1 month left in 2024 to achieve greatness:

- Put in as many hours as possible
- Set a profit goal
- Set a max amount that you're willing to risk
- Identify your best setups and focus on that
- Double down on strategies that work best for you
- Focus on quality over quantity

The market won't stay like this forever, capitalize on it while you can

Daily Memecoin Recap - November 18

Coins were weird today - there was still hella money to be made

Trump To Buy A Crypto Trading Venue
$bakkt -> hit $42m
$bkkt -> hit $28m , Bakkt Holdings Inc
$jammy -> hit $466k , bkkt founder's dog
- realDonaldTrump's social media company is in talks to buy BAKKT

McDonalds Cat
$mello -> hit $18m
- doodles partnership with McDonalds

Next Moo Deng?
$kirby -> hit $31m , baby elephant

Vvaifu Pushes
$vvaifu -> hit $210m
- vvaifudotfun's agent
- Vvaifu allows you to launch AI agents with a token

Science Meta
$rif -> hit $251m , pumpdotscience

$uro -> hit $154m
$pro -> hit $25m
$anti -> hit $25m
$E =MC² -> hit $15m , Euphoria = Meme × Community²
$cris -> hit $10 .6m, crispr
$life -> hit $6 .8m

Peanut's Dog
$peanut -> hit $37m , OG Peanut coin (community driven)
$tucker -> hit $10m , $pnut 's dog
#marshall -> hit $540k , Peanut's best friend

Artificial Intelligence
$eliza -> hit $52m
$gnosis -> hit $14 .4m
$flower -> hit $6 .8m
$wizard -> hit $5 .5m
$▶︎ • -> hit $4 .2m, AI music agent that generates tracks inspired by real-time events
$π -> hit $3 .3m
$laila -> hit $3 .1m
$ae -> hit $2 .4m

Chill Guy
#chillguy -> hit $43 .5m, viral tiktok meme

Animal Memes
$arie -> $2 .5m to $20 .7m (8.3x)
$meng -> hit $4 .9m, rabbit meme
$long -> hit $4 .8m, longcat
$bark -> hit $3 .8m, barking dog, high volume
#scratch -> hit $677k , dj cat
$albert -> hit $617k , alligator

More Cooks
$🟥🟩 -> hit $50m
$chatty -> hit $15m , ChatGPTapp mascot
$bayc -> hit $6 .45m
$fa =fo -> hit $5 .5m, fuck around = find out
$mes -> hit $5 .4m, Meme Economy Simulation
$💎🙌 -> hit $2 .9m
$ticker -> hit $2 .5m, "what's the ticker"
$🟩🐿 -> hit $912k
$🔴🟢 -> hit $767k
$khabib -> hit $750k , Hasbulla's best friend

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Will Ethereum remain institutions' top choice?

jonahrobrts breaks down the blockchain competition for TradFi's attention 🤼‍♂️

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Disruption. Digitization. Financial inclusion. Future-proofing.

What do all of these oft-repeated buzzwords have in common? They’ve all been used by crypto-pilled associates at TradFi firms to pitch their bosses on the exciting upside of blockchain tech. This year, it seems, the executives are listening.

Institutions jumped into crypto more headlong than ever in 2024. Their moves are starting to bridge the gap between TradFi and DeFi. However, this article isn’t focused on why firms are building onchain. Instead, we are focusing on where these funds are choosing to build.

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What’s Happening on Ethereum?
Ethereum is the world’s largest smart-contract blockchain network. It has secured over $90 billion in RWAs, including stablecoins. 2024 has been a big year for the adoption of non-stablecoin RWAs on Ethereum as well, with the network growing its onchain U.S. treasuries, bonds, and cash equivalents from $800 million to over $1 .5 billion and overall non-stablecoin RWA value to $2 .9 billion.

Some of the major players building on Ethereum this year include
Visa, BlackRock and FTI_US

Earlier this month, Visa announced that they are building the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) on Ethereum. This is the company’s biggest step toward crypto adoption thus far. VTAP enables Visa to issue and manage fiat-backed tokens on Ethereum. It is intended to be a sandbox for participating financial institutional partners to create and experiment with fiat-backed tokens. They expect to begin piloting the platform with Spanish multinational bank BBVA in 2025. While the VTAP program is certainly an experiment, it gives credit to the thesis that TradFi will migrate its operations onto Ethereum over the coming decades.

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Yet, the success of Ethereum’s competitors highlights a critical point: institutions are no longer bound to a single network. While Ethereum is foundational, blockchains like Solana and Stellar provide alternatives that are increasingly hard to ignore. However, they also present novel interoperability concerns.

Interoperability is central to the future of institutional blockchain adoption. As Visa states in their VTAP press release announcement, the largest benefits of building onchain include easy integration, programmability, and interoperability. Institutions that venture onto non-EVM chains like Solana or Stellar may face challenges in asset liquidity and protocol compatibility. This can lead to reliance on third-party services to bridge assets between chains, which introduces complexity and security risks. Ethereum’s widespread use means that staying within the EVM ecosystem—whether through Ethereum or Layer 2 solutions—remains the simplest and most secure option for institutions.

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However, for Ethereum to maintain its lead in the race toward institutional adoption, it must continue to balance world-class security and stability with the performance and scalability that competing chains continue to push. The race to capture the attention of institutional finance will be won by the network that can not only meet today’s demands but also anticipate the needs of tomorrow. Ethereum is well-positioned for now, but staying on top will require constant evolution.

Warren had a chance to walk back her "anti-crypto army" rhetoric last night

It went about as well as you'd expect...

Should you invest in memecoins & which ones should you buy?

Buying memes is essentially a high leveraged bet on Bitcoin & crypto as a whole

Memes are the chosen narrative this cycle -> as $btc surges -> memes go up 100x

For conviction bags, focus on memes above $10m market cap:
- Block out the noise and ignore low-cap shitters
- Focus on cult-communities
- Focus on cabal memes

Most importantly, have a clear exit plan. Understand that once bitcoin enters a bear market, most memes will become obsolete

In the meantime, we focus on making generational wealth

If you policed being anti-Christian as hard as “antisemitism” or “Islamophobia” so many millions of people would be cancelled or imprisoned.

It’s a fact.

💬 “Markets historically always move in the opposite direction to crowd expectations.”

Bitcoin bull run unlikely as long as social sentiment is too high, Santiment says.

There are currently 1.8 bullish posts about Bitcoin for every 1 bearish post

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Chapter Two Rebrands as ‘Solana Seeker’, Unveiling a Range of New Features and Enhancements
140,000 pre-orders later, Solana Mobile’s next generation web3 smartphone emerges from its ‘stealth phase’.

Solana Mobile, the team behind the wildly popular Solana Saga device, has finally unveiled the eagerly awaited Solana Seeker. The next generation web3 smartphone is slated for release in 2025, offering a host of improved features and benefits.

Following the rampant success of the sellout Solana Saga, Solana Mobile stealth-launched the mysterious ‘Chapter Two’. Despite being light on details, Solana Chapter Two was well-received by the wider crypto-community. Solana Mobile’s next generation device has already been pre-ordered over 140,000 times, with recipients eager to get their hands on fresh Solana hardware.

Both the Solana Saga and the Seeker, formerly ‘Chapter Two’ have been embraced by Solana’s mobile development community. Saga owners and Seeker Genesis token holders have been generously rewarded with a litany of airdrops, as well as a vast selection of dApps and features designed exclusively for the Solana Seeker ahead of the device’s launch.

Since its inception, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has been one of Solana Mobile’s staunchest advocates. Championing mobile devices and services as a key area of growth for the network, Yakovenko contends that the Seeker will improve on the standards set by the Saga at more accessible prices.

“We founded Solana Mobile with the mission of taking crypto mobile. To achieve that, we needed to make Seeker more accessible, more affordable, and for its hardware and software to be even more deeply integrated for web3. The support from across the Solana community so far has been incredible, and with features like the new Seed Vault Wallet and the updated Solana dApp Store, we think Seeker will be the definitive web3 mobile device when it comes out next year.” - Anatoly Yakovenko, Solana Labs co-founder

What new features can users expect from the Saga’s highly-anticipated successor?

New Phone, New Features
While the full range of improvements and hardware specifications is yet to be announced, Solana Mobile has teased the following features for the upcoming Seeker:

Seed Vault Wallet - The Seeker comes complete with a built-in self-custodial Seed Vault to provide a frictionless web3 mobile experience. Designed exclusively for the Seeker in collaboration with Solflare, the Seed Vault support double-tap transactions and simplified account management.

Solana Mobile dApp Store - Competing directly with the Apple/Google duopoly, the Solana Mobile dApp Store debuts a compelling new rewards tracker and offers enhanced discoverability for DeFi, NFTs, DePIN, Gaming, and Payments applications.

Seeker Genesis Token - A soulbound NFT, the Seeker Genesis Token is a non-transferrable asset that gives holders exclusive access to rewards, content and opportunities throughout Solana’s thriving ecosystem.

Enhanced Hardware - Seeker promises a dramatically improved build quality, boasting a superior camera, extended battery life, a lighter design, and a brighter display than its predecessor.

With 2025 just around the corner, the launch and distribution of Solana Seeker may come sooner than expected. Given the generous incentives and rewards enjoyed by Solana holders, the Solana community awaits the launch of Solana Seeker with bated breath.

$HONEY , $MPLX , $CROWN Lead Solana Ecosystem Token Performance During Breakpoint
Which native tokens outperformed the market during Solana Breakpoint 2024?

Solana Breakpoint delivered a bounty of massive announcements not only for Solana, but also for a host of applications and projects building in the ecosystem.

However, market dynamics don’t always line up with protocol updates. Hype and speculation can push prices up ahead of the event, only to be met with disappointing price action when teams don’t deliver the news traders are hoping to hear.

On the other hand, projects that were ignored by speculative traders can enjoy solid price appreciation when they deliver unexpected announcements.

In the eyes of the market, who were Solana Breakpoint’s best and worst performers?

Solana Breakpoint Market Dynamics
To illustrate market dynamics during Breakpoint, analysts compiled and analyzed price data from 20 key projects in the ecosystem. Tokens were shortlisted from the following criteria:

In the industry’s top 1,000 tokens by market capitalization.

Made announcements, or participated in Breakpoint panels and debates.

If not presenting at the event, proven ecosystem OGs like Orca and Raydium were included.

Other than BONK Memecoins were excluded. BONK’s inclusion is due to its announcements and significant presence at the event.

Using Step Finance data, prices were pulled from Breakpoint’s opening and compared that with the price recorded at the closure of the event.

While the market anticipated big announcements from the likes of Jupiter and Sanctum, it was the projects that no one expected updates from who performed the best. $HONEY , $MPLX , and $CROWN outperformed the market, while most of the ecosystem remained largely unchanged.

Hivemapper, the company behind $HONEY , shared impressive growth statistics. The DePIN protocol has successfully mapped over 26% of the world’s road network and now sells mapping data to three of the ten largest mapmakers.

Metaplex, one of Solana’s longest-standing infrastructure providers, held a stealthy presentation in The Pod, one of Breakpoint’s smaller spaces. During the session, Metaplex teased the upcoming launch of the Metaplex Aura Network, a mysterious new addition to Metaplex’s product suite.

Finally, Photo Finish announced that its mobile app was approved for distribution on the Apple App Store. According to Photo Finish CEO, this makes the app the world’s first real-money horse racing mobile game approved by Apple.

However, Breakpoint is a relatively short event with plenty of other dynamics influencing price movements. For example, $CLOUD’s appears to have traded sideways during Breakpoint, but it needs to be said that the asset enjoyed an impressive surge both before and after the event.

Despite stale price action throughout Breakpoint, $CLOUD is up 67% on a weekly time frame and has been one of the Solana ecosystem’s best performers, based on Step Finance data.

On September 20, Reown, formerly WalletConnect, announced the launch of its Solana Appkit, a comprehensive developer tooling platform designed to simplify Solana ecosystem development.

The move promises to amplify Solana connectivity, leveraging a range of essential services that aim to expand the ecosystem. Best known for its expansive EVM network, Reown facilitates over 15M monthly wallet connections across 100+ blockchains.

Solana’s inclusion in Reown’s substantial list of supported chains comes following the network’s meteoric growth throughout 2024. Reown CEO Jess Houlgrave contends that the Solana Appkit’s launch could spearhead a new wave of applications on the network:

"The Solana ecosystem has stood out since its inception in 2020. Solana instantly drew interest from developers and teams throughout the industry, resulting in some of the biggest and most recognizable projects to date. The launch of the Solana AppKit will act as a catalyst for further growth, the AppKit simplifies building apps and ensures the best experience for end-users. We're excited to see what teams can do with these new tools". - Jess Houlgrave, Reown CEO.

What Can Developers Expect From Reown’s Appkit?
Reown’s Solana Appkit aims to streamline the development process, amplifying application connectivity across the ecosystem. The new tooling platform promises a range of essential features, including:

WalletConnect Network integration.

Simplified email and social login - Allowing users to connect to dApps using familiar, Web2 logins.

Fiat-to-Crypto onramp - Partnering with Coinbase, users can instantly buy over 100 crypto assets directly through Reown-powered apps.

Token swaps - In collaboration with 1Inch, Reown provides applications with in-app trades at the best available rates.

Web3 Messaging Notifications - Apps can now send onchain messages directly to user’s wallets.

Multi-Language support - Reown’s Solana Appkit supports developers building with React, Vue, JavaScript, and Next.js

Reown Attracts Key Launch Partners
Bringing the new Appkit to as many Solana developers, Reown has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the ecosystem. Integral DeFi apps like Jupiter, Solana’s leading aggregator, and Marinade Finance, one of Solana’s original staking providers, have lent their weight behind the launch, with additional support from Drift Protocol, a popular perpetual DEX, and Solayer, the network’s leading restaking protocol.

Drift Protocol co-founder Cindy Leow believes that Reown’s Solana Appkit will facilitate a smoother onboarding process for traders. Championing the toolkit accessibility, Leow expressed excitement at the prospect of a widening ecosystem.

“At Drift we’re continuously improving the experience for our users. As we expand, we want to see even more blockchain adoption. Integrating Reown’s Solana AppKit marks a milestone for accessibility and usability. We’re looking forward to seeing more apps in the Solana ecosystem leverage the Solana AppKit” - Cindy Leow, Drift Protocol co-founder.

Echoing Leow’s enthusiasm, Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante also demonstrated his support for the Reown Appkit.

“As the entry point for the Solana ecosystem, Backpack wallet team worked closely with the Reown team to integrate the Reown WalletKit on the mobile app end. We’re excited to partner with Reown and improve Solana users' experience. Now, users can easily access Backpack Wallet when they click the WalletConnect button on their favorite dApps.” - Armani Ferrante, Backpack CEO

Alongside Solana’s dramatic surge in user activity throughout 2024, the network has also enjoyed a significant increase in developer activity. According to the Solana 2023 Developer Report the network boasted over 2,500 monthly active developers.

The Reown Solana AppKit is expected to provide Solana’s expansive developer community with an expansive suite of tools, enabling them to create a diverse and access

Solana’s iconic memecoin scene is restructuring. Frustrated by the rampant oversaturation of token launches and a litany of extractive practices, memecoin traders are reevaluating their approach..

Liquidity has evaporated from the memecoin economy, causing dramatic price fluctuations across the board. Abandoning smaller caps, the remaining traders have solidified positions in established coins.

The collapse of smaller memecoins has led market participants to explore alternative trading strategies and take advantage of emerging DeFi applications.

Memecoin Leverage Trading Apps Gain Popularity
Losing patience with the frequent scams, rugpulls, and pump-and-dumps popular on platform’s like pump.fun, Solana meme coin traders are eager for a new meta. The oversaturation of new launches has worn the patience of even the most committed degens, drawing attention back to established memecoins.

Despite their relatively short lifespan, Solana’s veteran memecoins have birthed devout and resilient communities. While these established memecoins remain volatile, their relative stability compared to new launches has seen coins like $POPCAT , $GIGA , and $MUMU enjoy renewed interest and capital rotates away from new launches.

However, these popular coins have arguably already completed the bulk of their run. To maximize potential profits through these coins, traders are turning to applications like Lavarage to add additional weight to their positions.

Adding a layer of dynamism to the memecoin economy, Lavarage supports margin trading positions on over 400 Solana memecoins.

With Lavarage, traders can increase the size of their positions, amplifying their profit and loss. This approach breathes new life into established memecoins and gives traders a new tool in this compelling market.

Ironically, implementing leverage trading into memecion markets might actually make them safer. Traders could be compelled to speculate on established coins, rather than gamble on new pump.fun launches and hope that the coin they’ve chosen is one of the 1.38% that graduate to Raydium.

Lavarage Partners with Backpack - Boosting Rewards
After launching in mid-August, Lavarage’s Tephra Rewards campaign has kicked into gear following its collaboration with Backpack wallet.

Lavarage users who access the application and execute trades via the Backpack will benefit from a 10% points boost. Tephra points are expected to play a key role in determining airdrop allocations ahead of Lavarage’s anticipated TGE (Token Generation Event).

An Unexpected Airdrop?
In a bid to further reward users, Lavarage has partnered with the $NAMI memecoin to distribute $1 ,500 of $NAMI to traders. Over the course of the campaign, 5,325,000 $NAMI will be proportionally airdropped to users as follows:

$1000 worth of $NAMI to users who trade $NAMI with leverage

$500 worth of $NAMI to users who trade any other token with leverage

Currently, Leverage only allows traders to open long positions on its extensive list of tradable assets.

However, moderators in the Lavarage Discord server have indicated that “we have a good idea of how shorting can be implemented”, before conceding that the team “do not have any immediate plan to roll that out

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOLANA BREAKPOINT DAY TWO

Solana Breakpoint Day One set a rapid pace, with milestone announcements about Firedancer, key product updates from Jupiter, and trillion-dollar asset manager Franklin Templeton disclosing its intention to build a mutual fund on Solana.

Despite the high expectations following a blistering Day One, Day Two kept the momentum alive and delivered plenty of showstopping announcements.

COINBASE TO LAUNCH cbBTC ON SOLANA
Coinbase, one of the industry’s most popular centralized exchanges, announced its intention to deploy its wrapped version of Bitcoin on the Solana network. Since launching on Ethereum and Base just a few weeks earlier, cbBTC has quickly climbed the ranks to become the third-largest wrapped Bitcoin token in the market.

The move is expected to bring more of Bitcoin’s deep liquidity to Solana, where cbBTC can be integrated into various DeFi applications and increase capital efficiency on the network.

FIREDANCER LIVE ON MAINNET FOR NON-VOTE TRANSACTIONS
FireDancer may have stolen the show on Day One, but the Jump Crypto developers weren’t content to stop there. Firedancer’s Research and Development Architect, Phillip Taffet, and Production Engineer Anway De announced that the full Firedancer validator client was now live on the Solana mainnet for non-vote transactions.

But that wasn’t all that the Firedancer team had in store. A live demo also demonstrated the Frankendancer client executing 1.04M transactions per second.

MAGIC EDEN UNVEILS NEW FEATURES
Magic Eden, the blockchain industry’s largest NFT marketplace across all chains in terms of trading revenue, outlined some of its future plans.

Showcasing a more composable cross-chain ecosystem Magic Eden teased new features like the ability to swap fungible assets on one chain for non-fungible assets on a completely different network.

In a move that didn’t surprise anyone, Magic Eden also announced that its upcoming $ME token will be launched on Solana.

deBridge ANNOUNCES TGE
The deBridge ($DBR) token airdrop has been one of the most anticipated TGEs in recent months.

To thunderous applause from a captivated audience, deBridge co-founder Alex Smirnov announced that $DBR is scheduled to go live on the 17th of October.

Smirnov also used his time in the spotlight to share a wealth of new product features coming to the deBridge application, including gasless bridging and the integration of new chains live Bitcoin and Tron.

BONK ETP
One of Solana’s favorite memecoins, BONK made its presence known at Breakpoint. But beyond the BONK boxing ring, BONK core contributor Nom highlighted the prolific growth of the Bonk brand, which has secured impressive partnerships across the Web2 world, like its sponsorship of Borussia Dortmund.

Affirming BONK’s rise from memecoin, to cultural movement, to financial entity, Nom also announced the team’s intention to launch a BONK ETP. The move is believed to be a precursor to an eventual BONK ETF.

SANCTUM ANNOUNCES BIG UPDATES
Sanctum, the Solana DeFi powerhouse bringing greater flexibility to LST (Liquid Staking Tokens), announced several exciting updates.

First, Sanctum co-founder FP Lee introduced ‘Creator Coins’, a novel spin on LSTs that provides new tools for individuals, communities, and businesses to build, grow, and monetize their audiences.

Lee also announced the upcoming launch of a Sanctum card. Conceived in collaboration with BasedApp and Jupiter, the Cloud Card is expected to facilitate real-world payments using Solana-based crypto assets.

Finally, the Sanctum founder also shared that the platform’s polarizing incentives campaign, Wonderland, would be making its return soon with a second season of rewards.

Caroline Ellison, FTX executive and ex-girlfriend of SBF, faces 110 years in prison ... but given her "substantial" and "exemplary" cooperation according to prosecutors, she risks being released in less than a year ... SBF has a good back ... he did not commit his fraud alone!

Crypto markets have suffered noticeable pullbacks following September 10’s highly anticipated presidential debate.

In the wake of self-proclaimed ‘Crypto President’ Donald Trump’s performance, scales have tipped in favor of Kamala Harris, with prediction markets illustrating renewed support for the Democrats.

Crypto Markets Tumble as Republican Confidence Wanes
The presidential debate had a resounding effect on the digital asset market. Following the event, $SOL price has dropped 5.1%, sliding from September 10’s high of $137 .9 to currently trade hands at $130 .84.

Beyond asset prices, CoinMarketCap’s Crypto Fear & Greed Index also dropped from a neutral 46.72 to a fearful ranking of 31.6.

The crypto market’s slide is expected to be due to the wider industry’s assumption that a Trump presidency will be favorable for the blockchain industry.

Commentators argue that Trump’s pro-crypto stance will greatly benefit the sector, with many analysts proposing that the approval of a spot SOL ETF hinges on a Republican victory. Meanwhile, some Solana community members expressed that regardless of who emerges triumphant in November, it will make little difference.

Over the past four years, the Biden administration has loomed large over the crypto industry. Gary Gensler and the S.E.C. (Securities and Exchanges Commission) have been widely criticized by the crypto community for their regulation-by-enforcement approach, which has seen the agency hand out a litany of lawsuits to crypto businesses throughout its time in office.

Volume Spikes on Drift Protocol’s Prediction Market
While Trump and Harris clashed heads on camera, traders took their chance to hit the prediction markets. Drift Protocol’s BET platform, a marketplace enabling users to trade the outcomes of real-world events, enjoyed an impressive surge of trading volume during the debate.

According to Dune Analytics, Drift Protocol’s BET protocol witnessed over $851k in daily trading volume. While falling short of market leader PolyMarket’s $14M daily volume, BET’s dramatic volume spike represented a 1,287% increase over the previous day’s trading.

According to BET’s dedicated market, Trump’s chances of winning the presidential election dropped from 54.2% to 49.5% since the debate began.

$TREMP Down, $KAMA Up
Finally, the landmark debate sent waves of volatility through Solana’s PolitiFi memecoin economy.

Unfortunately for $TREMP holders, crypto markets rejected the Presidential hopeful’s debate performance. $TREMP price crumbled under increased selling pressure, plunging 28% from.19 to currently exchange hands at.135, based on Step Finance data.

Meanwhile, the Kamala Harris-inspired $KAMA saw renewed support. $KAMA surged over 34%, rising from 0.007 to currently trade at.0094. Despite $KAMA’s superior performance, the memecoin still has a smaller market cap ($8.3M) than its PolitiFi rival $TREMP ($14.2M).

The debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was heated to say the least...

The summary 👇

What initially got the most attention was that Kamala Harris appeared to have worn "earpiece" earrings so that people could whisper "punchlines" to her.

Tensions over Ukraine:
Harris accuses Trump of literally wanting to abandon Ukraine, acknowledges that Russia has not threatened to use nuclear weapons but advocates a rapid end to the conflict.

Disagreements over foreign policy:
Trump fears global escalation, Harris defends international engagement

Lively exchanges on the economy:
Harris criticizes the tariffs that Trump wants to impose (especially on Chinese products), calling them a "sales tax" on the middle class, and blames it for current inflation.

Heated debate on immigration:
Trump alarmist accuses Biden-Harris administration of letting in "dangerous" immigrants while Kamala Harris accuses him of dividing the nation.

Abortion Clash:
Harris defends abortion rights, Trump calls for return of decision to states.

Post debate:
Taylor Swift, "America's Sweetheart," has announced her support for Kamala Harris. The potential impact on "young people" is massive

🇺🇸 North Carolina passes anti-CBDC bill.

The North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill that prohibits state involvement in testing a CBDC

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 9

Market sentiment could flip bullish at any moment

Apple Event
$dbp -> $850k , "Disco Ball Pigeon", emoji shown during the apple event, okx tweeted it $CowboyFrog -> hit $377k , first AI emoji apple showed during the event

Popular Memes & Trends
$gg -> hit $1m , Galaxy Gas, one of the dumbest trends I've ever seen, all over tiktok
$wait -> hit $844k , Correction Guy, viral meme on CT
$legend -> hit $264k , "F*cking Legend", old viral meme

Hyped Launch
$insdr -> hit $1m , "The Insiders", they've been posting for a while w/ twitter gold

Doge Team Post
$cate -> hit $511k , posted by $doge team,

Dog Meta
$jack -> hit $231k , cute dog
$duge -> hit $144k , plushie dog, CTO

Slow Cooks
$moth -> $2 .5m to $7m (2.8x), was stagnant for a couple days, currently breaking out
$deebo -> $350k to $1 .7m (4.85x), CTO, bear meme
$pe -> $370k to $917k (2.47x), " Half of $pepe "
$mope -> $30k to $330k (11x), CTO

Other Plays
$btc2 -> hit $1 .39m, "Bitcoin 2.0", a fake $btc on solana, limited supply of 21,000 tokens
$ct -> hit $732k , "Crypto Twitter"
$bingus -> hit $308k , X community, pushed by KOLs
$fp -> hit $298k , a fluffy pickle
$dwagon -> hit $295k , dragon + $fwog , CTO
$unlock -> hit $178k , "unlock your full potential, unlock unlimited gains on Solana"

Patience & quality over quantity 🤫

🇮🇳 India reviews registrations of foreign crypto exchanges.

India's Financial Intelligence Unit is reviewing the registration applications of four foreign crypto exchanges that were previously banned for failing to comply with the country's anti-money laundering laws

https://cointelegraph.com/...

Magic Eden, Solana’s leading NFT marketplace by trading volume, has surprised network participants with an unexpected announcement.

On September 5, the crypto juggernaut revealed it would be splitting its trading platform into two separate sites, Magic Eden International and Magic Eden US.

The move has drawn skepticism from the wider community, who speculate that the regulatory landscape in the U.S. could impact user eligibility for Magic Eden’s highly-anticipated airdrop.

MAGIC EDEN'S U.S. USERS FEAR AIRDROP EXCLUSION
In the official announcement, Magic Eden posited that the U.S. site “will still have great products you know and love while .IO [the international site] will give us the ability to cook up (and sauté) even more features…”, suggesting that the U.S. platform will offer a limited range of services compared to its international equivalent.

Magic Eden users have expressed concerns that these limitations could extend to airdrop eligibility. Throughout the year, Solana users based in the United States have frequently found themselves unable to claim tokens due to geographic restrictions.

Due to regulatory concerns and the ongoing scrutiny of the SEC (Securities and Exchanges Commission), many crypto projects, like Sanctum and Grass, avoid distributing airdropped tokens to U.S. users.

Regulatory clarity around NFTs and digital assets were further exacerbated in late August, when the SEC issued a Wells notice to OpenSea, an alternative NFT marketplace.

Claiming that the platform facilitated the sale of unregistered securities, the notice serves as a preliminary warning and often precedes formal legal action.

In what could be considered a tongue-in-cheek gag, the official Magic Eden 𝕏 account also added a playful line to it’s bio, stipulating that “Tweets are only for non US Residents”.

SolanaFloor engaged the Magic Eden Foundation for clarity sounding the airdrop eligibility of its U.S. users. At press time, the Magic Eden Foundation declined to respond.

$ME TRADES AT.20 DESPITE LACK OF TOKENOMIC CLARITY
Since the initial announcement of the Magic Eden airdrop, pre-market trading for $ME has witnessed volatility. After opening at.08 on August 28, $ME pre-market prices rose as high as.24 before stabilizing at.20.

Despite attracting over $700 ,000 in trading volume, pre-market trading platform Whales Market has been criticized for opening a market for a coin with an unknown supply.

Without any publicly revealed tokenomics, pre-market traders are speculating on $ME at unknown valuations, which could lead to significant losses for participants.

COINGECKO NAMES MAGIC EDEN CRYPTO’S LARGEST NFT MARKETPLACE
Despite 2024’s NFT market suffering challenging conditions and diminishing volumes throughout the year, Magic Eden has managed to reassert its position as the industry’s top marketplace.

Coingecko, a popular cryptocurrency analysis site, recently declared Magic Eden as 2024’s top NFT marketplace. Boasting 36.7% market share, much of Magic Eden’s success this year could be credited to its adoption of the Bitcoin ecosystem, including its integration of Ordinals, BRC-20 tokens, and Runes.

United Texas Bank is under a cease and desist order issued by the Federal Reserve due to failures in cryptocurrency risk management and anti-money laundering compliance

🚨 NVIDIA has been subpoenaed by the United States Department of Justice.

The U.S. Department of Justice 🇺🇸 suspects NVIDIA of violating antitrust laws, which are designed to prevent monopolies and promote fair competition in the marketplace

📊 Weekly Outlook: September 2-6 📊

Market News & Sentiment 📰

- BCA research warns of AI sector slowdown impacting stock market more than economy 🤖- Labor market weakness expected to continue 💼
- Fed blackout period begins after September 6 🗣️
- Market anticipating 25bps rate cut in September 📉
- Analysts forecast 2 more ECB rate cuts by year-end 📊

Events This Week 📅

- Monday:
🇬🇧 UK Manufacturing PMI 📊

- Tuesday:
🇺🇸 US Manufacturing PMI, Fed GDP Now 📊

- Wednesday:
🇪🇺 EU Composite PMI, Services PMI 📊
🇨🇦 CAD Interest Rate Decision 📈
🇺🇸 US Job Openings, Beige Book 📊
Earnings: Dollar Tree 📊

- Thursday:
🇺🇸 US Jobless Claims, Fed Balance Sheet 📊

- Friday:
🇪🇺 EU GDP 📊
🇺🇸 US Payroll Data, Participation Rate, Unemployment 📊
Earnings: Kroger 📊

Risk Appetite 🤔

- Truflation: 1.55% 🔥
- Market Fear/Greed Index: 63 (neutral) 📊
- Market Breadth: Extreme Greed 🚀
- Put/Call Ratio: Neutral 📊
- Junk Bond vs Investment Grade: Fear 😬
- AAII Sentiment: 2% off 1-year bullish high 📈
- Crypto Fear/Greed Index: 28 (Fear) 😨
- High Yield Bond Premium: 3.15% (slight decrease) ⬇️
- High Yield Effective Yield: 7.8% (slight increase) ⬆️

Market Breadth 📈

- SPX stocks above 200D MA: 62% (increase from last week) 📈
- SPX stocks above 50D MA: 66% (increase from last week) 📈
- SPX stocks above 20D MA: 79% (substantial increase from last week) 🚀
- NASDAQ new highs - new lows: 61 📊
- SPY 52-week highs - 52-week lows: -7 📊
- SPY New highs - New lows: Monthly 114, Weekly 93 📊

Other 📊

- Fed Rate Monitor Tool: 70% probability of 25bps, 30% probability of 50bps 📊

Quality Over Quantity

When markets are ranging & times are uncertain, practice sitting on your hands

Trading in a bullish environment increases your odds

One of the most important skills as a trader is knowing when to take action vs when to stay put

Daily Memecoin Recap - August 27

Volume was slow today with $btc & $sol decreasing

Cat Meta
$smh -> $1 .15m to $3m (2.6x), "So Much Higher"
$sicko -> $200k to $1 .35m (6.75x), heavily pushed today
$mood -> hit $520k , twitter community instead of an account

Dog Meta
$spikedog -> hit $625k , "4chan dog", good meme
$updog -> hit $335k , $bane CTO lead (ATH $7m ), CTO

Tron Memes
$biao -> $3m to $6 .5m (2.2x), famous Chinese meme
$elmo -> hit $8m , heavily pushed by KOLs, based on elmo

$vangogh -> hit $4 .1m, based on a justinsuntron tweet

More Cooks On $sol
$deebo -> $230k to $1 .55m (6.7x)
$money -> hit $580k , "Just give me my money"
$that -> hit $530k , "tinfoil hat",
$sym -> hit $390k , "Symphony", CTO
$mp3 -> hit $350k , "mood: Printing Trillions", twitter community instead of an account

Traditional markets are historically low volume during summer -> Crypto majors follow -> Memecoins follow

Looking for a push sometime into end of year, for now patience is key, focus on quality over quantity

📊 Weekly Outlook August 26-30:
Market focused on labor market data and Fed rate cuts 📊

News/Sentiment: 📊
• Uncertainty over 25 bps or 50 bps cut
• High focus on labor market (PCE data on Friday)
• Fed funds futures market is pricing in 100 BPS of cuts by EOY
• Market anticipating lower than usual expectation for NVDA earnings

Events This Week: 📅
Mon:
• 🇺🇸US: Durable Goods, Fed GDPNow

Tue:
• 🇩🇪GER: GDP
• 🇺🇸US: CB Consumer confidence, 2 year note auction

Wed:
• 🇺🇸US: 5 year note auction
• 💸 Earnings: NVDA

Thu:
• 🇺🇸US: Jobless claims, GDP
• 🇨🇳CNY: CPI
• 💸 Earnings: DG, ULTA, CPB, LULU

Fri:
• 🇪🇺EUR: CPI
• 🇺🇸US: PCE, Core PCE

Risk Appetite: 😬
• Truflation: 1.47%
• Market fear/greed = 54
• Market breadth = extreme greed
• Put/call = greed
• Junk bond vs investment grade = extreme fear
• AAII sentiment: 1% off 1 year bullish high
• Crypto fear/greed = 55 greed
• High yield bond premium = 3.21%
• High yield effective yield = 7% (slight decrease)

Market Breadth: 📊
• Percentage of $SPX stocks above 200D MA: = 61% (increase from last week)
• Percentage of $SPX stocks above 50D MA: = 67% (increase from last week)
• Percentage of $SPX stocks above 20D MA: = 77% (increase from last week)
• NASDAQ new highs - new lows = 114
• SPY 52 week highs - 52 week lows = 28
• SPY New highs - New lows = Monthly 98 ; Weekly 59

Other: 📊
• Fed rate monitor tool = 30% chance of 50 BPS cut, 70% chance of 25 BPS cut

📊 Weekly Outlook August 19-23:
Market focused on Jackson Hole retreat on Friday for clues on rate cuts

News/Sentiment: 📊
• Market focused on Jackson Hole retreat on Friday for clues on rate cuts

• Global PMI data release on Thursday hints at global economic health

• Citi expects 25bps in September and 25bps in November

• Fed minutes from July FOMC to be released on Wednesday

• Labor market data is higher priority than inflation data to determine Fed rate cuts

Events This Week: 📅
Mon:
• 🇪🇺EUR: CPI, German PPI
• 💸 Earnings: Palo Alto ($PANW), Estee Lauder ($EL)

Tue:
• 🇨🇦CAD: CPI
• 🇯🇵JPY: Exports, trade balance
• 💸 Earnings: Lowes $LOW

Wed:
• 🇺🇸US: Fed minutes FOMC, 20-year bond auction
• 💸 Earnings: Tj Maxx $TJX , Target $TGT

Thu:
• Global PMI data
• 🇫🇷FR: Manufacturing/services PMI
• 🇩🇪GER: Manufacturing/services PMI
• 💸 Earnings: Dollar Tree $DLTR

Fri:
• 🇺🇸US: Powell speaks at Jackson Hole at 10am ET, Housing data

Risk Appetite: 😬
• Truflation: 1.42%

• Market fear/greed = 40

• Market breadth = neutral

• Put/call = greed

• Junk bond vs investment grade = extreme fear RiskAppetite

• AAII sentiment: 5% above historical bullish average

• Crypto fear/greed = 28 fear

• High yield bond premium = 3.29% (large decrease)

• High yield effective yield = 7.15% (large decrease)

Market Breadth: 📊
• Percentage of $SPX stocks above 200D MA: = 58% (increase from last week)

• Percentage of $SPX stocks above 50D MA: = 57% (increase from last week)

• Percentage of $SPX stocks above 20D MA: = 50% (substantial increase from last week)

• NASDAQ new highs - new lows = 38

• SPY 52 week highs - 52 week lows =-80

• SPY New highs - New lows = Monthly 68 ; Weekly 19

Other: 📊
• Fed rate monitor tool = 77% probability of 25 bps cut, 23% of 50 BPS cut

After weeks of eager anticipation, Lavarage has finally launched its generous rewards program. Offering DeFi traders a more efficient way of navigating onchain markets, Lavarage adds a new dimension to permissionless margin trading by leveraging spot assets, rather than the synthetic perpetual assets used across the Solana ecosystem.

With the launch of Tephra, the protocol’s dynamic points program, Lavarage brings renewed enthusiasm to Solana’s margin markets and re-stokes the flames ahead of a future airdrop.

THE TEPHRA POINTS SYSTEM - MISSION 1 NOW LIVE
Rewarding dedicated traders and community members alike, the Tephra points system aims to provide fair opportunities for all ‘Lavanauts’. By using the Lavarage trading platform and engaging in community-building activities, Lavanauts earn Tephras, which will be directly correlated to an eventual airdrop.

Users earn Tephras every time they execute an action in the Lavarage platform. Whether you’re opening positions, paying interest on borrowed assets, or staking SOL for lstSOL (Lavarage’s native liquidi staking token), users are actively earning Tephras. The team has also hinted that users can boost Tephra generation by holding Lava Rock Alpha NFTs.

Profitable traders stand to generate even more rewards. Encouraging skilled traders to use the platform, points are also being distributed based on the profitability of individual trades. Making point generation accessible to those with smaller wallets, Tephras can also be earned through community-building activities.

Adding an additional layer of intrigue to the Tephra program, Lavarage proposes diversified missions. With each mission lasting two weeks, the Lavarage team will adapt rewards based on the protocol’s strategic goals. While this keeps the rewards program dynamic, it also works as a countermeasure against bots and airdrop farmers seeking to game the system.

Mission 1 is currently live. Lavarage users can easily track their Tephra points tally through the app. Lavarage’s earliest users and supporters can now verify rewards accumulated during the ‘OG Mission’.

WHAT IS LAVARAGE?
Designed to improve capital efficiency in DeFi trading and boasting a streamlined user experience, Lavarage offers a creative approach to margin trading on Solana. Unlike the network’s vast range of perpetual DEXes, Lavarage contracts use spot assets.

This means that the platform offers more accurate pricing and liquidity than perpetual markets and allows traders to buy and sell the underlying assets.

Lavarage usage has erupted in recent weeks. Since the end of June, the platform has facilitated over 5,000 spot-margin positions at an average leverage of 3x. Boasting over 500 assets, Lavarage has attracted over 1,000 unique users with a retention rate of over 60%.

Beyond trading, Lavarage also manages to provide generous yield to its liquidity providers. According to the platform, SOL stakers have earned over 40% APY through Lavarage since the protocol’s inception.

WHAT'S NEXT?
With the Tephra points program officially underway, the Lavarage team has hinted that the upcoming TGE “might not be too far off”.

Regardless, Tephra is expected to boost the platform’s growing user base and volume, helping Lavarage grow towards becoming a key player in Solana’s flourishing DeFi Landscape.

Published in 1968 - In thirty years, he reflected, perhaps sooner, there would be one vast undifferentiated culture, one complex of super-highways, hot-dog stands and neon, interrupted only by the Atlantic, stretching from Los Angeles to Jerusalem; possibly, by then, as far as Calcutta, three-quarters of the way round the world. Where there had been Americans and British and French and Italians and Greeks and the rest, there would be only citizens of the West, uniformly affluent, uniformly ridden by guilt and neurosis, uniformly alcoholic and suicidal, uniformly everything.

- Extract from “Colonel Sun”

🚨 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.