformed from a "virtual electronic" state (information on the hard drive of the Fed or a central bank) to a "cryptographic" state by being transposed in the form of digital assets (i.e. tokens) on a blockchain network.

We are talking about "tokenization of financial assets"

3. What for?

Let's simplify:

- Cheaper, lower costs for the issuer (government) and the holder
- Fewer intermediaries (savings on this side too)
- Excellent liquidity
- Unlimited fragmentation potential (a treasury bond is sold at least in tranches of $100 , with tokenization it is possible to divide this threshold by 10, 100, 10,000 to make the asset accessible to a wider audience)
- Transparent
- Ultra secure
- Auditable
- ...

To put it simply, there is SO much upside to using blockchain for financial assets that there is NO scenario where this technological approach will not prevail in the coming decade.

These 2 billion are therefore a very timid incursion into a market of 27,000 billion dollars just for US Treasury Bonds (and this without even counting other asset categories, such as indexes, shares, financial real estate, etc.)

In short and in conclusion, the tokenization of global financial assets and "The (real) next big thing" for blockchain and crypto

platform for all types of betting, read the integration and usage guide for your project token, even if it is a new project released on Sol. Integrate tokens, create immediate use value, UPDOG was dead, but they were revived by integrating gambling technology, so they increased in price

🗞️ Where do people go to look for information about cryptocurrencies?

A survey by coingecko reveals that most members of the crypto community go to social media instead of news sites.

🥇 X
🥈 Youtube
🥉 Telegram

The first 3 represent 73.8%

Malaysia disposes of 985 bitcoin mining rigs

Malaysian authorities disposed of 985 bitcoin mining rigs worth $427 ,000 by rolling on them.

The equipment was disposed of as part of a court order. The equipment had previously been confiscated by police during an investigation into illegal mining.

According to local media, only the casings of the machines were crushed by the roller as a symbolic gesture.

Attention to the question: where will the insides of the bitcoin mining rigs go?😏

Jupiter Exchange has identified the "Bull Checker" Chrome extension as malicious, specifically targeting Solana memecoin traders by draining their tokens -

It has advised immediate removal of this extension.

⚖️ Crypto influencers in the crosshairs after FTC bans fake likes and followers.

Indeed, crypto influencers will face heavy fines from the United States Consumer Protection Agency.

The regulation could come into effect as early as October and prohibits anyone from “selling or buying false indicators of influence on social media.”

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BTC, this is the second time Bitcoin has failed to return 60,000. The daily candle opened below 58,800, where there was a local support level. The next local support zone is 57 700-56 175. The price is more likely to adjust to this zone. Let me remind you that the medium-term pattern is currently being traded, see the chart. The pattern is quite wide, but still, the patterns are trading on a breakdown in one direction, below the medium-term support zone, this is the lower line of the pattern. The re-test of which is still quite feasible, but I do not expect below the Bitcoin support zone.

withdrawal from exchanges exceeds input - correlation
(for those who don't know what correlation is! In this case, it is 0 correlation or - the same thing. In this case, it tells us that the input output is the same.)

Altcoins, there is still a little time to buy or set positions. The US Federal Reserve is more than likely to cut rates on September 18! And it is even possible to immediately increase by 0.5%. Also, the beginning of growth in Altcoins, significant growth. I will expect after the breakdown of the resistance zone of 70,000-73,000 for Bitcoin. The beginning of the altseason will certainly be there. But do not expect that altcoins will immediately shoot up 100 x in one day. This will be the beginning of growth towards the peak of the altseason. The peak of the altseason does not happen in one day. The last peak of the altseason was in two parts. The growth began in September - October 20, and the peak was reached only later for some altcoins in February 21, for others in the fall of 21. This means that there has been significant growth for the whole year.
It will be the same in this cycle +-

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🚨 Highlight of the interview between Elon Musk and Trump:

👉 The interview began with Elon Musk discussing a massive DDoS attack that severely disrupted and delayed the live broadcast, originally scheduled for 8 p.m. Musk said the incident clearly revealed the strong opposition to President Donald Trump's speech:

🔹 "This massive attack shows that there is a lot of opposition to people simply hearing what President Donald Trump has to say."

🔹 Elon Musk then found it fascinating that Thomas Crooks chose the most obvious location for an assassination attempt, although no one anticipated it.

🔹 “If the goal is to assassinate, what would be your favorite place? This building. This building would be number one,” Elon Musk remarked. Donald Trump agreed: “That would have been the most appropriate place.”

👉 Elon Musk then expressed his admiration for Trump's reaction to an assassination attempt. He praised the president's determination not to be defeated by this dramatic event, but to continue to fight with a firm will and a spirit of defiance.

🔹 “Your actions following this assassination attempt have been truly inspiring,” said Elon Musk.

👉 The conversation then turned to politics, with Donald Trump voicing scathing criticism of Vice President Kamala Harris for what he called blatant hypocrisy.

🔹 Donald Trump accused Harris of plagiarizing one of his proposals, that of abolishing taxes on tips, while at the same time supporting increased IRS surveillance of citizens' tips. He denounced this inconsistency by declaring: "These people are FAKES", highlighting the contrast between past actions and current positions.

🔹 Donald Trump recalled that the previous administration had hired 88,000 new IRS agents to closely monitor tips received by waitresses and carts. According to him, this policy was mainly aimed at increasing surveillance and imposing additional burdens on workers in these sectors.

🔹 However, Donald Trump pointed out that Harris had recently adopted his proposal to eliminate tip taxes, which he said illustrated political opportunism. He accused Harris of changing her position in response to political pressure, saying that the move was designed to improve her image and gain political advantage, while remaining at odds with the policies she previously supported.

👉 Elon Musk then expressed grave concern about the future of the United States if current border policies continue.

🔹 "I'm not sure we'll have a country anymore if open borders continue for four years," he warned.

🔹 Donald Trump added that if Kamala Harris were elected, it could lead to the arrival of 50 to 60 million people from various countries around the world.

🔹 “Inflation comes from government overspending because checks never bounce when they are written by the government,” Musk explained. He suggested the creation of a “government efficiency commission” to review and reduce wasteful spending, noting that interest payments on the national debt have now exceeded the defense budget, a situation that demands immediate action.

👉 Finally, Elon Musk addressed the subject of censorship, expressing harsh criticism towards Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner, whom he accuses of having tried to censor his conversation with Donald Trump.

🔹 Elon Musk referred to Breton's warning, who had said: "With a larger audience comes greater responsibility." This statement was perceived by Musk as an attempt to limit freedom of expression, which prompted him to react strongly.

🔹 To express his displeasure, Elon Musk shared a provocative meme addressed to Breton, asking him to “take a big step back and literally fuck off.” This reaction underlined his firm opposition to any form of censorship, especially when it seems to target freedom of expression on public platforms.

👉 Elon Musk then highlighted the way Donald Trump had handled freedom of expression during his first term.

BTC, yesterday there was a re-test of the 60,000 level, which could not be immediately returned. Let me remind you that a lot of important data will be released this week, with the help of which the market can turn around if there is good data. The right step is to wait for this news within a week, make an action plan, place limit orders and wait. There is no place to pour free fiat directly into the current ones. We also read the post above, which describes the local support levels.

the withdrawal from the exchanges exceeds the input - 18%, 1,200 btc

Altcoins, the situation is similar here. I keep a free fiat until the data is released. Yesterday, as we saw, most altcoins showed growth, as a result of a slight correction in the dominance of Bitcoin. Subject to a deeper correction of Bitcoin's dominance, one can imagine what percentages of growth altcoins can show. There is not much time left to recruit altcoins. The correction in the market cannot be eternal...The growth of altcoins is a matter of time.

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Aiming to streamline and simplify the Solana user experience, Fuse Wallet has unveiled yet another creative tool. After delivering Solana’s leading multisig solution and developing a seed phraseless smart wallet, Fuse is finally bringing gas abstraction to Solana.

What is gas abstraction, and how does it facilitate simplified applications on the Solana blockchain?

HOW DOES GAS ABSTRACTION WORK
In an eagerly awaited update, Fuse Wallet has finally implemented gas abstraction. A helpful onboarding tool, gas abstraction makes Solana gas payments simpler than ever before by expanding the ways in which users can pay transaction fees.

Through the platform’s Paymaster feature, Fuse Wallet’s native LST (Liquid Staking Token), fuseSOL can be automatically converted to SOL to pay transaction fees. This gives users greater flexibility by enabling them to deploy all their SOL throughout the ecosystem while still enjoying the staking rewards provided by fuseSOL.

Essentially, Fuse Wallet’s Paymaster feature ensures that your wallet always maintains a minimum balance of fuseSOL that is sufficient to pay transaction fees. Kept separate from your main balance, the Paymaster also allows for a daily spending limit of 0.1SOL.

While for now, this might sound as simple as using fuseSOL for transaction fees instead of SOL, the future implications allow for a far more diversified onchain landscape.

WHY IS THIS HELPFUL?
In the future, Fuse Wallet expects that users will be able to pay gas fees using any supported cryptocurrency, like USDC. Successful implementation of gas abstraction means that users are no longer required to hold SOL in their wallets, enabling them to explore the Solana ecosystem with greater freedom and simplicity.

Additionally, gas abstraction will make it possible for applications to cover the costs of network transaction fees on behalf of their users. This feature eliminates a massive friction point that hampers adoption and helps new users join the onchain economy.

Commentators on social media have lauded the move as a bold step forward for crypto onboarding.

📊 The median Gas price on Ethereum has reached its lowest level in 5 years.

In fact, it fell below the 2 gwei mark for the first time in the last 5 years

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⚠️ Brief analysis of the current situation at macro level for #Bitcoin :

The Federal Reserve 🇺🇸 is at a crossroads between inflation or recession right now

Recently, most people were seeing the possibility of an AGGRESSIVE cut of at least 50 bps, and even the possibility of an EMERGENCY cut prior to the September decision...

However, most confused various readings of the role of the Bank of Japan 🇯🇵 with the role of the FED 🇺🇸 in all this.

The reality is that FOR NOW there is not enough data to corroborate the entry into a recession, so right now the BEST possible scenario would be for the FED to cut rates by 25 bps in September.

Why? 👉 It would mean the official start of the liquidity cycle that we were all expecting, while citizens do not seek immediate refuge from a recession ‼️👀

Otherwise, it would trigger very significant sales due to the drums of a great recession in addition to the breakdown of the carry trade.

We'll see how the data ends up coming in over the next few weeks 🚨

Good afternoon 🔥 hope you all had a Bullish weekend so far

If you noticed $NEIRO on $SOL

$NEIRO is the Shiba Inu who has gained popularity on ​social media, similar to Kabosu (DOGE). Neiro is known ​for her charming and expressive face, which often ​features the characteristic ''smiling'' expression that ​Shiba Inus are famous for!

It all started as the first $NEIRO that was created on the ​SOLANA blockchain! We went through alot... A CABAL ​competing against the real OG COMMUNITY, a whole ​lore to it!

Why $NEIRO ??

-CTO
-ACTIVE community✅️
-Holders 10k+💎
-Great narrative ✅️
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-Currently at $22 .68M

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⚖️ Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong “Bitboy” is currently under investigation by the CFTC for promoting 15 cryptos including the $BEN token.

The CFTC has subpoenaed media company Hit Network, the company that formerly managed Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong.

Armstrong had presented the tokens in YouTube videos.
According to the title of some YouTube videos, some had the best potential to make x100

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Solana’s favorite no-code token deployer has proven itself the biggest application of the cycle, consistently generating millions in revenue.

Pump.fun, a popular Solana-based token deployment application, is showing no sign of stopping. After celebrating the launch of one million tokens on the platform on June 14, 2024, pump.fun notched 1.5M launches a mere 42 days later on July 25th.

PUMP.FUN GENERATES $85M REVENUE SINCE JANUARY LAUNCH
Consistently generating over $1M in daily revenue, pump.fun has established itself as one of the most valuable crypto apps in terms of revenue generation. In just under seven months since its January 14 launch, pump.fun has generated 520,412 SOL in revenue, currently valued at over $85M

The platform’s viral growth has set an astonishing pace. After a comparatively slow start, pump.fun usage exploded in March and never looked back. On average, 12,679 tokens were launched daily on the platform in July, based on Dune Analytics data.

Off the back of its massive popularity, pump.fun recently crossed the 1.5M token deployment threshold. The no-code token creator is accelerating towards the next significant milestone at 2M launches and is expected to achieve this feat in just under 32 days, if it continues the pace set in July.

In a recent interview with threadguy, a popular crypto influencer, pump.fun co-founder alon credits the platform’s success to its accessibility. Alon argues that pump.fun is the ideal intersection between finance and social media, contending that “pump.fun is SocialFi in the most crypto-native way”.

PUMP.FUN RESPONSIBLE FOR 40.97% OF SOLANA DEX TRANSACTIONS
One doesn’t need to look far to see that pump.fun has evolved into one of the most critical applications in Solana’s DeFi ecosystem.

According to Dune Analytics data collected over the past seven days, pump.fun transactions make up approximately 40.97% of all Solana DEX transactions.

However, given that tokens launched on the platform are migrated to Raydium upon reaching a market capitalization of $69 ,000, volumes on the app remain relatively low compared to other decentralized exchanges.

Despite attracting the bulk of Solana DEX transactions, pump.fun’s DEX volume market share continues to hover around 4%, with Raydium being a significant benefactor of pump.fun’s success.

“THE WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO CRYPTO ” - Alon Responds to Criticism
For many blockchain advocates, pump.fun represents all the worst parts of the industry. Arguing that the proliferation of meme coins on Solana is drawing attention away from serious projects, and delegitimizing the industry.

In response to criticism, alon concedes that “pump.fun is the worst thing to happen for crypto for a lot of people”. However, the co-founder argues that the platform has simply “uncovered the veil” and exposed “crypto for what it really is”.

Looking ahead, alon posits that the key to continuing pump.fun’s meteoric growth is to “leaning into what we’ve already done”.

While not giving away any hints regarding upcoming features on the platform, alon indicated that the pump.fun team was committed to “improving the experience while maintaining the culture that makes it so exciting in the first place.”

The summary of the news #crypto and US market

1) The United States debt has just crossed $35 ,000 billion (+280 billion per month since 2020)

2) Grayscale sold yesterday 210 million $ETHE , BlackRock bought +60 million, total net flow -98 million

3) Side #Bitcoin it is +200 million at BR for a net inflow of +124 million in total

4) The $BTC of the US government seized during the SilkRoad affair moved wallet yesterday (2 billion in value)

5) The Ta-Da application is available on iOS and Android

6) Aave offers a Lido stETH wstETH pool on its v3

7) Finary opens the possibility via its app to invest in #crypto for companies via their holding company

8) Coinbase's quarterly results will be revealed this Thursday (big week of results for some of the super 7s as well)

9) Tomorrow, Wednesday, the FOMC should set the tone regarding the rate cut by the FED expected by the market around mid-September 2024, some analysts are hoping for a first hammer cut of -0.5 while the base is expected to be - 0.25 points

10) Samara Cohen of BlackRock confirms that she has no immediate plans to launch an ETF $SOL

11) 21Shares have integrated Chainlink Proof of Reserved into their ETF for more transparency

12) The Cybertruck is the best-selling electric truck in the United States in Q2 2024, the stock $TSLA climbs back into the top 10 of the largest US caps

13) Pumpdotfun exceeded Ethereum’s 24-hour revenue yesterday

14) Qatar reconsiders its position on cryptos, in order to lift the ban and define a framework

15) The balance of ETF's spots on #Bitcoin now exceeds 50 billion

16) The halving $BTC took place 100 days ago

🚨 WazirX launches 55/45 recovery plan following $230 million hack

This plan would allow users to immediately access 55% of their assets, while locking the remaining 45% in USDT.

They will be invited to select their recovery option via a survey with a deadline of August 3

https://x.com/wazirxindia/...

AMERICA AND BITCOIN
A historical speech. Here is Donald Trump's full speech at the Bitcoin Conference with timestamps and transcript.

TIMESTAMPS
1:36 - Shoutouts to David Bailey, Winklevosses, Michael Saylor, Cathie Wood, Ron Paul and Rand Paul, Vivek, and the victims of the July 13 assassination attempt.

7:00 - How Bitcoin rose from an idea on an anonymous message board to the 9th most valuable asset in the world.

10:00 - America is a nation in decline, and we cannot let China dominate Bitcoin. The US must lead in tech, science, manufacturing, AI, space, and power generation.

14:50 - Bitcoin will be mined, minted, and made in the USA. If it goes to the moon, it'll get there from America.

16:20 - How the Biden/Harris administration has waged war on crypto for the last three and a half years, by choking off banking support.

22:00 - The Biden/Harris administration is against Bitcoin, because it stands for freedom, sovereignty, and independence from government coercion and control.

25:00 - The day Trump takes the oath of office, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren's anti-crypto crusade will be done. He will fire Gary Gensler on day one!

27:57 - Trump commits to immediately shutting down Operation Chokepoint 2.0, and creating a Bitcoin and Crypto Presidential Advisory Council. In 100 days, fair rules written by people who want crypto to thrive.

29:28 - There will never be a CBDC. And he will defend the right to self-custody, freedom of transaction, freedom of association, and freedom of speech.

30:25 - He'll support USD stablecoins and global savings in Bitcoin. And he recognizes that the behavior of the current US government is the threat to the dollar, not Bitcoin.

35:30 - Biden/Harris has presided over the biggest inflation in the history of America.

38:30 - Inflation destroyed Weimar Germany. Bitcoiners understood inflation better than anyone else. Inflation is stealth taxation, a national disgrace.

43:30 - Make the US the lowest cost energy producer in the world, given its natural resources, and turn it into a Bitcoin mining powerhouse. Americans will not need to move to China.

44:20 - The US government has violated the cardinal rule: never sell your Bitcoin. He will stop the US government from selling its Bitcoin. This will serve as the core of the strategic national Bitcoin stockpile.

46:00 - He will commute the life sentence of Ross Ulbricht to time served.

46:26 - He commits to becoming the pro-innovation, pro-Bitcoin, and pro-tech president that America deserves. And will make America and Bitcoin stronger, richer, freer, and greater than ever before.

Daily Memecoin Recap - July 26

$sol looks healthy, all we need is to break past $210 so we can aim for a new ATH

Hawk Tuah Comeback
$hawktuah -> $530k to $10 .17m (19.2x)
- elonmusk follows HalieyWelchX

- HawkTuah girl is attending the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville

Influencer Launch
$gyat -> hit $564k , wicked to $4 .4m, emarrbb

Landwolf Pushing
$wolf -> $52 .6m to $166m (3.15x), chart looks very good

Mumu Breaches $200m
$mumu -> $166m to $254m (1.53x)
$mimi -> hit $800k , mimi the bull, " $mumu 's wife ", CTO

Memes That Make You Lose Brain Cells (in a good way)
$brainlet -> $13 .3m to $29 .6m (2.23x), new ATH, pushed by $eth whales
$schizo -> hit $4 .9m
$sgb -> hit $1 .94m, "Screaming Gorilla Bird"
$spaz -> hit $525k , CTO
$pbjt -> hit $474k , "Peanut Butter Jelly Time"

Smoking Chicken Fish Keeps Pushing
$scf -> $35m to $85m (2.43x)
$cfsm -> $510k to $5 .15m (10.1x), Flying Spaghetti Monster, beta to $scf
$crabs -> $179k to $915k (5.11x), Smoking Crab, also a beta to $scf
- Just when you thought it was over, the smoking chicken fish shows you why it deserves more
- This thing has been all over the timeline

Zoomer Meta
$culture -> $1 .8m to $4 .75m (2.64x), "Men of Culture", CTO
$ong -> $396k to $3 .76m (9.5x), "on god"
$real -> $525k to $2 .3m (4.38x), this word is used all the time on social media
$lll -> hit $3 .1m, Live Laugh Love
$kek -> hit $1 .88m, "cult of kek"
$smh -> hit $1 .4m, "so much higher", CTO, KOLs onboard
$utility -> hit $830k , "The best utility is no utility"
$glaze -> hit $500k , slang meaning you're giving excessive praise to someone
$ticker -> hit $311k , "band 4 band"

Cat Memes
$djcat -> $300k to $5 .5m (18.3x), back from the dead, ATH is at $18m
$usdt -> $410k to $2 .73m (6.65x), tiger meme (I guess that still counts as a cat)
$smol -> $160k to $943k (5.9x), "smol cat", after months of consolidation, price exploded these past few days
$t -> hit $1 .5m, cat doing a T pose

More Cooks
$selfie -> $28m to $48m (1.7x), keeps making new ATH's after being dead for a while
$mad -> $15 .5m to $32m (2x), major come back from a low of $700k
$dollar -> $1 .8m to $5 .2m (2.88x)
$dewy -> hit $3 .28m, this meme got hella attention, ansem replied to it, dev burnt 5 figs worth
$miland -> hit $985k , "milady multiverse"
$cussy -> hit $745k , based on JDVance

$zeke -> hit $375k , cute rabbit
$mbc -> hit $300k , "Mutant Boys Club",
Matt_Furies boys club but a mutant variation
$glitched -> hit $267k
$spikey -> hit $250k , a cactus meme

Always remember to take a break & enjoy your weekend 🤝

Breaking new all-time highs in TVL every month this year, Solana LSTs (Liquid Staking Tokens) have established themselves as one of the fundamental pillars of the ecosystem.

Yet, despite its growing popularity and the wealth of benefits, only 6.4% of all staked SOL is liquid staked, suggesting plenty of Solana users still have some lingering questions about LSTs.

What is liquid staking on Solana? How do Solana LSTs work and why should Solana users consider leveraging LSTs to optimize their DeFi strategies?

With one of Solana's longest-standing protocols launching liquid staking services, there's never been a better time to refresh your knowledge.

What is Liquid Staking MEV?
MEV, or Maximum Extractable Value, is an umbrella term that covers a range of profit-generation strategies and arbitrage opportunities that occur within block production.

For example, by rearranging the order of transactions within a processing queue, MEV tools can profit from mismatched prices in liquidity pools across different DEXes. Some Liquid Staking providers, like Jito, eliminate MEV spam transactions and pass these rewards on to stakers, effectively boosting their staking rewards.

To date, Jito has captured over 31,000 SOL in MEV fees, sharing a percentage of these fees with over 100,000 active accounts who liquid stake their SOL tokens through the Jito protocol.

What are the Benefits of Liquid Staking?
Liquid staking has become a key component of Solana’s DeFi landscape, and for good reason. Here’s why:

1. Earn staking rewards without locking SOL - Solana LSTs make it possible to continue earning generous staking rewards, without losing immediate access to your staked assets.

2. Expanded liquidity and DeFi strategies - Users can leverage their LSTs to capitalize on DeFi yield generation strategies, while still earning staking rewards.

3. Contribute to Solana’s security and decentralization - By liquid staking SOL tokens, users help to further decentralize and secure the Solana network by delegating SOL across a variety of validators.

What are the risks of liquid Staking?
While there are plenty of reasons to use liquid staking on Solana, it’s not without its flaws. Some of the risks associated with Solana LSTs include:

Smart contract risk - LST protocols rely on smart contracts to operate. If any of these contracts is exploited by a malicious actor, stakers could be a
risk of losing their funds.

LST price depeg - Despite typically maintaining their pegged value, LST tokens on other blockchains have fallen victim to temporary price depegs in the past. This could be problematic during black swan events or periods of market turmoil.

Where Can I Liquid Stake my SOL Tokens?
Now that you’ve got a better understanding of how liquid staking on Solana works, let’s recap some of the most reliable and trustworthy liquid staking providers in the market

ANNOUNCING STEPSOL - POWERED BY STEP FINANCE & SANCTUM

STEPSOL
Entering Solana's flourishing LST landscape for the first time, Step Finance is one of the oldest Solana applications in the ecosystem. Doubling as an intuitive portfolio dashboard and a comprehensive DeFi and NFT analytics platform, Step recently expanded its extensive product offering to include its LST, stepSOL.

On top of earning generous APY, stepSOL holders are also eligible to earn additional STEP Reward Options, which are claimable every five days via the Step Finance dashboard. Stakers who've already delegated their SOL to the Step Validator can head to Sanctum's Stake Accounts page and convert their stake account to stepSOL.

What's more, Step Finance has partnered with Meteora and will be offering incentivized rewards through the following pools:
•STEP/stepSOL

•xSTEP/stepSOL

•stepSOL/edgeSOL

$POPDOG is lucky enough to be speaker on stage and hang out with MediaGiraffes (https://x.com/MediaGiraffe...) a legend from our partners HelloMoon_io (https://x.com/HelloMoon_io) !

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Daily Memecoin Recap - July 24

Despite stocks being down heavy on the day, $sol was pretty stable

Have a look at what happened 👇

Runners Of The Day
$eggy -> hit $5 .3m, literally an egg
$alpha -> hit $5m , KOLs onboard
$mystic -> hit $3 .3m, CTO, heavily pushed on twitter
$noah -> hit $1 .9m, CTO, pushed by lots of groups as " the next $billy "

Shape Meta
$circle -> hit $470k , literally just a circle
- Kickstarted the shape meta
- Plenty of shapes were launching on pump fun
- Square, triangle, star were some betas

Midget Olympics
$mog -> hit $3 .2m, their twitter says it all midget_olympics

Mystery Launch
$fried -> hit $4m
- These hyped launches always have an initial run-up due to hype & snipes
- They tend to die down after that unless the team has capital & a solid plan (this one is holding decently)

Smoking Chicken Fish Pushes
$scf -> $2 .6m to $24 .5m (9.42x), pushed by KOLs

Teams w/ Large Capital
$bill -> $24 .7m to $46 .6m (1.88x), Bill The Bear
$clown -> hit $87m
$parry -> hit $36m , very good team, good bird meme

Cat Memes
$ily -> $4 .21m to $13 .87m (3.29x), great CTO team
$fc -> $750k to $1 .78m (2.37x), "Floki Cat"
$bullish -> hit $1 .1m, Cat + Bull = Bullish, CTO
$skullcat -> hit $500k
$chiti -> hit $374k , CTO
$magic -> hit $324k , "Magic Cat"
$charm -> hit $315k , CTO
$gracie -> hit $237k , viral tiktok cat

Zoomer Memes
$hmu -> $20k to $1 .15m (57x), "hit me up"
$brat -> hit $6m , "Brat Summer"
$based -> hit $1 .95m, slang used all over social media
$omg -> hit $485k , "On My Grind"
$gac -> hit $360k , "Goofy Ahh Coin"

More Cooks
$selfie -> $590k to $32 .7m (55x from the low), back from the dead
$guzuta -> $444k to $2 .17m (4.88x)
$taddy -> $50k to $615k (12.3x), "Daddy Trump", $daddy (Andrew Tate's coin) + Trump
$knight -> hit $1 .22m, "Fallen Knight", medieval meme
$csfm -> hit $450k , "Church of the flying spaghetti monster"
$gator -> hit $350k , instantly filled on pump fun, CTO
$crashout -> hit $240k , good meme

Traders are getting more experienced, scalpers are emerging since people don't hold trades for long

Most coins go to zero within 1 hour, remember to never become a community member