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Daily Memecoin Recap - November 13

Two days in a row where we get pump fun coins over $1b

Monkey Stolen By Police
$jorgie -> $7m to $18m (2.6x)

Free Shayne Coplan
$🦅 -> $41m
- shayne_coplan CEO of polymarket

- elonmusk replied to a tweet and supports the movement

PNUT TO BILLIONS
$pnut -> $900m to $2 .4b (2.7x), second pumpdotfun
coin to $1b
$OPK -> $48m , peanut beta based on an image as a Star Wars character
$betch -> $12 .8m, another peanut deriv
$sugar -> $6 .7m, a squirrel following the animal and squirrel meta from PNUT's attention
$thumb -> $5m , peanut's best friend
#babypnut -> $4 .58m
$jill -> $1 .8m, peanut's girlfriend
$bambam -> $1 .1m, peanut's brother according to the peanut IG page
#babyfred -> $668k
$bop -> $317k , book of peanut
- $PNUT becomes the fastest memecoin to a billion market cap

First PNUT Dev Coin
$vermin -> $7k to $532k (76x), claims to be the first token deployed by the $PNUT dev -> CTO’d

Elon Meta
$banana -> $16m to $60m (3.8x), continues to cook as the SpaceX meme gains attention and volume
$sink -> $287k to $4m (14x)
$vivek -> $4m , from the announcement that he will be the head of D.O.G.E
#babydoge -> $691k , a deriv of the Department of Government Efficiency

High Volume
$luce -> $116m to $310m (2.7x), the cult growsas people speculate an upcoming binance
listing
$ban -> $102m to $255m (2.5x)
$if -> $267k to $3 .2m (12x)

Animal Memes Continue To Cook
$bert -> $1 .7m to $56m (33x), the Pomeranian capitalizing on the animal meta
#petunia -> $5 .5m to $30m (5.4x), viral asf
$shrub -> $4 .6m to $21m (4.5x), Elon’s hedgehog
$solito -> $68k to $1 .4m (20.6x)
$maya -> $12m
$teddy -> $4m
#cricket -> $2 .8m
$odin -> $2m

Artificial Intelligence
$act -> $518m to $884m (1.7x)
#shoggoth -> $29m to $94m (3.24x)
$ret -> $158k to $2 .39m (15.1x), token launched by an AI-powered robot dog
$obot -> $20 .2m, oxyz
AI CEO requested to have her own memecoin
$upg -> $3 .1m
$spence -> $2 .8m
$actiii -> $718k , $ACT beta
$circe -> $525k
$acta -> $342k

More Cooks
$cedar -> $218k to $10 .4m (47.7x), CTO
$merlin -> $5k to $2 .6m (520x), miracle goldfish in the animal meta
#USÐ -> $1m , united states doge
$boggle -> $2 .7m
$hoj -> $1 .4m
$chief -> $1 .2m
$void -> $701k
#pnut2 .0 -> $450k

Amazing volume, multiple metas emerging

This pic is me after I collect the best AI memes

Which $SOL projects have got your attention? Will it be the next 7x, 20x, 100x?

Don’t hold back 👇

#Solana #TradingBot #defi

Daily Memecoin Recap - October 21

Amazing volume, AI meta continues to lead

Terminal Of Fun
$fun -> hit $15m
- Claiming to be an AI bot that analyzes tokens and trades accordingly
- Dev rugged multiple times, people think it's a larp

Glif Founder - An AI company
$slop -> hit $50m , AI generated art
$wmm -> hit $4 .29m, fabianstelzer
created an LLM that creates medieval illustrations
#strawberry -> hit $2 .64m, fabianstelzer tweet
$glif -> hit $2 .39m, First AI sandbox
Look Comes Back To Life
$look -> $662k to $8 .3m (12.5x), Look bro...
- Viral meme
- Soft shilled by Ansem & Murad

Terminal Of Truths
#fartcoin -> hit $50m , truth_terminal tweet
$catgf -> hit $10m
$cp -> hit $1 .7m, truth terminal's first meme
#goerner -> hit $355k , truth_terminal tweet
- Controversy over $goat after truth_terminal made a typo & people are saying it's suspicious cause AI never makes typos

Top Artificial Intelligence Cooks
$shegen -> $174k to $19 .2m (110x), AI with daddy issues
#terminal -> $5m to $15 .5m (3.1x), AI KOL
$gmika -> $877k to $10m (11.4x)
$omega -> $167k to $5m (29.9x)
$act -> hit $52m , Act 1: The AI Prophecy
#shoggoth -> hit $45m , octopus-like creature symbolizes AI
$kiri -> hit $22m
$wotf -> hit $17 .5m
$janet -> hit $13 .9m, NeuralJanet
pushed this one on $eth
$nussi -> hit $6m , dev burned $180k +
$enki -> hit $4m

More AI
$wibwob -> hit $2 .69m
$burzen -> hit $2 .67m
$01 -> hit $1 .91m, binary language, 0's and 1's
#attention -> hit $1 .66m, based on a paper that revolutionized AI
$solm -> hit $1 .45m, AI application
#remiliai -> hit $630k , Remilio AI
$ggc -> hit $430k , golden gate claude

Insider Play
$kwif -> $20k to $6m (300x), kitten wif hat
- Has been dead since April
- Wants to run a space for 1 week straight

More Cooks
$fubb -> hit $5 .3m, good art
#p5js -> hit $1 .53m
$iwo -> hit $823k , illuminati
$llm -> hit $556k , Limited Language Model
$ct -> hit $320k , conspiracy theory

A lot of these "AI agents" are just larps

How do you feel about the AI meta?

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.

Based Rollups

What are they, why do they exist, and which projects are already making waves?

A 101 explainer 👇

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Scaling #Ethereum has been one of the most discussed challenges in crypto.

To address this, the community chose a rollup-centric approach. The idea is simple: Instead of hosting all applications on Ethereum, the focus is on rollups that offer faster, cheaper transactions while still settling back on Ethereum. As a result, you get faster, cheaper transactions, but still keep Ethereum’s security.

They're bringing more users and value to Ethereum, however, concerns remain about their reliance on centralized sequencers and liquidity fragmentation across chains.

This is where based rollups come in. They integrate more closely with Ethereum's infrastructure, helping retain value within the ecosystem. This new method of building rollups could bring additional value to Ethereum and $ETH .

What are Based rollups?
Based rollups, or L1-sequenced rollups, are a type of rollup where the base L1 chain, like Ethereum, manages transaction sequencing directly.

Unlike traditional rollups that rely on their own sequencers, based rollups tap into the security, liveness, and decentralization of the L1 by outsourcing transaction sequencing to the L1’s infrastructure. This infrastructure includes proposers, searchers, builders, and other actors who permissionlessly include based rollup blocks in L1 blocks.

How do Based rollups work?
Based rollups use the L1 for consensus, data availability, and settlement layers, while handling execution independently. For instance, when Ethereum is the base L1, the key layers of based rollups are as follows:

1. Execution Layer — Managed by the rollup itself, where transactions are executed off-chain.

2. Consensus Layer — Relies on Ethereum validators to sequence transactions.

3. Data Availability Layer — Uses Ethereum as the DA layer to ensure that transaction data is available for validation by anyone.

4. Settlement Layer — Also part of Ethereum, where final transaction states of the rollup are recorded.

Based rollups use Ethereum for everything from ordering transactions to settling them. While this approach may not seem radically different from traditional rollups, it fundamentally shifts how sequencing is handled. Instead of relying solely on separate sequencers, based rollups leverage Ethereum itself for transaction sequencing.

Why based rollups?
As Justin Drake outlined in his original post, based rollups are worth your attention for several reasons:

1. Inherited Liveness and Decentralization — One of the key advantages of based rollups is their ability to inherit the liveness guarantees of the base L1 chain. As long as the L1 is operational, so is the rollup.

2. Economic Alignment with L1 — The economic model of based rollups creates a mutually beneficial relationship with the L1. Priority fees and MEV from these rollups naturally flows to the L1. This synergy doesn’t just add value to the base layer, it also boosts the legitimacy and brand awareness of the rollups themselves, thanks to Ethereum’s community.

3. Cost Efficiency — Outsourcing sequencing to Ethereum reduces development costs, accelerates time to market, and lowers user costs (especially at scale) for based rollups.

However, based rollups have trade-offs. They sacrifice some profitability by relying on Ethereum for sequencing, missing out on priority fees and MEV. Additionally, they contend with Ethereum's inherent challenges, such as slow block times, which can cause latency issues.

There's a real debate that these changes might compromise the simplicity and security that initially made based rollups appealing.

Flaunting perfection, wealth, or intelligence attracts the wrong kind of attention. Stay humble, keep your cards close, and avoid unnecessary problems. Let your actions speak louder than your words—quiet strength always wins.

Drift Protocol, a rising star in the Solana DeFi space, has secured a $25 million Series B funding round led by crypto venture firm Multicoin Capital. This significant investment follows Drift's series of strategic moves to capture a larger share of the diverse DeFi derivatives market and will fuel an ambitious expansion of its team.

Drift's recent launch of BET on DRIFT, a prediction market built on Solana ahead of the US elections, has garnered considerable attention. Within just one week of launch, Drift flipped PolyMarket in 24-hour volume on August 28th, 2024, signaling a strong user response and a potential shift in the prediction market landscape.

The platform's rapid growth, with $388 million in total value locked (TVL) and a series of successful product launches, has attracted significant investor interest. While details of the latest funding round remain unclear, it is believed to be a private token sale, given Drift's existing $DRIFT token launched in May 2024.

Multicoin Capital's Managing Partner, Kyle Samani, confirmed the private nature of the funding round in a tweet posted a few days before the official announcement. He expressed strong confidence in Drift's potential: "We have been analyzing DeFi derivatives pretty seriously since 2019-2020, and we believe that Drift Protocol is the best positioned protocol to capture that opportunity. We led multiple private rounds and have been buying on the public market since the token launched in May."

The Drift token $DRIFT has surged by 77% in the past 30 days, currently trading at.73 at press time.

Drift's Journey: From Seed to Series B and Beyond
Drift's journey to this point has been marked by steady growth and strategic fundraising. The platform raised $3 .8 million in a seed round in 2021, followed by a $23 .5 million Series A round in May 2023. This latest funding round brings Drift's total funding to an impressive $52 .5 million, positioning it for further expansion and innovation.

Fueling Growth: Doubling the Team
With this fresh injection of capital, Drift is set to embark on an aggressive growth trajectory. The company plans to double its headcount from 25 to 50 within the next year. This expansion will bolster Drift's capabilities across various fronts, including engineering, product development, marketing, and business development.

With fresh capital and a growing user base, Drift is well-positioned to execute its ambitious roadmap. The platform plans to expand its suite of financial services tools, enhance its cross-margin functionality, and further develop its prediction market offerings.

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

DriftProtocol introduced the GAS (Grants, Attention, and Support) Ecosystem Program aimed at accelerating the growth of Drift's ecosystem.

Qcp Reports That Harris Is Gaining Traction In The Debate, While The Market Remains Cautious About Interest Rate Cuts

QCP highlighted that the recent debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris has garnered significant attention this week. With support from Taylor Swift, Harris has seen her chances of winning rise above 50%, according to Polymarket data.

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

After the euphoric highs of Q2, fear and doubt have crept back into crypto markets in recent months.

Amidst the uncertainty Solana’s DeFi ecosystem has shed layers of TVL (Total Value Locked), with the majority of protocol’s losing between 13-18% in USD value on a monthly time frame.

However, despite the market-wide pullback, outperformers have emerged. Which protocols created a liquidity vacuum and expanded their TVL despite ailing markets?

NX FINANCE, LULO LEAD MONTHLY TVL GROWTH
Solana’s DeFi scene has enjoyed newfound momentum and attention throughout 2024. However, the last 30 days indicate a charge in sentiment, with the bulk of Solana protocols suffering significant drops in their TVL.

Despite challenging conditions, several outliers have outperformed the wider market and witnessed continued growth in the face of adversity.

Lending aggregator NX Finance led the charge, enjoying consistent growth in the face of difficult markets. Courtesy of its incentivized rewards program, NX Finance TVL rose 65% in the last 30 days, leading Solana’s top 50 DeFi applications by TVL.

Meanwhile, fellow lending aggregator Lulo Finance continued to rise through the ranks, securing over $30M in Directed Liquidity (DL). With over 92% of its DL, a similar metric similar to TVL, held in stablecoins, Lulo-managed value has increased by 32.27% in the last 30 days.

At first glance, DeFiLlama data suggests that Jupiter’s TVL has risen by 47.22% in the last 30 days. However, this increase is due to the popular analytics platform integrating $jupSOL into Jupiter’s total TVL on August 16, adding approximately $300M worth of funds to the platform.

According to Step Finance data, $jupSOL supply has risen 0.36% in the last 30 days. Coupled with the 2.22% decline in Jupiter perpetual TVL in the same time period, it can be concluded that Jupiter’s total TVL has remained relatively stable in the face of challenging market conditions.

Kamino TVL Climbs Despite Falling Prices
Kamino Finance has been one of Solana DeFi’s most solid performers throughout Q3’s volatility. While lending aggregators like NX Finance and Lulo predominantly hold stablecoins, making them more resilient to market downturn, Kamino accepts deposits from a wider range of more volatile assets.

Despite falling asset prices across the industry, Kamino has emerged as one of Solana’s standout DeFi protocols.

While $SOL price has dropped over 36% since its March 18 high of $202 , Kamino TVL has increased by 12% in USD terms. Denominated in SOL, Kamino TVL has risen by 76% in the same time frame.

JUPITER DOMINATES PERPETUAL TVL ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
Jupiter’s perpetual DEX platform shows no sign of relinquishing its iron grip on derivatives dominance. One of Solana’s largest DeFi protocols, Jupiter’s perpetual DEX is currently the largest onchain derivatives market in the crypto industry.

Boasting over $657M in TVL, Jupiter dominates perpetual market share. According to DeFiLlama data, the Solana-based platform currently accounts for 18.82% of onchain derivatives TVL across the industry.

While Jupiter boasts the highest TVL across all perpetual DEXes, its closest rival still witnesses higher trading volumes. During August, Hyperliquid handled $34 .6B in trading volume compared to Jupiter’s $15 .1B. It’s worth noting that Hyperliquid’s high volume could attributed to its points program, which is expected to influence token allocations ahead of the protocol’s upcoming airdrop

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

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 8

Moonshot is starting to get attention after Mitch pushes a coin based on the fact that you can get paid LP fees

Get Paid To Hold
$husky -> hit $2 .14m, pushed by idrawline, $212k in LP rewards
$lpdog -> hit $271k , LP Dog, $18k in LP rewards
$rugs -> hit $219k , $6k in LP rewards
$pepe8bit -> hit $141k , $7 .5k in LP rewards
- Memecoin devs & top 50 holders on moonshotdotcc get paid fees from MeteoraAG's LP pool
- The creator of the coin gets 20% of rewards from fees
- The top 50 holders AT THE TIME OF MIGRATION get 70%
- 10% goes to moonshot
- This encourages people to hold & seems to be creating a temporarily new meta

Bullish Tickers - Play On Words
$btc -> $1m to $2 .48m (2.48x), "Big Titty Chicken"
$roi -> hit $679k , "Retarded Online Investment"
$fag -> hit $326k , "Flying Autistic Gummybear", good holder count, patty_fi onboard
$wait -> hit $313k , "Correction Guy"
$ape -> hit $295k , "Ape Life Savings"
$pub -> hit $216k , "pure unadulterated bliss", twitter community

Pepe On Sol Silently Reviving
$pepe -> $1 .46m to $9 .6m (6.57x), originally was heavily pushed by Pauly, his twitter has been suspended

Hyped Launch
$pumpy -> hit $4 .4m, "PUMPY NO DUMPY", KOLs onboard

More Cooks
$d .o.g.e -> $330k to $4 .6m (14x), "Dep of Gov Efficiency"
$r /gustav -> hit $696k , "Reddit Bull", same meta as $r /snoofi
$justcats -> hit $389k , "Cats are always the meta"
$pol -> hit $244k
$pez -> hit $180k , "PEZ Dispenser", nostalgic
$drift -> hit $153k
$bingus -> hit $143k

Market sentiment can flip at any moment - be prepared 🤝

Crypto is attractive because of its potential for fast gains

Utility isn't what's driving the majority of investors; if it were, $DOGE wouldn't hold the 4th highest market cap at $14 billion

When utility is overshadowed by speculation and quick profits, the spotlight naturally shifts to memecoins

If attention and fast gains are what truly matter, then memes will inevitably become the focus of the market

The only variable is how quickly you come to this realization

🚨 ATTENTION 🚨

💥 The US interest rate CUT in September would bring a FALL of #Bitcoin to $45K according to #Bitfinex

What would you do if you see this price, SELL or BUY ⁉️

Are you ready in case this happens ⁉️

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

While you don't believe that the bull will hit NFT, let's figure out when it will happen 🤔

It has already happened. Why don't you understand where the liquidity has stagnated in the market, and what trend will conquer the market next?

Where is the next rocket? New SocialFi, shields in another chain? Which one? NEAR? CARDANO? While you are looking for new gems, liquidity is quietly flowing into already familiar channels, and the NFT market has already given it a local zazu 👋

It's even funny that the projects that were raped by sybils during the retro fever, holders of cult NFTs on the air were given more awards than their "faithful" adherents. But does this mean that the NFT sector will explode on this bull? Yes and no.

Last season's NFT bull run had just a few vessels to accumulate liquidity in - the CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club collections. Then demand cut off supply, leading to incredibly high price expectations and hopes, and liquidity leaked into other random ETH collections and other chains. Boom, the bubble burst, something that can never be repeated.

We now have many chains with NFTs, liquidity and attention are spread out, and there is no single major trend in a select few NFT collections. But NFTs are here to stay, and they continue to grow as a category. And locally, that will never stop.

While you don’t believe that the bull will be affected by NFTs, let’s figure out when this happens 🤔

Already happened. Why don’t you understand where liquidity has accumulated in the market, and what trend will conquer the market next?

Where's the next rocket? New SocialFi ? Which one? NEAR? CARDANO? While you are looking for new gems, liquidity imperceptibly flows into already familiar channels, and the NFT market has already given a promise locally 👋

It’s even funny that the projects that were raped by the sibils during the retro fever were given more awards to the holders of the cult NFTs on air than to their “faithful” adherents. But does this mean that the NFT sector will explode on this bull? Yes and no.

Last season's NFT bull cycle only had a few vessels to accumulate liquidity in - the CryptoPunks collections and the Bored Ape Yacht Club . Demand then cut off supply, leading to incredibly high price expectations and hopes, with liquidity leaking into other random collections on ETH and other chains. Boom, the bubble burst, it can never be repeated.

We currently have many NFT chains, liquidity and attention are spread out, and there is no single major trend across a select few NFT collections. But NFTs are here to stay and continue to grow as a category. And locally it will never stop.

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?😏

⚠️ ATTENTION: Cardano #ADA has just FALLEN BELOW the Top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization after correcting 25% in the last month!!️ 👀

⚠️ATTENTION; Forms 19b-4 for ETF spot requests #Solana de VanEck and 21Shares DO NOT APPEAR on the CBOE website!!️ 👀

The two candidates would have WITHDRAWN these forms, with the main theory that the #SEC 🇺🇸 gave them comments that $SOL is not a commodity, and there is NO POSSIBILITY for them to be approved🚨

According to several ETF analysts, those of Ethereum were approved only for legal reasons and in a forced manner, and Gary Gensler has NOT changed his negative attitude towards the crypto market (no surprises)

So in the short term THERE WILL BE NO Solana ETF spot, and there would only be a slight possibility if there is a change of seat in the White House ⚠️

🚨 SCAM ATTENTION 🚨

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Identity theft and unauthorized reseller.

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Daily Memecoin Recap - August 12

Most of the attention was directed towards the Trump interview today

Donald Trump x Elon Musk
$grok2 -> $320k to $4 .55m (14x), grok2 beta coming soon
$fos -> hit $4m , "Freedom of Speech"
$rdt -> hit $2 .38m, "Real Donald Trump", realDonaldTrump

$elon -> hit $390k ,

$elontrump -> hit $2 .15m, Elon X Trump
$yeah -> hit $1 .89m, elonmusk
keeps saying "Yeah" on the spaces
$appie -> hit $860k , based on realDonaldTrump
's new promo video where there's a dog
$mcga -> hit $700k , "Make Crypto Great Again", MAGA + crypto, has been made before
$Trumpfish -> hit $630k , fish + Trump
$yea -> hit $466k
$ffa -> hit $350k , "Fight For America"
$doge -> hit $230k , "Donald Often Gags Elon"
- Elon Musk speaks with Donald Trump on X spaces

Dog Meta
$coby -> $200k to $1 .8m (9x)
$ken -> hit $11m , dog from Kabosu family ( $doge )
$kai -> hit $2 .9m, "Guardian of the crypto universe", based on a
binance tweet
$hi -> hit $400k
$toby -> hit $260k

Cat Memes
$lqc -> hit $966k , "low quality cat", CTO
$bae -> hit $250k , CTO

More Cooks
$kolt -> $2 .85m to $6 .44m (2.25x)
$dik -> $400k to $2m (5x from the low), very good team w/ unique content
$ponkei -> $160k to $1m (6.25x), Chinese $ponke
$one -> hit $1 .65m, "All It Takes Is One", good team
$quinn -> hit $400k
$chopy -> hit $315k , crab meme
$nwo -> hit $240k , "New World Order"

We had a couple good plays, expect more if majors pick back up

The current geopolitical situation presents several factors that could prompt Iran to act, mainly due to the dynamics between Russia and the West.

🔹 Geopolitical Context:

The West, especially the United States and European countries, are providing significant military and economic support to Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. This assistance is aimed at weakening Russia, both economically and militarily.

🔹 Russian Strategy:

Russia, facing tough sanctions and increased support for Ukraine, may seek to divert international attention and weaken Western unity by creating crises elsewhere. In this context, provoking tensions in the Middle East could be a strategy to divide the resources and attention of Western powers.

🔹 Role of Iran:

Iran is a key player in the Middle East, with interests and alliances that put it at odds with Israel and, indirectly, with the United States. By escalating tensions with Israel, Iran may seek to exploit Western vulnerabilities and distract from issues in Eastern Europe.

🔹 Israel and US Support:

Israel is a strategic ally of the United States in the region, and tensions with Iran could lead to an escalation that could, in turn, divert some Western aid and support to Ukraine. Such a situation could weaken Western pressure on Russia.

An escalation could then lead to a final low in the markets, however, keep in mind that if this happens, there is NO cause for concern. Whether it was during Covid, the fall of FTX, or the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the #Bitcoin has always returned to its previous levels.

No matter what happens, Bitcoin will go much higher. Just be careful if you use leverage in this volatile time.

For the SPOT, HODL! 🚀

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.”

Solana’s vast staking ecosystem continues to offer a generous bounty of rewards and utilities. The network’s burgeoning DeFi activity has amplified blockchain revenue, flipping Ethereum in yet another key metric.

Meanwhile, the consistent growth of Solana LSTs (Liquid Staking Token) appears to be plateauing, with net LST flows turning negative on weekly and monthly timeframes.

SOLANA FLIPS ETHEREUM ON REVENUE GENERATION
Off the back of a massive month of DeFi trading activity, Solana’s network revenue has surpassed Ethereum’s on a daily timeframe.

According to Artemis data, Solana has slowly closed the gap on Ethereum in terms of revenue generation before finally surging past its biggest rival. On July 28th, the Solana network generated over $1 .2M in revenue, lending credibility to the network’s economic model.

This is good news for Solana validator operators and stakers. Not only does surging revenue translate to greater earnings for stakers, Solana’s increasing transaction counts also burn SOL tokens. Burning 50% of every transaction fee, this mechanism helps to counter SOL issuance and inflation, building a more sustainable token economy.

SOL TOKEN BURNS
Based on the last seven days of Dune Analytics data, the Solana token burn mechanism has burnt 38,145 SOL, currently valued at over $6 .92M. Despite burning over 5,000 SOL per day, the Solana network still issues just over 160,000 SOL through validator rewards.

LIQUID STAKING FLOUNDERS
Solana’s thriving liquid staking economy has enjoyed immense growth throughout the year. However, the TVL (Total Value Locked) of liquid-staked SOL has dropped over the last 30 days, signaling that interest in LST assets has plateaued.

According to Dune Analytics data, the total number of SOL staked through LSTs reduced by over 128k in the last 30 days, with 42.41% (45,411 SOL) of that figure being withdrawn in the last 7 days.

This decrease is likely due to the withdrawal of capital from Sanctum’s popular LST ecosystem, which attracted over $1B in TVL from depositors in anticipation of Sanctum’s initial CLOUD airdrop.

In a bid to attract more liquid stakers to their validator, Jupiter implemented a dramatic change in their fee structure. On July 22nd, Jupiter announced that 80% of block rewards would go to jupSOL, increased from 50%.

Meanwhile, Step Finance launched another addition to its growing ecosystem. In collaboration with Sanctum, Step Finance unveiled its proprietary LST, stepSOL, which provides holders with STEP reward options on top of all the existing benefits of liquid-staked assets.

THE RETURN OF NATIVE STAKING??
With attention shifting away from LSTs, this may be an excellent opportunity for the Solana community to explore native staking. While not offering the flexibility of liquid staking, native staking provides greater security and peace of mind for SOL stakers.

One of the longest-serving DeFi protocols in the ecosystem, Marinade Finance offers one of Solana’s most powerful staking services. Optimized to provide stakers with the best possible staking rewards across an aggregated pool of leading validators, Marinade offers Solana’s only automated non-custodial staking tool.

What’s more, novel features like Marinade’s Stake Auction Marketplace and Protected Staking Rewards ensure users maximum rewards, while benefitting from the inherent security of native staking.

At press time, Marinade Finance is Solana’s most popular staking provider, attracting over 147k unique accounts. Offering comprehensive support for Solana staking, Marinade has attracted over $1 .4B in TVL, with 32.15% of this figure directed to native staking according to Dune Analytics.

Between Solana’s explosive revenue generation and the vast range of staking products available in the ecosystem through projects like Marinade, there’s never been a better time to stake SOL.

🚀 Bitcoin and zombie companies: a new financial dynamic

Since the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs on the American market, a shock wave has spread in the ranks of traditional finance. Bitcoin, once considered an infrequent option, is now recognized as a "legitimate financial instrument". This transformation is largely anticipated by companies such as MicroStrategy, which holds 226,300 BTC (or $15 billion) and represents more than 1% of the total supply limited to 21 million units.

Michael Saylor, founder of MicroStrategy, positions himself as a Bitcoin guru. He even evokes "economic immortality" thanks to the holding of BTC. Other publicly traded companies, such as Metaplanet and Semler Scientific, are inspired by this aggressive Bitcoin purchase strategy to boost their shares.

Metaplanet, for example, now holds a portfolio of 245 BTC (or $16 .4 million). Since the announcement of this strategy last April, Metaplanet's share price has risen dramatically, increasing by 980%. Simon Gerovich, CEO of Metaplanet, says that Bitcoin is the supreme monetary asset and that the company aims to own as many as possible.

The arrival of Bitcoin cash ETFs opens up new opportunities for zombie companies in search of excess capital. The simple possession of Bitcoin seems to have the power to revive these companies in difficulty. With the prospect of a $52 million BTC by 2050, Bitcoin continues to attract attention and transform the traditional financial landscape.

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 🤝